"FROM IDEAS TO INNOVATION TO REALIZATION" FALL EDITION/2005 Fall 2005 Research Funding Breaks UCF Record Faculty awards total of $103.6 million ... Read more... TOP-FUNDED PROGRAMS INCLUDE ENGINEERING, EDUCATION, OPTICS University of Central Florida professors received a record $103.6 million in research funding in 2004-05, exceeding the $100 million milestone for the first time in the university’s history ... Read more... Leveraging Resources Enhances Impact If the numbers mean anything, UCF researchers are making a significant IMPACT in their respective fields of study. I used to be amazed by the great stuff I knew was going on here. Now I have to add that I’m even more amazed by all the stuff that I didn’t know about ... Read more... UCF Faculty to Thank for Research Rise UCF is a rapidly growing and changing university. Thus we are always looking for milestones or benchmarks to measure our progress. We passed two such milestones recently: over $100 million in sponsored programs and advancement from Tier 4 to Tier 3 in the U.S. News and World Report rankings. These two milestones are indications that as we have become a Great Big University (eighth in the nation in enrollment) and we are also becoming a Great University ... Read more... Glenn Boreman Trustee Chair, Professor of Optics, Electrical Engineering, and Physics at the College of Optics and Photonics   Read more... Subrato Chandra Program Director, Building Research Division, Florida Solar Energy Center    Read more... Peter Delfyett Professor of Optics, ECE and Physics    Read more... Peter Hancock The Provost’s Distinguished Research Professor in Psychology    Read more... Pappachan Kolattukudy Dean, Burnett College of Biomedical Sciences    Read more... Mary Little Associate Professor, Child, Family and Community Sciences    Read more... Sandra Robinson Dean, College of Education    Read more... Mubarak Shah Assistant Vice President for Research Computer Vision Initiative    Read more... Nursing School Reaps NIH Funding ... Read more... Scientist’s Work Published in ‘Nature’ ... Read more... Engineer Receives CAREER Award ... Read more... Biologist Receives USFWS Grant to Study Grasshopper Sparrows ... Read more... S.T. Wu Named Editor of New Journal ... Read more... Peter Hancock Named Fellow ... Read more... Biologist Focuses On Forest Density ... Read more... FSEC Energy Summit Stimulates New Ideas ... Read more... UCF Researchers Use Gold, Light to Detect, Remove Mercury from Polluted Water A compound similar to the components of DNA may improve the chances that stem cells transplanted from a patient’s bone marrow to the brain will take over the functions of damaged cells and help treat Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological illnesses ... Read more... IMPACT is produced by the Office of Research & Commercialization at the University of Central Florida. For more information about UCF’s sponsored research activities, contact Tom O’Neal, Associate Vice President for Research, 12443 Research Parkway, Suite 301, Orlando, FL 32826 (407-882-1120). For information about stories contained in the newsletter, contact the editor or the appropriate website. Opinions expressed do not reflect the official views of the university. Use of trade names does not constitute endorsement by the University of Central Florida. Please credit University of Central Florida IMPACT when reproducing content from the publication. John C. Hitt President University of Central Florida jhitt@mail.ucf.edu Terry Hickey Provost and Vice President thickey@mail.ucf.edu M. J. Soileau Vice President for Research mj@mail.ucf.edu Tom O’Neal Associate Vice President for Research Chief Executive Officer, UCF Technology Incubator oneal@mail.ucf.edu Editor Barb Compton Abney babney@mail.ucf.edu