Please join me in congratulating Dr. Sudipta Seal, a professor with the
Advanced Materials Processing Center, the Department of Mechanical,
Materials and Aerospace Engineering and the NanoScience Technology
Center, in his new appointment as Director of AMPAC and the NSTC.

 

Dr. Seal's extensive accomplishments in research and student and
faculty development in the areas of materials, nanoscience and
engineering uniquely qualify him to lead both centers and develop a plan
to merge them in the near future.

 

Dr. Seal's research, which focuses on the development of nano-oxide nanoparticles for application in catalysis, biology and energy, has generated external funding of $8.9 million since his arrival at UCF in 1997, from agencies including the National Science Foundation, the
Office of Naval Research (ONR), the National Institutes of Health, Missile Defense Agencies, NASA, the Department of Energy and many industrial and state agencies. He has received Small Business Innovation Research awards and his research has spun out two companies, one of which is developing his nanomaterials to be used as eyedrops for glaucoma patients.

 

Dr. Seal's research prowess has been recognized world-wide with honors ranging from the ONR Young Investigator Award to his fellowships at RWTH-Aachen (Alexander Von Humboldt), Royal Academy of Engineering Distinguished Professor Fellowship-UK, Imperial College of Science and Technology and Medicine-UK and the Japan Society of Promotion of
Science. He has initiated the creation of the nano-undergraduate track at UCF through a grant from NSF and directed the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates site on nanotechnology.

 

Closer to home he has also received research incentive (RIA) and teaching incentive awards (TIP) from UCF. He has supervised 11 doctoral& 14 MS students to completion and is currently advising five Ph.D. students and postdocs, has published 220 refereed journal papers, 66 conference papers, 11 book chapters, edited 11conference proceedings,
one textbook, two books and has been awarded nine patents to date. He is a Fellow of American Society of Materials (FASM), and a Fellow of American Association of Advancement of Science (FAAAS.)

 

With the establishment of the medical city at Lake Nona,  Dr. Seal is looking forward to tapping into the synergy of these two dynamic research centers to initiate advances in biomaterials and continue collaborative work in energy, optics and other fields.