Craig received the B.S. in physics at UCF. He joined the NPM group in fall 2007 and worked on developing numerical models that could be used to study the fundamental physical and chemical interactions taking place in multi-photon 3D direct laser writing. He is currently pursuing his PhD. in Optics at the University of Arizona

Tatiana received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering in Spring of 2010 at National University of Colombia. And currently she is pursuing her Master's Degree in Chemistry at the same university. She joined the NPM group in fall 2012 as a Visiting Researcher and she worked on developing Luminescent Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as gas sensor materials and luminescent polymers.

Yun-Sheng attended National Sun Yat-Sen University and earned the Master of Science from the Institute of Material Science and Engineering. He was admitted to the University of Central Florida in fall 2004 and joined the NPM Group in spring 2005. His research involved discovery and development of new photonic materials and devices and new chemical and material processes for multi-photon 3D microfabrication. More information on his work can be found in the publication below.

Y.-S. Chen, A. Tal, D. B. Torrance, S. M. Kuebler. "Fabrication and characterization of three-dimensional silver-coated polymeric microstructures." Adv. Funct. Mater., 2006, 16, 1739-1744

Chris is a chemistry major at UCF. He joined the Kuebler group in spring 2010 and assisted Chris Grabill in a study of the electroless metallization of polymer surfaces. His work from summer 2010 to summer 2011 was funded by a Beckman Fellowship .

Samantha was beginning her senior year at Hagerty High School. She began work with NPM group in the summer of 2012 assisting Henry Williams with his research in multi-photon 3D microfabrication. She plans to attend Rollins College in the fall of 2013 to study chemistry and physics. Her work was funded by the REAP experience.

Ivan joined the NPM group in May 2004 and led the initial development of the NPM Group's 3D multi-photon microfabrication system. More information on this work can be found in the conference proceeding listed below.

I. B. Divliansky, G. Weaver, M. Petrovich, T. Jabbour, H. P. Seigneur, C. Parnell-Lampen, A. Thompson, K. D. Belfield, S. M. Kuebler. "CAD-integrated system for automated multi-photon three-dimensional micro- and nano-fabrication." Proc. Soc. of Photo-Opt. Instr. Eng., 2005, 5720, 196-203.

Amanda was a Forensic Science major at UCF. She joined the group in May 2007 and conducted research funded under a Student Mentor Academic Research Team (SMART) fellowship. Amanda investigated methods for electroless metallization and studied how the material processing conditions affect the nanoscale morphology of the deposited metal.

Julien was a CREOL International-REU student in summer 2005 coming from the Ecole Supérieure d’Optique / Institut d’Optique, Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France. While in the NPM Group, Julien researched methods for experimentally characterizing the point-spread-function of tightly focused laser beams.

Danny was a Chemistry major at UCF. He joined the Kuebler group in Fall 2008 and was investigating chemical systems used for electroless metallization. Danny moved Iowa to pursue his Ph.D. in Chemistry at Iowa State University.

Meaghan was a CREOL-REU student at UCF in summer 2005. She researched methods for characterizing thin polymer films that are photo-crosslinked under single- and multi-photon irradiation.

Hiram was a Nano-REU student at UCF in summer 2005 and researched the use of multi-photon 3D microfabrication for creating micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS).

Rahul Hegishte earned the B.Sc. degree in chemistry from the University of Mumbai and the M.S. in Physical Chemistry at the University of Pune, both in India. He was admitted to the Chemistry Graduate Program at UCF in fall 2005, at which time he joined the NPM Group. Rahul researched the use of folded polypeptides for templating the deposition of metals and other materials into targeted nano-scale forms.

Drew was born and have spent his life here in Central Florida. He is majoring in Chemistry here at UCF. He transferred to UCF from Seminole State College where he recieved his A.A. in General Education. Drew joined the Kuebler Group in the middle of Spring 2012 and assisted Chris Grabill with electroless metallization of Ag onto polymeric surfaces.

Michelle is a Chemistry major at UCF. She joined the Kuebler group in January 2012 assisting Chris Grabill with electroless metallization onto polymer surfaces. During the summer of 2012, Michelle continued the work of former group member Chris Clukay. Michelle was funded during the summer of 2012 by the SURF Scholars Program as well as by NSF CAREER grant DMR/CHE-0748712 and NSF grant CHE-0809821.

Toufic Jabbour (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Balamand, El Koura, Lebanon in 2000 and the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma State University in 2002. Toufic was admitted to the College of Optics, UCF in fall 2003 and joined the NPM Group in spring 2004. He served as president of IEEE, LEOS chapter at CREOL for the academic year 2006-2007. He received his PhD in the fall of 2009. Toufic investigated the use of diffractive optical elements for engineering the focused intensity pattern, or "point-spread-function" (PSF), that is produced when plane waves are tightly focused using high-numerical-aperture optics. More details on this work can be found in his publication below.

Toufic Jabbour and Stephen M. Kuebler, "Axial field shaping under high-numerical-aperture focusing," Opt. Lett., 2007, 32, 527-529.

Toufic Jabbour and Stephen M. Kuebler, "Vector diffraction analysis of high numerical aperture focused beams modified by two- and three-zone annular multi-phase plates," Optics Express, 2006, 14, 1033-1043.

Jose graduated from Boone High School joined the military in 2009. He left the U.S. Army in 2012 to study Electrical Engineering at UCF and joined the Kuebler group in the Fall of 2012 through UCF Learn Program. He worked on the fabrication of 3D-microstructures.

Dale worked with the Kuebler Group in summer 2011 through the CREOL Research Experience for Undergraduates program. He developed new process for electrolessly depositing copper onto 3D micro-structures, for use in nanophotonics and other applications. Dale is now pursuing the Ph.D. in Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. More information on Dale's work with the Kuebler group can be found in the publication listed below.

S. M. Kuebler, A. Narayanan, D. E. Karas, K. M. Wilburn. "Low-Distortion Surface Functionalization of Polymeric Microstructures." Macromol. Chem. Phys., 2014, 215, 1533-1542.

Vivek Kumar worked with Kuebler group in Summer 2011 while he was a student at Paul J. Hagerty High School. His study was supported by AEOP/REAP fellowship..

Zhenyue Luo received both the BS and MS degrees in Optical Engineering at Zhejiang University in China. His past research focused on design, fabrication, and dispersion characterization of chirped mirrors for femtosecond laser systems. He is now pursuing the PhD in Optics and working with Dr. Shin-Tson Wu.

Kristen joined the NPM group in spring 2009. Through a research collaboration with Dr. Richard Blair's research group, she helped characterize a method for depositing germanium at low-temperature by disproportionation of GeI₂. After completing the MS in Chemistry in fall 2011, she started a position at Lockheed-Martin Company in Orlando, FL.

Ananth received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University in Fall 2010. He worked in the group as a Postdoctoral Research Assistant from October 2010 to November 2011. He then joined a position at Cree, Inc. in Durham, North Carolina.

Caleb was a CREOL-REU student at UCF in summer 2004 and contributed in the development of LabView software used to automate the NPM-Group multi-photon 3D microfabrication system. More information on Caleb's work with the Kuebler Group can be found in the publication listed below.

I. B. Divliansky, G. Weaver, M. Petrovich, T. Jabbour, H. P. Seigneur, C. Parnell-Lampen, A. Thompson, K. D. Belfield, S. M. Kuebler. "CAD-integrated system for automated multi-photon three-dimensional micro- and nano-fabrication." Proc. Soc. of Photo-Opt. Instr. Eng., 2005, 5720, 196-203.

Marco earned both the 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 completed the MS in Optics in spring 2010.

Janneth was an NIH-BRIDGE summer research student in 2005 from Daytona Beach Community College who researched the application of Raman spectroscopy for characterizing the extent of cross-linking in polymerized acrylate composites.

Michael is completing the bachelors degree in computer science. He helped develop software for our multi-photon 3D microfabrication system. He also contributed significantly in an analysis of the application of the Method of Generlized Projections for designing diffractive optical elements that axially super-resolve a laser beam focused under high-NA conditions. The work led to the peer-reviewed publication below.

T. Jabbour, M. Petrovich, and S. M. Kuebler. "Design of axially super-resolving phase filters using the method of generalized projections." Opt. Commun. 2008, 281, 2002-2011.

Hubert worked with Michael Petrovich and Greg Weaver in 2004 to develop CAD software that we designed especially for multi-photon 3D microfabrication. More information on this work can be found in the conference proceeding listed below.

I. B. Divliansky, G. Weaver, M. Petrovich, T. Jabbour, H. P. Seigneur, C. Parnell-Lampen, A. Thompson, K. D. Belfield, S. M. Kuebler. "CAD-integrated system for automated multi-photon three-dimensional micro- and nano-fabrication." Proc. Soc. of Photo-Opt. Instr. Eng., 2005, 5720, 196-203.

Amir was admitted to the University of Central Florida in fall 2004 and joined the NPM Group in spring 2005. His research involved discovery and development of new photonic materials and devices. In July 2007, Amir successfully defended his Masters of Science thesis in optics entitled "Three-Dimensional Micron-Scale Metal Photonic Crystals via Multi-Photon Direct Laser Writing and Electroless Metal Deposition". Amir started a new position as an optical design engineer on 13 August 2007 with Coastal Optics in West Palm Beach, Fl. More information on his research work can be found in the publication below.

Amir Tal, Yun-Sheng Chen, Henry E. Williams, Raymond C. Rumpf, and Stephen M. Kuebler, "Fabrication and characterization of three-dimensional copper metallodielectric photonic crystals." Opt. Express, 2007, 15(26), 18283-18293.

Adrian is a Physics major at UCF. He joined the Kuebler's group in Fall 2012 to investigate fabrication of photonic crystals for diverse applications. Currently, Adrian is a Ph.D. student in Optics working with Dr. Zenghu Chang research group.

Jeremy is completing his Bachelor's Degree in Physics at Andrews University. He worked with the Kuebler Group during the Summer of 2014 to investigate the two-photon microfabrication of photonic crystals for use in optical interconnects. Following obtaining an undergraduate degree, he plans to go to graduate school to study Physics further.

Amy was a CREOL-REU student at UCF in summer 2004 and contributed in the development of LabView software used to automate the NPM-Group 3D multi-photon microfabrication system. More information on Amy's work with the Kuebler Group can be found in the publication listed below.

I. B. Divliansky, G. Weaver, M. Petrovich, T. Jabbour, H. P. Seigneur, C. Parnell-Lampen, A. Thompson, K. D. Belfield, S. M. Kuebler. "CAD-integrated system for automated multi-photon three-dimensional micro- and nano-fabrication." Proc. Soc. of Photo-Opt. Instr. Eng., 2005, 5720, 196-203.

Dalibor graduated from Atlantic Technical Center in Fort Lauderdale in 2012. He is currently an undergraduate student at UCF majoring in Physics. He joined the Kuebler group through UCF Learn Program in Fall 2012 semester. Dalibor worked on 3D-microfabrication of  photonic crystals.

Undergraduate researcher, 2003-2005

Britt contributed toward the development of a chemical process for conformally depositing silver onto cross-linked acrylate films and microstructures prepared by multi-photon 3D microfabrication. Britt is currently pursuing the PhD in physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. More information on his research with the Kuebler Group can be found in the publication below. More information on his work can be found in the publication below.

Y.-S. Chen, A. Tal, D. B. Torrance, S. M. Kuebler. "Fabrication and characterization of three-dimensional silver-coated polymeric microstructures." Adv. Funct. Mater., 2006, 16, 1739-1744.

Aadit was a member of the Kuebler Group over the 2014 summer as a visiting student from Hagerty High School. Over the summer, he worked alongside  Dr. Casey Schwarz and Gerald Richardson. He helped analyze the etch rates of Chalcogenide glasses using Raman Spectroscopy and visual observation. Aadit plans to pursue a degree in college in the STEM field. Currently, he is interested in entering the medical field and specializing as a doctor. His research with the Kuebler Group was supported by AEOP/REAP program.

Steven was a High School Research Assistant with the group in summer 2010. He then began his undergraduate study at Vanderbilt University.

Greg is a computer science major at UCF who worked with Michael Petrovich and Hubert Seigneur in 2004 to develop CAD software that we designed especially for multi-photon 3D microfabrication. More information on this work can be found in the conference proceeding listed below.

I. B. Divliansky, G. Weaver, M. Petrovich, T. Jabbour, H. P. Seigneur, C. Parnell-Lampen, A. Thompson, K. D. Belfield, S. M. Kuebler. "CAD-integrated system for automated multi-photon three-dimensional micro- and nano-fabrication." Proc. Soc. of Photo-Opt. Instr. Eng., 2005, 5720, 196-203.

Kaley is an undergraduate student majoring in Biomedical Sciences at UCF. She worked in the Kuebler group during Spring 2012 semester on processes for electroless metallization of polymeric 3D micro-structures. More information on Kaley's work with the Kuebler group can be found in the publication listed below.

S. M. Kuebler, A. Narayanan, D. E. Karas, K. M. Wilburn. "Low-Distortion Surface Functionalization of Polymeric Microstructures." Macromol. Chem. Phys., 2014, 215, 1533-1542.

Henry earned the B.S. in chemical engineering from the College of Engineering of Florida A&M University and Florida State University. He was accepted into the chemistry graduate program at UCF for study toward the Ph.D. in materials chemistry. Henry joined the NPM group in January 2006 and his research involves the discovery and development of new chemical and materials systems for multi-photon 3D microfabrication. Henry graduated in fall 2013 with Ph.D. in Chemistry and became a Technical Associate with Nanospective. Congratulations, Dr. Williams!

First graduate of the NPM Group! -- M.S. in optics, spring 2006

Ozan earned the B.Sc. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering in 2001 from Yeditepe University, Turkey and the M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering in 2004 from Bogazici University, Turkey under the supervision of Dr. Ali Serpenguzel, Principal Investigator of the Microphotonics Research Laboratory, Koc University. Ozan was admitted to CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics in fall 2004 and joined the NPM Group in spring 2005. Ozan contributed in the development of the NPM Group's 3D multi-photon microfabrication system and researched a novel nano-photonic structure that can be used to efficiently guide light by total internal reflection in a low-refractive-index waveguide supported on a high-index substrate. Ozan was awarded the M.S. in optics in spring 2006, and the PhD in Optics from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Ozan then began a research position at Intel Corporation.