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PTSD treatment at UCF’s anxiety disorders clinic
Olfaction is one thing that distinguishes UCF’s Trauma Management Therapy (TMT) Program from other post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment programs. Dr. Deborah Beidel, director of the UCF Anxiety Disorders Clinic, uses olfactory stimulants such as “Moroccan marketplace,” “body odor” and “weapon fire” to stimulate the same part of the brain (the limbic system) that […]
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Faculty members honored for teaching, research achievements
About 100 faculty members have been recognized by UCF for their outstanding accomplishments in research and teaching. Professors were selected for Trustee Chair Professorships based on their extraordinary record of accomplishment in teaching, research and service. Recipients were Peter Hancock from the College of Sciences, Mubarak A. Shah from the College of Engineering and Computer Science […]
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Dr. Chandler wins award from the National Fire Protection Research Foundation
NSC Director Dr. Chandler received the 2011 Ronald K. Mengel Award from the national Fire Protection Research Foundation at the annual Suppression, Detection and Signaling Research and Applications A Technical Working Conference (SUPDET 2012) held at the Sheraton Crescent Hotel, Phoenix, AZ. This award is for the best paper presented at the fire detection sessions […]
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Avatars may help children with social anxiety overcome fears
UCF Psychology professor and UCF Anxiety Disorders Clinic Director Deborah Beidel has recently won a $500,000 grant from the The National Institute of Mental Health to fund the development of a new software that she hopes will allow children with social anxiety to overcome their fears. Working with the Atlanta-based company Virtually Better, Beidel and her team […]
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Sociology book nominated for awards
Poor and Homeless in the Sunshine State: Down and Out in Theme Park Nation, by UCF sociologists Jim Wright and Amy Donley, was nominated for the C. Wright Mills award of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (best book on social problems published in 2011) and also for the Ray and Pat Browne Award for […]
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UCF instructor writes book on juvenile justice
NSC adjunct instructor Jeff Kunerth recently wrote and released a book on juvenile crime, punishment and justice in the United States. Trout began as Kunerth’s master project at Goucher College. “What I thought I was writing about – a case of mistaken identity murder-for-hire by three Pensacola teens in 1991 – turned into a deeper […]
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Anthropology team uncover unknown areas in Belize
UCF anthropology team, Arlen and Diane Chase, are using a remote-sensing technology to uncover previously unknown areas of the ancient city of Caracol in Belize. Florida Trend magazine recently profiles the UCF team and their research in their popular series “Research Florida”. “The Chases hope that the new technique and other emerging technologies will help […]
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Biologist shocks viewers in new National Geographic TV series
University of Central Florida biologist William Crampton will take television viewers on a journey to capture an electric eel and measure it’s voltage in an episode of the new National Geographic TV series, Animal Superpowers. The episode makes its United States premiere at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 3, on the Nat Geo WILD channel. Actor […]
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Piloting a Community-Based Social Marketing Program to Protect Marine Ecosystems from Boating Impacts
Dr. Denise DeLorme’s research funding proposal with the Florida Sea Grant has been funded for the fiscal year 2012-2013. Her project, “Piloting a Community-Based Social Marketing Program to Protect Marine Ecosystems from Boating Impacts” will identify barriers and benefits of environmentally-responsible recreational boating and use the findings to develop, implement, and pilot test an innovative […]
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Space miners seek riches in nearby asteroids
A team of venture capitalists and explorers backed by film director James Cameron, billionaire Ross Perot and Google chief executive Larry Page is proposing to bring asteroid mining closer to reality. Scientists are, of course, keen to see samples in their labs. Of particular interest, says Humberto Campins, a planetary scientist at the University of Central […]
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Chemistry Team devlops probes that may be useful to study Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases
Two-photon fluorescence microscopy imaging of cellular oxidative stress using profluorescent nitroxides Oxidative stress is thought to play a key role in a number of conditions, cardiovascular aging, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease. With the increasing prevalence of these diseases, there are few methods to monitor molecular components that cause oxidative stress in vivo. Prof. Kevin […]
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Photos: 2012 Founders’ Day Honors Convocation
The 2012 Founders’ Day Honors Convocation Photos can be viewed and saved on the UCF Marketing Photofile. Several people from the College of Sciences faculty and staff were honored at the recent Founders’ Day Honors Convocation. This year’s honorees are: The Pegasus Professor Award · Talat Rahman, Physics · Linda Walters, Biology University Awards Excellence […]
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College of Sciences honored at Founders’ Day
Several people from the College of Sciences faculty and staff were honored at the recent Founders’ Day Honors Convocation. This year’s honorees are: The Pegasus Professor Award · Talat Rahman, Physics · Linda Walters, Biology University Awards Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching · Christopher Parkinson, Biology Excellence in Professional Academic Advising · Dena M. Ford, College […]
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Physics professor leads Center for Microgravity Research and Education
The Center for Microgravity Research and Education is a joint venture between UCF and Space Florida, an aerospace economic development agency. The center, which is located on UCF’s Orlando campus, conducts and facilitates research in microgravity. “Some of the experiments that we’re working on in the center are looking at the early stages of planet […]
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Physics research gets international attention
We wrote about Sergey Stolbov and Marisol Alcántara Ortigoza’s research on hydrogen fuel cells earlier this month, you can read that piece here. Now the pair is receiving a lot of attention. The Engineer wrote an article about it, which you can read here. Gas2 wrote a blog post about it, which you can read here. TG Daily wrote a […]
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Math professor helps pioneer automated way to spot threats in large crowds
Engineers at the University of Central Florida are devising a way to use video to detect abnormal behavior in large crowds in an effort to help keep people safe from terrorist attacks. Professor Mubarak Shah heads the team that is using video streams, algorithms and a unique analysis to figure out how crowds behave and […]