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International Optics Leader Opens Application Lab in CREOL, Joins UCF Business Incubation Program
January 27, 2022
A unique new academic-industrial alliance between UCF and ficonTEC, a global leader in photonics manufacturing, is expected to bring a boost to the region and
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Alumna Sees Promise, Then Fulfillment of LASER Potential
January 25, 2022
Edesly Canto-Said, Ph.D ’89, has been watching the evolution of laser technology since the early 80s, when she was one of the first group of
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Improving Military Vehicles is the Target for Retired Army Officer Pursuing Ph.D.
January 24, 2022
A retired Army officer and Ph.D. candidate within UCF CREOL is using his unique experience with the military to further advance the future of military
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UCF Researcher Leads $1.5 Million DARPA Project to Improve Night Vision, Space Exploration and Healthcare Diagnostics
January 20, 2022
A University of Central Florida researcher is leading a new, $1.5 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency project to develop a highly sensitive infrared imaging
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LCD Work Earns Pegasus Professor SPIE Award
January 12, 2022
Pegasus Professor Shin-Tson Wu, Ph.D., was selected this week as the winner of The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)’s 2022 Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award
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Cancer Imaging Research Gains Alumnus SPIE Award
January 12, 2022
A CREOL’s alumnus’ groundbreaking work in the field of quantitative phase imaging recently earned him the Dennis Gabor Award in Diffractive Optics from the International
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General Dynamics Mission Systems Donates Mixed Reality Headsets to UCF
December 10, 2021
Students and faculty across UCF are benefitting from 250 new mixed reality headsets that will be used for applications ranging from developing robotic sensors to
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Optics Unlocks Opportunities To Improve Eyesight of People With Cataracts
December 2, 2021
A passion for helping others and the technical expertise to make it happen recently earned a global prize for CREOL graduate Ceyhun Akcay, Ph.D., ’05.
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Classroom Legacy Greatest Source of Pride For CREOL Alumnus
November 17, 2021
Brian Monacelli, Ph.D., ’05, may have recently helped send a laser-based Raman and fluorescence spectrometer to Mars on the Perseverance rover, but the achievement he’s
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Plans For Defense Career Lead Ph.D. Candidate to CREOL
November 16, 2021
A childhood growing up in the shadow of the Pentagon led Jennifer Hewitt, a Ph.D. candidate at CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics, to
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Paper Evaluates Emerging Technologies For Advancing AR/VR
November 5, 2021
Proposals from CREOL Professor Shin-Tson Wu, Ph.D., to slim down and evolve augmented and virtual reality displays are the subject of a new feature in
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Ph.D. Students Earn International, Local Recognition For LCD Research
November 2, 2021
The work of two graduate students in CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics, recently earned them recognitions from industry leading organizations. The International
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