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UCF and the University of South Florida facilitated a two-day symposium where faculty from Florida universities and U.S. Department of Defense research and development officers collaborated on advancing critical technologies.

The largest single planned gift ever made by a UCF faculty member will support graduate students for years to come. By Aaron Eades | October 24, 2024 From left: MJ Soileau, David Hagan, Shin-Tson Wu, Jannick Rolland, Cheryl Soleau, Eric Van Stryland, Barbara Van Stryland, and Peter Delfyett Facebook LinkedIn Five current and former faculty…

CREOL Ph.D. Student Wins Top Prize in Adobe Digital Edge Awards The annual national contest recognizes top college digital creators By Aaron Eades | October 18, 2024 The title card from Debasmita Banerjee’s award-winning video “Quanticle” Is Debasmita Banerjee’s 12-minute animated video a work of art, or science? Judges in a national digital creative contest decided it’s…

Barcodes are commonly used to track items like groceries or clothing, but UCF researchers have developed a special “barcode” to identify much smaller objects: molecules. UCF researchers, led by UCF NanoScience Technology Center Professor Debashis Chanda, developed a “barcoding” technique to quickly identify chiral molecules based on their unique infrared fingerprints, potentially speeding up pharmaceutical and medical…

The opportunity will provide hands-on research experiences, mentorship and guaranteed employment after graduation. By Gage Notargiacomo | September 20, 2024 Emily Kinkead has yet to set foot on the UCF campus, but she’s already made quite the impact. Kinkead is transfering to UCF to pursue her Bachelor’s in Photonic Science and Engineering. She spent the…

Debasmita Banerjee, a PhD student at the University of Central Florida’s College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL), has been awarded the McMurtry Paper Prize at the prestigious Siegman International School on Lasers 2024. By Gage Notargiacomo | August 12, 2024 Dr. Martin Fejer (left) from Stanford University and Debasmita Banerjee (right) from the University of…

THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA’S (UCF) CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN Optics and Lasers (CREOL) program has come a long way since its first incarnation in a double-wide trailer in 1987. The center became a college in its own right in 2004, still under the auspices of UCF, and it has attracted some of the best and…

Microscopic defects in the special glass are reversed when exposed to gamma radiation, and the discovery could pave the way for their use in extreme environments, such as space.

The University of Central Florida’s College of Optics and Photonics, or CREOL, is only one of six such engineering programs nationwide. CREOL hosted three week-long summer camps for students in 10th through 12th grade interested in physics and engineering.

BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA — Swati Bhargava has been awarded a 2024 Optics and PhotonicsScholarship by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for potential contributions tooptics, photonics, or a related field. Bhargava is pursuing her PhD in optics and photonics at the University of Central Florida’sCREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics, under the…

The honor recognizes Pegasus Professor of Optics and Photonics Peter Delfyett’s vast contributions to improving the quality of life for people in Florida and beyond.

  The Dean’s List is compiled in recognition of scholastic honors to degree-seeking undergraduate students who earn a minimum 3.4 GPA, complete a minimum of 12 credit hours, earn no grade less than “C” (2.0) and no “I,” “U,” “N,” “NC,” or “WF” grades during a term. We congratulate these students who have achieved this…