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UID:https://events.ucf.edu/event/3964384/no-place-like-home-by-tenee-hart-ucf-art-gallery/
DTSTAMP:20250905T100000
DTSTART:20250905T100000
DTEND:20250905T170000
LOCATION:UCF Art Gallery

SUMMARY:...no place like home by Tenee Hart | UCF Art Gallery
URL:https://events.ucf.edu/event/3964384/no-place-like-home-by-tenee-hart-ucf-art-gallery/
DESCRIPTION:Explore …no place like home by Tenee Hart at the [UCF Art Gallery](https://cah.ucf.edu/gallery/exhibit/no-place-like-home-by-tenee-hart/) from Aug. 22 - Sept. 26. \n\nExhibition Statement: \n\n"Being at-home is a matter of how one feels or how one might fail to feel." - Sara Ahmed \n\nThe conflicted sense of home is where this exhibition begins. Destabilizing the romanticized concept of home, this exhibition will challenge the representation of this ideology by exploring various facets of home across multiple planes of identity including culture, gender, and sexuality. In …no place like home the works will both physicalize and undercut domestic connotations, becoming an anti-monument that calls attention to its own unstable foundation - this idea of home as comfort or discomfort. Dedicated to such ideas of home, this exhibit will include works that stem from the artist's personal childhood nostalgia and the unforgiving chokeholds such memories can create. \n\nTo learn more about this exhibition, click [HERE.](https://cah.ucf.edu/gallery/exhibit/no-place-like-home-by-tenee-hart/)
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UID:https://events.ucf.edu/event/3900190/creol-fall-colloquium-benjamin-williams-ucla/
DTSTAMP:20250905T110000
DTSTART:20250905T110000
DTEND:20250905T120000
LOCATION:Virtual and CREOL: CROL-103

SUMMARY:CREOL Fall Colloquium: Benjamin Williams, UCLA
URL:https://events.ucf.edu/event/3900190/creol-fall-colloquium-benjamin-williams-ucla/
DESCRIPTION:Title: Terahertz metasurface quantum-cascade vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting-lasers (VECSELs)\n\nAbstract: The terahertz frequency range lies at the junction of the electronic and photonic regimes, which means that it is fertile ground for exploring hybrid systems which combine laser gain with microwave electromagnetic design. The terahertz quantum-cascade (QC) laser is an excellent example, which produces gain via intersubband electronic transitions within heterostructure quantum wells, but typically uses sub-wavelength waveguides that have a strong resemblance to microstrip transmission lines and patch antennas. I will discuss the development and recent advances to do with amplifying reflectarray metasurfaces based upon sub-wavelength arrays of such antennas loaded with QC-gain material, and their use in implementing vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting-lasers (VECSELs).   \n  \n\nIn the QC-VECSEL scheme, the amplifying metasurface is used as one reflector in an external cavity, which supports a well-shaped circulating THz beam. The QC-VECSEL architecture offers a solution to many problems that have plagued THz QC-lasers - namely their low emission powers and efficiencies (especially above 77 K), their limited beam quality (especially at high powers), and their limited range of continuous single-mode tunability. I will discuss several advances in the field of VECSELs in the past few years. First is the development of QC-VECSELs as stable, single-moded local oscillators for heterodyne receivers. Such lasers are in demand for future astrophysical instruments for mapping of molecular and atomic species within the interstellar medium - particularly at high frequencies above 2 THz which are difficult to access using electronic sources. We have recently shown that QC-VECSELs can provide mW to tens of mW continuous-wave power, in a near-diffraction limited beam, with large fractional tunability (up to 20% of the center wavelength). Second, is the extension of QCLs and QC-VECSELs to higher frequencies above 5 THz and approaching the lossy Reststrahlen band in GaAs. We have recently demonstrated QC-laser gain material operating up to 6.5 THz (46 μm wavelength), and tunable QC-VECSELs operating between 5.2-5.7 THz. Third is the initial demonstration of QC-VECSELs as frequency combs. Since every longitudinal mode in a QC-VECSEL interacts with the gain medium through the same metasurface resonance, there is no-spatial hole burning per se. As a result QC-VECSELs prefer to lase in single-mode, unlike waveguide QC-lasers which will spontaneously lase in multi-mode and frequency comb operation. However, we have shown that THz QC-VECSELs can be forced into a fundamental or harmonic frequency-comb regime via strong microwave modulation of the metasurface gain.   \n  \nAbout the Speaker: Benjamin Williams is Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). He received his B.S. in Physics from Haverford College in 1996, and his M.S. in 1998 and Ph.D. in 2003 both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering. He is currently Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions in Terahertz Science and Technology. He has received the APS Apker Award (1996), the DARPA Young Faculty Award (2008), the NSF CAREER Award (2012), and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) (2016). His research interests lie in photonic materials, devices, and applications for the terahertz and mid-infrared frequency ranges, including low-dimensional semiconductors, quantum-cascade lasers, and plasmonics and metamaterials. \n\nVirtual Location URL: https://ucf.zoom.us/j/92584023013?from=addon
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UID:https://events.ucf.edu/event/3909074/research-seminar-dr-jose-antonio-nova-southeastern-university/
DTSTAMP:20250905T113000
DTSTART:20250905T113000
DTEND:20250905T123000
LOCATION:Virtual and TA130: Teaching Academy

SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Dr. Jose Antonio (Nova Southeastern University)
URL:https://events.ucf.edu/event/3909074/research-seminar-dr-jose-antonio-nova-southeastern-university/
DESCRIPTION:"Lies, Fries, Chicken Thighs -- and the Silly Stuff People Still Believe About Supplements"\n\nDive into the world of nutrition myths as we debunk much of the nonsense about protein, supplements, and the foods we eat. Discover how to make smarter choices in a marketplace full of hype and misinformation.\n\nVirtual Location URL: https://ucf.zoom.us/j/9464149518?omn=98193571161
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UID:https://events.ucf.edu/event/3943497/cecs-virtual-faculty-research-talks/
DTSTAMP:20250905T120000
DTSTART:20250905T120000
DTEND:20250905T130000
LOCATION:Virtual
SUMMARY:CECS Virtual Faculty Research Talks
URL:https://events.ucf.edu/event/3943497/cecs-virtual-faculty-research-talks/
DESCRIPTION:The UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science's Zoom-cast series is live-streamed every other Friday from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., offering talks by CECS faculty and a live-chat Q&A. \n\nTargeted to faculty, scientists, and potential industry and government partners, [all are invited to Zoom-in](https://ucf.zoom.us/j/95525633786) and hear presentations by UCF's engineering and computer science faculty who explain their cutting-edge, pioneering research endeavors in quick snapshots. \n\nThese talks provide an opportunity to get to know -- and collaborate with -- our faculty who are advancing innovations in all areas of engineering and computer science, including smart city technology, aerospace, energy, modeling and simulation, medicine, advanced materials, cyber security and more. Each faculty presenter will narrate as they share illustrative slides.\n\nModerated by Subith Vasu, Ph.D., UCF Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, viewers can submit questions in real-time and express interest in collaborating. \n\nThe Sept. 5, 2025 presenter lineup:\n\n  * Tamara Gabrus and Joshua Roney, Ph.D., UCF Office of Research: "Research Advancement and Strategy"\n  * Xin Xin, Ph.D., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: "Revisiting Resilient Memory Design for Enhanced Resource Utilization"\n\n\n\nSee more details in the [Sept. 5 faculty research talk flyer](https://www.cecs.ucf.edu/web/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Sept-5-2025-faculty-research-talk-flyer-web-accessible.pdf).\n\nMiss a session? See [recordings of past research talks](https://bit.ly/3cyb6He).\n\nVirtual Location URL: https://bit.ly/3ILqC1l
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UID:https://events.ucf.edu/event/3912215/critiques-and-career-express-pop-in/
DTSTAMP:20250905T130000
DTSTART:20250905T130000
DTEND:20250905T150000
LOCATION:Virtual
SUMMARY:Critiques and Career Express Pop-In
URL:https://events.ucf.edu/event/3912215/critiques-and-career-express-pop-in/
DESCRIPTION:Join us virtually each Friday 1-3 pm without an appointment this Fall semseter. Simply go to [go.ucf.edu/CSpopin](go.ucf.edu/CSpopin) for the zoom registration anytime 1-3pm. We will accept you into the zoom once we have an available Career Peer Advisor to assist you with your resume, cover letter, linkedin profile, or quick career questions! \n\nVirtual Location URL: go.ucf.edu/CSpopin
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UID:https://events.ucf.edu/event/3939113/mae-seminar-series-spacecraft-docking-interactions/
DTSTAMP:20250905T133000
DTSTART:20250905T133000
DTEND:20250905T144500
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SUMMARY:MAE Seminar Series - Spacecraft Docking Interactions
URL:https://events.ucf.edu/event/3939113/mae-seminar-series-spacecraft-docking-interactions/
DESCRIPTION:Join the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering for the next lecture in the MAE Seminar Series. This week, alumnus Anthony Terracciano of Aegis Aerospace will present "Characterization of Spacecraft Thruster Plumes via Augmented View Factor Methods for Spacecraft Docking Interactions."
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