CREOL e-Highlights Vol 1 Iss 5

Vol. 1,
Issue #5
August 2005

Greetings Friends of CREOL:

Welcome to e-Highlights, published monthly by the The College of Optics and Photonics : CREOL & FPCE. In this issue we feature milestones at the UCF Office of Research and Commercialization, and student and faculty awards at The College of Optics and Photonics.

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Jim Pearson

Director, Research & Administration

The College of Optics & Photonics: CREOL & FPCE

UCF TOPS $100 MILLION MILESTONE IN RESEARCH FUNDING

University of Central Florida professors received a record $103.6 million in research funding in 2004-05, exceeding the $100 million milestone for the first time in the university's history, Vice President for Research M.J. Soileau announced.

Researchers in engineering, education and optics led the way as UCF increased its research funding by 25 percent over the 2003-04 total of $83 million. Expansions of nanoscience and biomedical sciences programs also helped to attract more research dollars.

Read the latest news on research and commercialization activities from the UCF Office of Research & Commercialization, led by Vice President for Research (and founding Director of CREOL), Dr. MJ Soileau: http://impact.research.ucf.edu

SIMMONS AWARDED D.E.P.S. SCHOLARSHIP

Congratulations to Jed Simmons, fourth year Physics graduate student, selected by the Directed Energy Professional Society (DEPS) to receive a scholarship for the 2006-2007 academic year.

Jed works with Dr. Michael Bass as his thesis advisor. Jed is the second CREOL student selected for the DEPS scholarship.

MAGAZINE NAMES UCF'S PETER DELFYETT OUTSTANDING BLACK PROFESSIONAL IN SCIENCE

Peter Delfyett, a professor of optics, physics and electrical and computer engineering here at UCF, has been named an outstanding black professional in science by Science Spectrum magazine.

In addition to Delfyett, who specializes in laser and fiberoptics research, the Science Spectrum Trailblazers included the director of the National Institutes of Health, the president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a Cornell University dean and New York's state health commissioner.

Delfyett earned a similar honor last year from Science Spectrum. He and the other winners will be honored at a luncheon Sept. 16 at the Minorities in Research Science Conference in Baltimore . For more information, please visit: www.ccgmag.com/emerald.

WE WILL SEE YOU THERE!

Look for The College of Optics and Photonics at the following meetings:

SPIE Annual Meeting, Optics and Photonics - San Diego , CA Booth #445

OSA Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics - Tucson , AZ

Photonics West 2006 (plus Alumni Reunion ) - San Jose , CA

SPIE Defense & Security Symposium 2006 - Orlando , FL

CLEO 2006 - Long Beach , CA

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