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Nanophotonic Materials Group
Welcome!The Nanophotonic Materials (NPM) Group focuses on discovering and developing new materials, processes, and devices for optical and photonic applications. We are particularly interested in
- Developing new nano-composites having useful optical and electronic function;
- Methods for patterning materials and devices on nanometer and micrometer length scales;
- Techniques for three-dimensional (3D) nano- and micro-fabrication.
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Yun-Sheng Chen, chemistry PhD graduate student. |
Scanning electron microscopy image of a 3D photonic crystal created by the NPM group. |
Meaghan Giesler, summer 2005 CREOL REU student. |
Our investigations include both fundamental research and applied materials and device development. Students in the NPM Group learn and apply techniques from materials science, synthetic chemistry, spectroscopy, optics, and photonics. Graduate students are researching toward masters and doctoral degrees in chemistry and optics Undergraduates on our team come from a wider range of disciplines that has included chemistry, physics, engineering, and computer science. The NPM Group is directed by Dr. Stephen M. Kuebler, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Optics at the University of Central Florida.
The Latest News
15 February 2008: Dr. Kuebler receives an Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award.
Dr. Kuebler was selected to receive an Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award by the UCF College of Sciences. Click here to learn more about Dr. Kuebler’s teaching and outreach education activities.
January 2008: Kuebler Group awarded an NSF CAREER Grant !!
In January 2008 Dr. Stephen M. Kuebler and the NPM Group were 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. All members of the NPM group helped collect the preliminary data that supported the proposal leading to this award. Way to go team!!!
January 2008: PhD Candidate Yun-Sheng Chen passes the CREOL Qualifier Exam !!!
On Wednesday 16 January 2008 the CREOL Qualifying Exam Committee announced that Yun-Sheng Chen passed the CREOL Qualifier Exam! This is a big step forward for Yun-Sheng on his way to earning the PhD in optics. To celebrate, the entire group went out for dinner at Royal Thai Restaraunt. Talk about great food! Congratulations, Yun-Sheng!
8 May 2007: Welcome Marco Melino !!
In spring 2008 optics graduate student Mr. Marco Melino joined our research group. Marco comes from Italy and most recently completed his B.S. in Industrial Engineering and the M.S. degree in Material Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino, Italy in 2005 under the mentorship of Professor Marco Sangermano. From September 2006 to August 2007 he researched in the Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Department of the Centro Ricerche Fiat S.C.p.A., Orbassano (TO) Italy, where he completed his thesis and worked as an analyst developing manufacturing processes for the optical and automotive industry. Marco was admitted to the College of Optics, UCF and joined the NPM group in Spring 2008. Welcome to the group, Marco!
