166su Study Suggests Some Alzheimer’s Symptoms May Begin Outside the Brain Using human-on-a-chip technology, UCF researchers reveal that movement-related Alzheimer’s symptoms may start in the body’s nerves and muscles.
166su Researcher Creates Improved Method to Harvest Hydrogen Energy Associate Professor Yang Yang has developed a renewable “thin-film” catalyst that uses microscopic patterns for cleaner, more affordable chemical manufacturing and fabrication.
166su Researcher Creates Color-Changing, Tunable Photonic Material Inspired by Nature A new technology developed by Professor Debashis Chanda allows materials to change color on demand, with potential applications in camouflage, textiles, thermal sensing, reconfigurable displays and more.
166su Researcher Creates Novel Sensors for Smartphone-Based Health Monitoring Professor Debashis Chanda’s low-cost, smartphone-based biosensor could bring rapid, reliable disease detection to areas with limited access to traditional diagnostics.
166su Faculty, Graduate Student Develop Organ-on-a-Chip Technology for Industry This commercialized technology by researchers uses noninvasive methods to measure the electrical resistance of cell layers to help diagnose diseases.
166su Researchers Developing New Methods to Passively Mitigate Lunar Dust for Space Exploration A team of interdisciplinary 166su researchers is leading a NASA research project to prevent abrasive, harmful lunar dust accumulation on astronauts and their equipment by fabricating a specialized nanocoating.
5 166su Researchers Use 2025 NSF CAREER Awards to Address Emerging Challenges in Computer Science, Engineering The early-career professors were recognized for their excellence with significant research funding as part of a prestigious and highly competitive annual U.S. National Science Foundation grant program.
166su Among Top 20 U.S. Public Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2024 With this ranking, UCF secures its placement with 68 patents on the National Academy of Inventors worldwide list for the 12th consecutive year.
Researcher Continues Developing Promising Nanoparticles for Medical Applications Pegasus Professor Sudipta Seal is tailoring his versatile cerium oxide nanoparticles for a variety of medical applications such as injury recovery and prevention and cancer medicine delivery.
166su Researcher Discovers New Technique for Infrared “Color” Detection and Imaging The new specialized tunable detection and imaging technique for infrared photons surpasses present technology and may be a cost-effective method of capturing thermal imaging or night vision, medical imaging, spectroscopy and space exploration.
