Soileau Named to Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
MJ Soileau, vice president for UCF’s Office of Research and Commercialization, has been named to the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Soileau, who oversees the office responsible for taking research...
View ArticleTwo UCF Researchers Received Prestigious Early-career Powe Award
Two UCF researchers were awarded prestigious 2016 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards. The Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) group awarded Michael Chini, an assistant professor of...
View ArticleUCF Ranks in Top 20 of Public Universities for 2015 U.S. Patents
The University of Central Florida ranked 19th in the nation among public universities and 40th in the world for the number of U.S. patents it secured in 2015, according to a new listing by the National...
View ArticleUCF-Developed Formula to Stop Citrus Greening Finalist for 2 Awards
A University of Central Florida researcher’s nanoscale cocktail that is showing signs of slowing a deadly citrus disease that has put one of the state’s largest and most iconic industries at risk, has...
View ArticleMedical Robotics Company Harnesses UCF Research for Computer-Aided Surgery
A medical robotics company has licensed University of Central Florida expertise to develop software for a new surgical-robotic platform. AVRA Medical Robotics Inc., which has an office in the UCF...
View ArticleHeat at Its Core — UCF Engineer Earns NSF CAREER Award
The National Science Foundation has selected a University of Central Florida scientist for a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award for his work that is projected to revolutionize the way...
View ArticleResearch Week: Critical Thinking, Making a Difference in the World
How vulnerable are teenagers in the foster-care system to online predators? What’s the best way to turn a community into a medical-tourism destination? Can nanoparticles be used in a blood test to...
View ArticlePatents Pave Way for UCF Future
UCF’s first patent application was filed 30 years ago this month. Engineering professor Amar Mukherjee had developed a novel way to compress and decompress large amounts of stored digital data on...
View ArticleUCF Ranked Among Best in Nation for Research Leading to New Tech and Spinoffs
The University of Central Florida ranks 22nd in the country for its success in “technology transfer” – the practice of developing academic research into new technologies, products and companies,...
View ArticleUCF Hosts Cleantech Business-Plan Competition
Ten promising cleantech companies from across the United States, including three from the University of Central Florida, will face off in a business-plan competition Friday for a chance to win $50,000...
View ArticleUCF Helps Lead $12M Smart Transportation Project
UCF will help advance several intelligent transportation system technologies across Central Florida aimed at enhancing pedestrian safety and easing congestion, thanks to a nearly $12 million federal...
View ArticleMath Discovery Makes Difference in Medical, Oil, Other Industries
Whoever said studying mathematics has no practical application, doesn’t know UCF math Professor Alexander Katsevich. Katsevich has liked math since an early age, and in 2001 he developed a breakthrough...
View ArticleScientist’s Research Fuels Private Industry
The University of Central Florida closes the 2017 calendar year by sharing one of its biggest bench to market success stories to date. The story began in the 1990s when a Russian scientist moved to the...
View ArticleNewest UCF Research Building Coming Online
The long-awaited Research I building located between Engineering and CREOL is just about ready for business. Faculty members from various colleges and centers will begin moving into the...
View ArticleSeal to be Inducted into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
UCF scientist Sudipta Seal, whose research has led to groundbreaking therapeutic applications in regenerative nanomedicine, has been chosen as a 2018 inductee into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame....
View ArticleHeat at Its Core — UCF Engineer Earns NSF CAREER Award
The National Science Foundation has selected a University of Central Florida scientist for a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award for his work that is projected to revolutionize the way...
View ArticleResearch Week: Critical Thinking, Making a Difference in the World
How vulnerable are teenagers in the foster-care system to online predators? What’s the best way to turn a community into a medical-tourism destination? Can nanoparticles be used in a blood test to...
View ArticlePatents Pave Way for UCF Future
UCF’s first patent application was filed 30 years ago this month. Engineering professor Amar Mukherjee had developed a novel way to compress and decompress large amounts of stored digital data on...
View ArticleUCF Ranked Among Best in Nation for Research Leading to New Tech and Spinoffs
The University of Central Florida ranks 22nd in the country for its success in “technology transfer” – the practice of developing academic research into new technologies, products and companies,...
View ArticleUCF Hosts Cleantech Business-Plan Competition
Ten promising cleantech companies from across the United States, including three from the University of Central Florida, will face off in a business-plan competition Friday for a chance to win $50,000...
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