October, 2008: New $1.8 Million 4-Year Collaborative Research in Chemistry Grant from the National Science Foundation!Self-Organized Aggregates in Photonics (SOAP): A Comprehensive Approach to Multiphoton Absorbing Supramolecular Assemblies.
A comprehensive Nanoscience & Molecular Engineering research program.Principal Investigator: Kevin D. Belfield, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry and CREOL: The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Belfield@mail.ucf.edu , http://belfield.cos.ucf.edu/ .Co-Principal Investigator: Florencio E. Hernandez, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and CREOL: The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, florenzi@mail.ucf.edu, http://chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_hernandez.php.Co-Principal Investigator: Artëm E. Masunov, Assistant Professor, Nanoscience Technology Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, amasunov@mail.ucf.edu, http://chemistry.cos.ucf.edu/faculty_masunov.php.Co-Principal Investigator: Tatiana V. Timofeeva, Research Professor, Department of Chemistry, New Mexico Highlands University, tvtimofeeva@nmhu.edu, http://its.nmhu.edu/personal/chemistry/personal-tatiannatimofeeva.html
March, 2008: At "Women making History Celebration 2008" ceremony the following faculty were recognized as women that enhance research and leadership capacity of UCF. Kimiko Akita (Communication), Archana Dubey (Physics), Cherie Geiger (Chemistry), Linda Walters (Biology), Jane Waterman (Biology) and Cynthia Young (Math). We honor them during Women's History Month at the Women Making History Luncheon.
February, 2008: Dr. Stephen M. Kuebler was awarded a CAREER Grant by the National Science Foundation. This award (no. 0748712) is supported jointly by the Division of Materials Research and the Chemistry Division of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate. The award, entitled "CAREER: Three-Dimensional Multi-Scale Metallodielectric Materials", provides support over a period of five years for the investigation of new processes for creating optically functional three-dimensional metallo-dielectric meta-materials.
April, 2007: Christian Clausen, Cherie Geiger and Debra Reinhart, professors at UCF, will be inducted in the Space Technology Hall of Fame next week for their role in developing the Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron, or EZVI. They worked with NASA scientists at the Kennedy Space Center to develop the technology that cleans contaminated sites and is environmentally friendly. The professors teach in the chemistry and civil and environmental engineering departments.
September, 2006: Dr. Stephen Kuebler's research group has developed a new approach for fabricating three-dimensional metal-polymer composite micro-structures. The approach opens new routes to photonic materials and devices with novel optical properties. This research was featured on the Aug. 2006 cover of "Advanced Functional Materials". To learn more about the Kuebler group, go to their home page at http://npm.creol.ucf.edu.
December, 2005: 2005 Outstanding Four Year College Teacher Award , Orlando Chapter of the American Chemical Society.
October, 2005: Kevin D. Belfield (PI) and Andres D. Campiglia (co-PI) received the Type H award from The Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society. The endowment includes $31,080 for "Optical, Photonic, and Electronic Materials ACS-PRF Summer School." The objective of the ACS PRF Summer School on Optical, Photonic, and Electronic Materials, to be held at UCF in June 2006, is to bring aspiring chemists at relatively early stages of their careers, along with faculty from two-year colleges, for an intensive educational experience in cutting edge materials that are used in a number of emerging technologies.
October, 2005: Eric W. Van Stryland (PI), along with Kevin D. Belfield (co-PI) and David J. Hagan (co-PI), received a research grant from the National Science Foundation entitled "Nonlinear Spectroscopy: Absorption and Refraction," award number ECS-0524533, 8/2005-7/2008, $240,001.
August, 2005: Otto Phanstiel (PI) and Saleh Naser were awarded a grant renewal from the Broad Medical Research Program for their work on polyamines and inflammatory bowel disease ($50,000).
July, 2005: Otto Phanstiel (PI), Thomas Selby and Martin Richardson were awarded funding from Mannkind Biopharmaceuticals to study proprietary drug delivery technologies ($184,551).
May, 2005: Howard Miles has been recommended as a 2005 CAS Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) award recipient. The TIP program rewards faculty for teaching productivity and excellence. Selection criteria include teaching quality and effectiveness, commitment to instruction, innovation, creativity, and productivity based on a portfolio of assignments and evaluations collected over the previous 4 academic years.
April, 2005: Otto Phanstiel and Todd Meyer were each awarded the Florida Hospital Gala Endowed Award for Oncological Research ($7500).
March, 2005: Li Zhang (completed Industrial Chemistry MS in Fall 2004) was selected by the College of Arts and Sciences to receive an Honorable Mention for Outstanding Master's Thesis.
January, 2005: Mike Sigman and his co-investigators, Andrew Campiglia and Kevin Belfield, received a contract for a grant from DARPA.
