June 4, 2021
CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, often serves as a launchpad for students to decide the direction they want to take their career and studies. And, often, it’s a distinguished and notable direction. That was certainly the case with Latifah Maasarani, who moved on to Duke University for graduate studies in biomedical engineering after successfully…
May 21, 2021
Mistrust of the COVID-19 vaccine is rooted partly in its rapid introduction, the seemingly new technologies involved and the long list of ingredients with mysterious names like “N-ditetradecylacetamide.” But the purpose behind “monobasic potassium phosphate” in the vaccine can be understood with chemistry principles UCF students learn all the time, according to Professor of Chemistry…
March 2, 2021
Thousands of people are seeing more clearly thanks in part to the vision of Vadim Smirnov,’02 MS, whose research group played an integral role in the development of lasers that revolutionized cataract surgery. Local optical component manufacturer OptiGrate Corp was approached by a medical laser company more than 10 years ago with a request to…
January 20, 2021
Sarun Sumriddetchkajorn ’00, Ph.D., has built an impressive career in optics and photonics following his doctorate graduation in 2000. In an interview with CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics, Sumriddetchkajorn shares his career path and advice for current students. (Answers edited for clarity and length.) CREOL: What started your path toward optics and photonics?…
August 9, 2018
A paper by Danielle Reyes, Matthieu Baudelet, Martin Richardson and Shermineh Rostami Fairchild was featured in Journal of Applied Physics. Entitled “Transition from linear- to nonlinear-focusing regime of laser filament plasma dynamics“, it was selected to make the cover of the journal. As explained in the journal’s Scilight (Science highlight), their interferometric measurement produces high resolution information of the temporal and spatial aspect…
July 20, 2018
Dr. Ivan Divliansky has been elected to the grade of Senior Member of SPIE. From the recommendation letter by Dr. Leon Glebov: Dr. Divliansky is a very well established scientist in the area of holographic optical elements. He co-authored more than 70 publications in research journals and two US patents. The main fields of his activity are volume…
March 15, 2016
Frank J. Effenberger ’95PhD is considered a world expert in the field of fiber access networks and passive optical networks. In 2008, he became the chairman of International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations’ specialized agency for information and communication technologies. In 2011, he was named as Huawei Fellow, and, in 2015, he was named as…
March 15, 2014
Michael Mielke, PhD, ’00, ’03 received the UCF Professional Achievement Award at the Black & Gold Gala 2014 on October 23, 2014. Since earning his PhD from CREOL in 2003 Michael has had a distinguished career. He helped found Raydiance, the leading provider of industrial grade ultrafast laser solutions. As the principal architect of the…
March 15, 2014
Tiejun (TJ) Xia,’94PhD received the UCF 2013 Professional Achievement Award for the College of Optics and Photonics. The award was presented at the UCF Alumni Association’s annual Black and Gold Gala on November 7, 2013. Dr. Xia received his PhD from CREOL in 1994 and had a distinguished career in optical communication. In 2007, at…
March 15, 2013
Jason Eichenholz ’95MS ’98PhD received the 2012 Professional Achievement Award for the College of Optics and Photonics at UCF’s Alumni Association’s annual Black & Gold Gala on November 1, 2012. He also received the College’s Distinguished Alumni Award and was honored at the Banquet of the CREOL@25 Symposium on March 15, 2012. Eichenholz, who now…