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UCF’s Expertise Gets Invite to Ivy League Network of Large Laser Energy Facilities
October 18, 2021
BY ZENAIDA GONZALEZ KOTALA UCF is joining LaserNetUS, a consortium of the nation’s best large laser facilities started by the Department of Energy as a
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UCF’s Brightest Shine During Luminary Awards
October 7, 2021
By ZENAIDA GONZALEZ KOTALA & ALLISON HURTADO Pegasus Professors Peter Delfyett, Ph.D.., and Kathleen Richardson, Ph.D., were among the 15 faculty recognized Wednesday night at
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3 UCF Graduate Students Awarded National Scholarships, More Than Any Other Institution in the Nation
October 4, 2021
BY ZENAIDA GONZALEZ KOTALA The Directed Energy Professional Society (DEPS) recently awarded three UCF graduate students scholarships worth up to $10,000 to continue their work
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Delfyett to be Inducted into the National Academy of Engineering
September 30, 2021
When Peter Delfyett first fell in love with science during elementary school, he imagined he would grow up to be a paleontologist. Instead, the Pegasus
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CREOL Degree Provides Launchpad For Career at MIT Lincoln Labs
September 21, 2021
A chance encounter in the workplace is what led Rebecca Venegas, M.S ’20, to find her purpose as an electro-optics engineer. Venegas, a scientist who
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UCF Researchers Awarded $4.5 Million to Develop Non-GPS Location Finder
September 16, 2021
The Army Research Lab has awarded the University of Central Florida a $4.5 million grant to develop a smart, computer vision-based navigation system for when
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Endowed Scholarship Opens New Learning Opportunities for Underrepresented Students
September 13, 2021
Students pursuing a career in optics and photonics will benefit from the generosity of California-based photonics company Lumentum. The endowed scholarship begun by Lumentum is
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NSF Grant Means Big, Powerful Laser Coming to UCF
September 8, 2021
By ZENAIDA GONZALEZ KOTALA The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded UCF a grant to purchase and install an almost $2 million high-peak-power, high-repetition-rate ultrafast
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Distinguished Life Member Status Earns Professor Spot in American Ceramic Society Publication
August 25, 2021
The September edition of the American Ceramic Society’s (ACerS) Bulletin publication features Pegasus Professor Kathleen Richardson, Ph.D., one of three people recognized in 2021 as
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UCF Awarded Its First Keck Foundation $1 Million Grant
August 18, 2021
By ROBERT WELLS One of the nation’s largest philanthropic organizations – the W. M. Keck Foundation – has awarded the University of Central Florida a
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Student Converts Research, Lab Experience to Faculty Position
August 18, 2021
Josh Kaufman’s journey to full-time faculty member this fall begins as a self-described “nerdy kid” reading engineering magazines. Kaufman, Ph.D., ’14, chose CREOL, the
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An Introduction to David Hagan, CREOL’s Third and Newest Dean
August 9, 2021
Pegasus Professor David Hagan, Ph.D. recently assumed responsibility as the third dean of CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics. Hagan has a ground floor
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