{"id":2228,"date":"2025-08-12T19:45:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/lcd\/?page_id=2228"},"modified":"2025-08-12T19:46:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:46:18","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/lcd\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2228\" class=\"elementor elementor-2228\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1168c5d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1168c5d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-038085c\" data-id=\"038085c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5469cc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5469cc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table class=\" table\" width=\"1090\"><tbody><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>09\/2021<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Jianghao Xiong received\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilcsoc.org\/awards\/FRL%20Research-ILCS%20Liquid%20Crystal%20Research\/frl-research-ilcs-liquid-crystal-research-award.html\">ILCS-FRL Diamond award<\/a>.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>09\/2021<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Kun Yin received\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilcsoc.org\/awards\/FRL%20Research-ILCS%20Liquid%20Crystal%20Research\/frl-research-ilcs-liquid-crystal-research-award.html\">ILCS-FRL Platinum award<\/a>.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>02\/2021<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Our group was recognized in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/msid.1184\">an article<\/a>\u00a0from Information Display, the official magazine of SID.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>02\/2020<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Tao Zhan won\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.creol.ucf.edu\/news\/tao-zhan-wins-first-place-in-spie-ar-vr-xr-optical-design-challenge\/\">First Place of SPIE Photonics West AR\/VR\/MR Optical Design Challenge<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>05\/2019<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Photonics Spectra:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.photonics.com\/Issues\/Photonics_Spectra_May_2019\/i1118\">Consumer AR\/VR Headsets Focus on Nontraditional Optics<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>05\/2019<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Our JOSA-B paper \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<a href=\"http:\/\/lcd.creol.ucf.edu\/Publications\/2019\/josab-36-5-D52.pdf\">Pancharatnam\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdBerry optical elements for head-up and near-eye displays<\/a>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd was elected as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osapublishing.org\/spotlight\/summary.cfm?id=405862\">Spotlight on Optics<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>02\/2019<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Guanjun Tan won\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spie.org\/conferences-and-exhibitions\/ar-vr-mr\/optical-design-challenge\">First Place of SPIE Photonics West AR\/VR\/MR Optical Design Challenge<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>12\/2017<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>AIP Highlight:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/publishing.aip.org\/publishing\/journal-highlights\/advance-light-filtering-technology-has-implications-lcd-screens-lasers\">Advance in Light Filtering Technology Has Implications for LCD Screens, Lasers and Beyond<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>06\/2017<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Discover:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/d-brief\/2017\/06\/22\/a-better-cell-phone-scree-inspired-by-moth-eyes\/#.WUw2AvkrKUn\">A Better Touch Screen, Inspired by Moth Eyes<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>06\/2017<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>NPR:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/06\/22\/533803686\/moth-eyes-inspire-glare-resistant-coating-for-cellphone-screens\">Moth Eyes Inspire Glare-Resistant Coating for Cellphone Screens<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>06\/2017<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Inside Science:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidescience.org\/news\/moths%E2%80%99-eyes-inspire-new-tech\">Moths\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd Eyes Inspire New Tech<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>06\/2017<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>OSA News Release:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.osa.org\/en-us\/about_osa\/newsroom\/news_releases\/2017\/new_screen_coating_makes_reading_in_sunlight_a_lot\/\">New Screen Coating Makes Reading in Sunlight a Lot Easier. The Secret? Moth Eyes<\/a>.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>02\/2017<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Science Daily:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2017\/02\/170201110628.htm\">Novel Liquid Crystal Could Triple Sharpness of Today&#8217;s Televisions<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>02\/2017<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>OSA News Release:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.osa.org\/en-us\/about_osa\/newsroom\/news_releases\/2017\/novel_liquid_crystal_could_triple_sharpness_of_tod\/\">Novel Liquid Crystal Could Triple Sharpness of Today\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds Televisions<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>06\/2016<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Photonics Spectra:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.photonicsspectra-digital.com\/photonicsspectra\/june_2016?sub_id=Xl1OtSh7at1x&amp;pg=24#pg24\">Novel Liquid Crystal Mix Expands LCD Operation Temperature Range<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>01\/2016<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Photonics Spectra:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.photonics.com\/Article.aspx?PID=5&amp;VID=125&amp;IID=838&amp;AID=57686\">Optics, Photonics Programs Are Lighting the Way<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>01\/2016<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Photonics Spectra:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.photonics.com\/Article.aspx?PID=5&amp;VID=125&amp;IID=854&amp;AID=58007\">Top Stories of 2015 from Photonics.com<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>06\/2015<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Our Nature Communications paper\u00a0\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<a href=\"http:\/\/lcd.creol.ucf.edu\/Publications\/2015\/Nature%20Comm%20Plasmonic.pdf\">Polarization independent, actively tunable color generation on imprinted\u00a0plasmonic\u00a0surfaces<\/a>,\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd\u00a0was selected as cover\/Featured article.\u00a0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>08\/2014<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Central Florida Future:\u00a0\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralfloridafuture.com\/story\/news\/college\/2014\/08\/07\/ucf-professor-named-to-inventors-hall-of-fame\/13726031\/\">UCF professor named to Inventors Hall of Fame<\/a>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>07\/2014<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Orlando Sentinel:\u00a0\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.orlandosentinel.com\/2014-08-10\/business\/os-cfb-tech-inventor-entrepreneur-0811-20140810_1_eric-van-stryland-ucf-optics-shin-tson-wu\">UCF optics whiz turns lab work into marketable products<\/a>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>07\/2014<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>UCF Today:\u00a0\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<a href=\"http:\/\/today.ucf.edu\/ucf-inventor-lcd-technologies-named-new-florida-inventors-hall-fame\/\">UCF inventor named to new Florida Inventors Hall of Fame<\/a>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>07\/2014<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>SPIE News:\u00a0\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<a href=\"http:\/\/spie.org\/x109037.xml\">LCD pioneer Shin-Tson\u00a0Wu named to Florida Inventors Hall of Fame<\/a>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>07\/2014<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>World Journal:\u00a0\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldjournal.com\/view\/full_fl\/25414324\/article-%E8%B3%80-%E5%90%B3%E8%A9%A9%E8%81%B0%E6%95%99%E6%8E%88%E6%A6%AE%E7%8D%B2%E4%BD%9B%E5%B7%9E%E7%99%BC%E6%98%8E%E5%AE%B6%E5%90%8D%E4%BA%BA%E5%A0%82?\">\u8cc0\uff01\u5433\u8a69\u8070\u6559\u6388\u7372\u4f5b\u5dde\u767c\u660e\u5bb6\u540d\u4eba\u5802<\/a>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>07\/2014<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Tulane Hullabaloo:\u00a0\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tulanehullabaloo.com\/news\/view.php\/788557\/Professor-named-to-Inventors-Hall-of-Fam\">Professor named to Inventors Hall of Fame: Shin-Tson\u00a0Wu recognized for LCD technology achievements<\/a>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>03\/2014<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>UCF Today:\u00a0\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<a href=\"http:\/\/today.ucf.edu\/world-leader-lcd-research-selected-national-award\/\">World leader in LCD research selected for national award<\/a>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>03\/2014<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>World Journal:\u00a0\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldjournal.com\/view\/full_ma\/24709326\/article-%E5%90%B3%E8%A9%A9%E8%81%B0%E7%8D%B2%E5%9C%8B%E9%9A%9B%E5%85%89%E5%AD%B8%E5%A4%A7%E7%8D%8E\">\u5433\u8a69\u8070\u7372\u570b\u969b\u5149\u5b78\u5927\u734e<\/a>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>12\/2013<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Orlando Business Journal:\u00a0\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/blog\/2013\/12\/the-7-most-prolific-inventors-at-ucf.html\">The 7 most prolific inventors at UCF last year<\/a>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd\u00a0(Ranked N0. 1)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>12\/2012<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>UCF Today:\u00a0\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<a href=\"http:\/\/today.ucf.edu\/three-ucf-inventors-honored-for-making-a-difference\/\">Three UCF inventors honored for making a difference<\/a>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>02\/2011<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>UCF Today:\u00a0\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<a href=\"http:\/\/today.ucf.edu\/lcd-pioneer-honored-for-outstanding-teaching\/\">LCD pioneer honored for outstanding teaching<\/a>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>04\/2010<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Orlando Sentinel:\u00a0\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.orlandosentinel.com\/2010-04-08\/community\/orl-ucf-professor-wins-fraunhofer-prize_1_optics-shin-tson-wu-award\">Optics professor wins highest faculty award and\u00a0Fraunhofer\u00a0prize<\/a>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>03\/2008<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>China Economic Net:\u00a0\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<a href=\"http:\/\/big5.ce.cn\/gate\/big5\/sci.ce.cn\/yjjj\/rw\/rwxw\/200803\/17\/t20080317_14865871.shtml\">\u7f8e\u570b\u83ef\u88d4\u79d1\u5b78\u5bb6\u5433\u8a69\u8070\u596a\u5169\u9805\u570b\u969b\u5149\u5b78\u5927\u734e<\/a>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>03\/2008<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Orlando Business Journal:\u00a0\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/stories\/2008\/03\/03\/daily2.html\">UCF optics researchers take top honors<\/a>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"91\"><p>07\/2007<\/p><\/td><td width=\"999\"><p>Orlando Business Journal:\u00a0\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/stories\/2007\/07\/30\/story8.html\">UCF licenses new zoom lens 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