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Perspective view of the solar collector gutter with two collector modules.

Low-Cost Solar Collector Mounting System Blends with Buildings and Landscaping

31211 – Affordable mounting system enables homeowners and businesses to take advantage of solar power using existing rain gutters UCF researchers have invented a low-cost system that seamlessly blends form and function by enabling residential and commercial buildings to capture solar energy without having to mount unsightly solar panels on their rooftops. With the system, solar energy companies... Read More

Schematic of an example application for the invention. The left image shows a graphene-doped ceramic cladding on a single crystal core. The center image depicts the interface between the cladding and core. The right image shows graphene on the grain boundary.

New Cladding Material Suppresses Transverse Oscillations in Solid-State, Single-Crystal and Ceramic Laser Amplifiers

33613 – Invention enables manufacturers to produce high-power laser amplifiers that suppress transverse oscillations while operating in both cryogenic and high-vacuum environments UCF researchers have developed a low-cost, non-toxic cladding material that suppresses the unwanted effects of transverse and parasitic oscillations that occur with high-powered lasers. The new cladding resolves the key... Read More

Figure 1. Example of the integrated energy harvesting and storage device (IEHSD) interwoven into a jacket.

New Filament Combines Solar Energy Harvesting and Storage Capabilities

33596 – Energy-smart filaments enable soldiers to recharge equipment without weighty, bulky batteries UCF researchers have invented a weavable filament that both captures and stores solar energy simultaneously—two capabilities that have only been available in separate devices until now. Thin and ribbon-like, the solid-state Integrated Energy Harvesting and Storage Device (IEHSD) enables... Read More

Example applications of spatially variant photonic crystals (SVPCs): (left) A standard SVPC bend; (middle) An SVPC bend with a lens multiplexed into the lattice; (right) The same multiplexed device with the source beam incident at an angle.

Photonics Apparatus Provides Groundbreaking Light Bending Capability

33687 – New device enables telecommunications networks and high-performance computers to transfer data through tight twists and turns at light speed and without energy loss Researchers at UCF and the University of Texas at El Paso have designed and developed a device that can bend and steer data-carrying light beams through tighter turns and with higher efficiency than current technologies. The... Read More

Optical Technology Offers High Diffraction Efficiency and Polarization Sensitivity

33470 – New diffraction grating technology enables wearable displays to project 3D images using only one panel UCF researchers have invented an optical device that can replace existing technologies in applications such as electronic beam steering for free-space communications, optical switching, and wearable (head-mounted) displays. The Polarization Volume Grating (PVG) provides wider bandwidths,... Read More

A sample SterilEyes application for the donning/doffing of a hazmat suit.

Real-Time Crowd-Sourced Oversight of Protective Equipment Donning/Doffing

33444 – Crowd sourced review and certifying service enables healthcare workers to have their PPE donning/doffing techniques collectively observed and reviewed in real time UCF researchers have developed a system and methods that healthcare workers, firefighters and other first responders can use to ensure that they and colleagues worldwide properly don (put on) or doff (take off) personnel... Read More

UCF researcher Fernando Uribe-Romo, Ph.D., in the lab with a photoreactor containing the new MOF.

‘Artificial Photosynthesis’ for Clean Air and Energy Production using Titanium-Based Metal Organic Framework (MOF) and Visible Blue Light

33636 – Low-cost invention can help power plants reduce carbon dioxide emissions while producing solar fuel UCF researchers have developed a simple, low-cost way to fight global warming and produce new, storable energy. The breakthrough technology provides a titanium-based metal organic framework (MOF) that reacts with visible (blue) light to photocatalytically reduce carbon dioxide (CO) into two... Read More

Example showing a silicon stretchable focal plane array (FPA) circuitry made using the invention and shaped into a hemisphere for a lens assembly.

New Process and Applications for Flexible Electronic and Optoelectronic Circuits

33601 – Fabrication technology creates stretchable circuits for advanced imaging and wearable electronic devices UCF researchers have developed a new fabrication process for making stretchable electronic and optoelectronic devices, circuits or systems that can conform or deform to specific shapes. The new process enables manufacturers to make circuits for advanced imaging systems, wearable... Read More

Novel Photonics Platform Enables Integration of Optical Devices

33475 – Invention combines wafer-scale optical devices onto a chip used in telecommunications A new invention by UCF researchers provides the telecommunications industry with a low-cost way to combine optical devices such as high-speed detectors, modulators, and low-noise lasers onto a compact, stable integrated chip. The new photonics platform operates over octave-spanning or multi-octave... Read More

The new locally-systemic pesticide (LSP) invention protects plants, such as tomatoes, from Cu-resistant diseases.

Locally-Systemic Nanocomposites Protect Plants Against Copper-Resistant Microorganisms

33529 – Nanoparticle-based technology enables growers to combat bacterial spot and other copper-resistant plant diseases with minimal environmental impact UCF researchers have developed a novel copper (Cu)-based nanoparticle technology to treat and protect plants against a broad range of disease-causing bacteria and fungi. Using industry-accepted ingredients, the new formula is based on... Read More

Academic Research and Grants Information System

ARGIS® Software: A Robust Single-Source, Web-Based Research Management System

31672 – Scalable software, ARGIS significantly reduces administrative overhead associated with managing university research, funding and commercialization projects UCF researchers have developed customizable and scalable web-based, software for research administration that meets the needs of diverse stakeholders in a single system. The Academic Research & Grants Information System (ARGIS)... Read More

Illustration of the synthesis of 2-D covalent organic frameworks

Method of Shaping Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks Yields Fast, Stable, Solid-State Electrolytes

33494 – New process can be used to build faster, safer solid-state electrolytes for batteries in portable devices, cars and airplanes UCF researchers have developed a low-cost method for processing two-dimensional (2-D) covalent organic frameworks (COFs) that can safely be used as electrolytes in solid-state, rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. The new method offers a better alternative... Read More

Illustration of the Stochastic Resampling Process

Synthetic Data Generation Method Improves Accuracy of Gesture Recognizers

33507 – New synthetic data generation method enables fast, accurate training of gesture recognizers used in rapid prototyping of user interfaces UCF researchers have developed a method that quickly generates realistic synthetic data and enables gesture recognizers to significantly improve their accuracy. The new method, called Stochastic Resampling (SR), is computationally efficient, has minimal... Read More

Illustration of the system capturing and identifying contaminated areas in a mock medical procedure

System Monitors Medical Procedures to Detect Sterile Field Contamination

33396 – UCF researchers have developed an automated detection system aimed at helping to prevent and reduce the number of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) contracted during medical procedures. The new System for Detecting Sterile Field Events tracks activity during training or an actual medical procedure and identifies actions (such as contact-related events) that violate the sterile field and... Read More

Mosquitoes feeding on the Passive Insect Surveillance Sensor Device

Low-Cost Device Catches, Kills and Identifies Vectors with Infectious Diseases

33502 – According to the World Health Organization, vector-borne diseases account for more than 17 percent of all infectious diseases, causing more than 1 million deaths annually. Confirmed cases of Dengue fever (DENV), Zika (ZIKV) or chikungunya (CHIKV) in the Americas over the past few years now pose a heightened risk for epidemics in the U. S., as well as in the traditional endemic areas like... Read More

Illustration of the hole/disk array coupled with the ground plane.

Tunable, Uncooled Infrared Detector with Narrow-Band Wavelength Selectivity

33377 – Low-cost, mid-infrared (IR) wavelength detector offers high responsivity without cryogenic cooling UCF researchers have invented a nanoscale IR detector that overcomes major limitations of today’s cooled and uncooled IR detectors. The Optical Frequency-Selective Absorber-Based Infrared Detector operates uncooled and can be tuned to a specific narrow bandwidth within the IR spectrum. The new... Read More

Breakthrough Optical Blood Coagulation Monitor Provides Real-time Feedback

31064 – Life-saving device continuously checks a patient’s blood clotting status during and after surgery UCF researchers have developed a breakthrough early-detection system that helps detect life-threatening blood clots during and after a medical procedure. Conventional laboratory blood coagulation tests are time-intensive, requiring blood to be drawn, processed and analyzed. The UCF real-time... Read More

Targeting Oxidative Stress for Parkinson’s Disease Therapy

32897 – Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Vector-Mediated Knockdown of NADPH Oxidase1 (Nox1) Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the aggregation of α-synuclein proteins and the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons. Oxidative stress is a major contributing factor in the pathogenesis of PD and has been linked to both α-synuclein aggregation and... Read More

Schematic of preferred embodiment of tunable within 1-5 µm wavelength

Lasing Method with Rapid, Non-Mechanical Wavelength Tuning in the Mid-IR

32934 – UCF researchers have developed a tunable laser with broadband coherent output spectrum within the mid-infrared (IR) range using a chirped quasi phase-matched optical parametric amplifier/difference frequency generator (CQPM OPA/DFG)-based design. Comparatively, currently available laser sources do not possess the unique combination of the following desired attributes: high average power,... Read More

A schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the hybrid differential optical sensing system to deliver compressed sensing.

Active and Passive Optical Imaging System to Reduce Storage and Compression Time

32122 – Compressed sensing, which is often based on random measurement bases, is a useful technique that samples and significantly compresses a signal at a much faster rate. However, currently available methods have two key challenges; when used in practical systems, such as computed tomography, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), random measurement is incompatible... Read More

Schematic representation of the fabrication and use of the ISE.

Paper-Based Ion-Selective Electrodes with Improved Sensitivity and Reproducibility

33425 – Ion-selective electrodes (ISEs) are highly important for ion detection. Paper-based ISEs are a simple, low cost, and disposable alternative to conventional solid-contact ISEs. However, widespread use of paper-based ISEs has been limited due to poor detection limits (in the micromolar range), reliability, and selectivity. UCF researchers have developed novel ultra-sensitive paper-based ISEs... Read More

Cut-back measurements of propagation loss of fabricated T-guides.

Innovative Integrated Photonics Platform for Compact Photonic Devices

33394 – There is a growing interest in integrated photonics systems that can operate over octave-spanning or multi-octave spectral windows, but such structures have operating requirements that bar them from achieving high performance while preserving all the desired features: low propagation losses, tight optical confinement, and accurate control over dimensional characteristics. To resolve these... Read More

Rapid, Cost-Effective Test for Mycobacteria

33286 – UCF researchers have discovered a rapid, cost-effective method to test samples for mycobacterial infection. This measurement can be obtained by assaying a biological sample from the subject, providing a more cost effective, less labor intensive testing process. Once a mycobacterium is identified, this method can be further used to monitor the infection after treatment with an antibiotic. ... Read More

A schematic drawing of a cylindrical disc laser gain medium having a perimetrical edge entirely coated with an ASE-absorbing epoxy composition, disposed in a cryocooler

New High Power Laser Medium Index Matching Reduces Parasitic Lasing in Cryogenic Environments

33261 – A common problem in large-aperture, high-power, solid state amplifiers is parasitic, or transverse, lasing. When this phenomenon occurs, the energy stored in the amplifier quickly drains, effectively clamping the gain accessible to the intended longitudinal amplification process. Currently available methods for reducing parasitic lasing involve the use of absorbing thin films, optical... Read More

Precise, Efficient Microparticle and Nanoparticle Fabrication

33148 – In the production of microparticles and nanoparticles, currently available methods utilize two types of approaches. Bottom-up approaches involve processes such as nucleation, chemical reactions, or self-assembly processes, and although the resulting particles vary in shape and size, the particles either cluster together or coalesce into one mass. Top-down approaches use methods such as... Read More

Method for Increasing Thermal Conductivity of a Substrate

30946 – Method and apparatus for enhancing thermal conductivity and heat dissipation of a substrate by forming a wide bandgap material within a non-wide bandgap substrate. In recent years, as electronic devices have become smaller, the packaging density for these devices on a circuit substrate has increased. Significant amounts of heat are produced by these electronic devices,... Read More

Production sequence that starts with an optical material feedstock (top left), processes same into a composite optical element (top, middle and bottom at right) for use within an optical apparatus (bottom left) in accordance with the embodiments.

High Performance, Structured Granular Composite Materials

33384 – Researchers at UCF have created a new type of composite optical element as well as methods for fabricating particles and fibers from the material, depending upon the application. Fabrication of the multi-scale composite optical particles/fibers is highly scalable using multi-component spun fibers drawn in parallel. Using a composition of amorphous and crystalline nano-scale components enables... Read More

The Dementia and Delirium Analysis Research Tool

33410 – An easy-to-use, accessible questionnaire that both clinicians and caregivers can use with dementia and delirium patients Currently, screenings for delirium and dementia are performed separately and administered by a trained professional. However, this process is inconvenient and time consuming for both the clinician and the patient, often leading to misdiagnoses in busy clinical settings... Read More

New boride materials creates harder, more wear-resistant tools and coatings

New Boride Materials With Ultra-High Hardness, High Oxidation Resistance and Catalytic Activity

33368 – While several diborides find applied uses, such as abrasion and oxidation resistant coatings, an ongoing search continues for new phases and compositions that could possess interesting and useful properties. Researchers at the University of Central Florida have created new boride materials via mechanochemical synthesis. These materials have ultra-high hardness, high oxidation resistance,... Read More

The trailer-based, diesel motor powered hot water apparatus

Eco-friendly, Scalable Device Kills and Controls Fire Ants and other Ground-dwelling Insects

33225 – Fire ants are an ecological and financial problem in the worldwide. These pests upset and destroy natural ecosystems, are considered a public health threat, and have detrimental economic effects in agriculture (e.g., large mounds damage machinery), ranching (e.g., the loss of newborn livestock), and recreation and tourism (e.g., the loss of game birds as well as rendering park and resort... Read More

Microscope image of graphene transistor.

Graphene-based Plasmonic Phototransistor Provides Broadly Tunable, Narrowband Photo-response

33098 – Graphene phototransistor provides up to 40 percent change in channel conductance for spectral sensing and situational awareness applications Currently, there are no fast, highly sensitive graphene-based photo detectors with a narrow but broadly tunable bandwidth for spectral sensing and situational awareness applications. Extensive effort has been made in this direction through the... Read More

A schematic showing the mechanisms by which a NC coating can prevent osteolysis by scavenging free radicals, suppressing immune reaction locally and inhibiting corrosion, in accordance with an embodiment.

New Coating for Prosthetic Implants Helps to Reduce Inflammation and Bone Loss

33321 – UCF researchers have invented a cerium oxide based coating with anti-inflammatory/anti-oxidant properties that may delay or prevent osteolysis by reducing inflammation and the presence of free radicals while restoring the environment’s electrochemical balance. The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons has projected the number of annual primary total hip joint replacement surgeries to... Read More

Get More Power from Your Low Power Inverters

32995 – A three-phase grid tied micro-inverter using controlled-based soft switching A group of UCF researchers have developed a three-phase micro-inverter for low power applications, specifically batteries, solar panels, or fuel cells, with higher power density and efficiency. The entirely new control approach eliminates the need for expensive additional parts often required of hard switched... Read More

Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 Perspective views of an arc-type APTV

New Velocimeters Provide Improved Sensing Capabilities in Aquatic Environments

33297 – Introducing the Automatic Pulse Tracer Velocimeter (Cross-type and Arc-type) Measuring low flow regime water velocities is challenging, but important for investigating the fate and transport of nutrients and contaminants in heterogeneous aquatic environments. Similarly, monitoring of groundwater is important for understanding solute transport processes including; pollutant fate and... Read More

Simple, Unique Method for Deriving Anti-inflammatory Components from Sesame Oil

33373 – Many edible oils have potent biological benefits, including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-atherosclerotic effects. These oils have both fat and nonfat components (e.g., tocopherols, polyphenols, etc.). Sesame oil, obtained from Sesamum indicum, is rich in both monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids. It also contains lignans, such as sesamin and sesamolin, several... Read More

Simplified main, end (left side), top, and bottom views, showing a gas application shield device, the gas application shield in accordance with one embodiment of the invention

Laser Sintering Process Toughens Ceramic Nanocomposite Mixtures

33316 – Ceramics have many important applications, but they often have relatively low fracture toughness, which can limit or negatively affect their applications. An invention from the University of Central Florida and Illinois Institute of Technology is a new process that creates carbon nanotube (CNT) – non-oxide structural ceramic nanocomposites through the laser sintering of a mixture of CNTs and... Read More

SEM images of superhydrophobic coatings on glass substrates. a) and b) coatings without ceria nanoparticles. c) and d) coatings with ceria nanoparticles

Water-Based Coating Provides Superior Water and Dust Resistance

33012 – Water and dust buildup on a variety of surfaces, such as decks, pillars, ceiling fans, refrigerator cooling coils, and blinds, can cause many problems including reduced performance and life, as well as increased maintenance cost. Dust resistant and moisture resistant coated mechanical components can reduce energy consumption via aerodynamic drag reduction during operation—in particular,... Read More

Room lighting image (left) showing surfactant free Sol-Glow™ particles on the left and microemulsion synthesized Sol-Glow™ particles on the right. UV-excitation image (right) showing the fluorescence of surfactant free Sol-Glow™ particles on the left and microemulsion synthesized Sol-Glow™ particles on the right

Surfactant-Free, Fluorescent Gel with Increased Light Emittance

33296 – Fluorescent quantum dots (Qdots) including dopant-based Qdots, are traditionally synthesized via a wet chemical method, where a mixture of a surfactant and a capping agent is used. UCF researchers have created a surfactant-free, water-based, chemical precipitation method to create high-quality, dopant-based, water-dispersible Sol-Glow™ particles. This method overcomes current limitations of... Read More

(1) Shows an initial step of adding aqueous cerium nitrate to a non-polar solution with a surfactant to form reverse micelle for the synthesis of ceria nanoparticles. (2) Shows the formation of nano-sized micelles. (3) An enlarged drawing of one micelle showing aqueous precursor solution surrounded by coordinated surfactant molecules

Reduce Soot Emissions & Increase Combustion Engine Efficiency

30303 – A method of synthesis for generating oxygen storing nanoparticles, the methods for uniformly mixing said particles into both solid and liquid fuels, and the utility of said particles as a soot reducing additive Partial or incomplete combustion of hydrocarbon fuels, most often resulting from inadequate oxygen supplies within the fuel, results in atmospheric pollutants such as soot. Many... Read More

shows a concept of the cryogenic LH2 production process of the present invention

Method For Zero Emission Liquid Hydrogen Production From Methane Sources and Landfill Gas

30307 – Invention gives manufacturers a clean method for producing liquid hydrogen without emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. UCF researchers have invented an efficient way to produce liquid hydrogen (LH2) from natural gases and landfill gas (methane) while keeping carbon dioxide out of the earth’s atmosphere. As the earth’s supply of fossil fuels continues to shrink, and unhealthy... Read More

Laser diode array configured on the inside of a conical ring for face-pumping a thin disk laser

Produce a Small Disk Laser Made of Multiple Diodes

30203 – The invention details the means, methods and apparatus for creating a multi laser diode array arranged on a washer shaped substrate. Methods for aligning the diode lasers with an active gain media are provided, as well as the means of cooling the array from the back surface High-powered lasers are used for numerous commercial and military applications, such as: etching, tool making,... Read More

Weight gain per unit area, versus time plots for isothermal oxidation of AlSI 304 SS at 1243 Kin dry air for 24 hours

Nanoparticle Coating that Increases the Oxidation Resistance of Stainless Steel at Extremely High Temperatures

31273 – The invention provides a method for increasing the oxidative resistance of stainless steel under high temperature conditions by coating with lanthanide doped nanocrystalline ceria particles The invention provides the means to create composite nanoparticles that can be applied as coatings onto metals and alloys that already incorporate oxide films. These coatings will enable the materials... Read More

Block diagram of a communication system including an embodiment of a system and method of electronic wavefront correction for free-space optical communications

Inexpensive High Speed Electronic Wavefront Error Correction for Free-Space Optical Systems

31370 – The design of a system for random wavefront error correction by means of a detector array that compares an incoming signal with a local reference wavefront, and the electronic signal processing chip that outputs an undistorted signal. Free-space optical communication has become an alternative to fiber based technologies, and is implemented when physical connectivity is impractical (e.g.... Read More

Block diagram of the experiment used to determine the emission spectra of the samples

Technique for Tagging Therapeutically Relevant Compounds for Tracking and Evaluation Using Infrared Excitation Sources

31590 – Methods, apparatus and systems for doping cerium oxide and other therapeutically valuable nanoparticles with rare earth ions so that infrared light is absorbed and visible light is emitted through the process of up-conversion Nanoparticles are increasingly being used in the biological sciences for various therapeutic and research purposes. Nanoceria, for example, is a potentially powerful... Read More

Three laser beams overlapped to produce a elements ofW and the four measurements are performed by three dimensional filed according to the present invention

3D Polarimeter for Improved Biological, Microscopy, and Military Imaging Applications

30714 – Methods, systems and apparatus for characterizing the polarization properties of radiation or optical fields which fluctuate three-dimensionally UCF engineering professors have designed a novel device capable of simultaneously measuring properties of radiation occurring in three different directions. The data provide detailed information concerning both the radiation emission processes... Read More

Block diagram of a third embodiment of a communication system that uses adaptive interference cancellation

Methods and Devices for Interference Cancellation in Radio Frequency Communication Systems

30849 – This patent details the technique and apparatus for carrying out communications that use a radio frequency comprised of a signal and an interference component. The interference signal is generated at a control center, sent to an antenna site via fiber optics and transmitted to another control center, aircraft or ship Scientists at UCF have devised a communications system capable of... Read More

Perspective view of a chip having bond wires to which magnetic material has been applied

Magnetic Components for the Manufacture of Low Cost On-Chip Power Supplies

30928 – Low-cost method for manufacturing on-chip inductors and transformers (needed to create a power supply on a chip) Power supplies can be found in almost all electronic products. Conventionally, these electrical circuits were composed of semi-conductor chips, capacitors and inductors all mounted on a large and heavy printed circuit board. Recently, a new approach known as Power Supply On a... Read More

(6A) Photographic image of a first solution of dextran coated nanoceria after ultrafiltration with an Amicon 30 K filter. (6B) Photographic image of a second solution of dextran coated nanoceria after the solution is concentrated using a 30K Centricon concentrator.

Polymer Coated Nanoparticles For Selective Cytoprotection

31194 – Methods, systems and compositions of a biocompatible nanoparticle wherein normal, non-transformed, healthy cells are protected from oxidative stress, radiation therapy and chemotherapy while cancer cells are provided no protection Current treatments for cancer such as radiation and chemotherapy utilize the effects of oxidative stress and other reactive oxygen species to kill off diseased... Read More

Synthesis of Polymer Coated Ceria Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

31005 – The composition and synthesis of a biodegradable polymer coated ceria oxide nanoparticle Cerium oxide (CeO) nanoparticles exhibit potent antioxidant properties, as well as other desirable therapeutic characteristics such as prolonging neuronal cell life and protecting cells against UV radiation. Current methods of ceria nanoparticle synthesis and coating are expensive and have little... Read More

(1) Drawing of a top view of a single antennacoupled pixel sensor

Infrared (IR) Area Receiver With Antenna-Coupled Infrared Sensors

30501 – This is an Infrared (IR) detector antenna system with an electrical sensor and an antenna picture element (pixel) unit for receiving infrared radiation thereby increasing the collection efficiency of the sensors to non-laser sources The demand for inexpensive infrared imaging systems has grown for both civilian and military applications for use as night vision, target acquisition, aerial... Read More

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