Events for UCF Researchers and the UCF Research Community

Upcoming Events

  • CREOL Industrial Affiliates Symposium

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    Thursday (on UCF campus) – The UCF Optics and Photonics Spring Career Fair hosted by CREOL. Registration will be through Handshake. $500+tax for non-affiliates. Affiliates pay no additional fees. Senior Design Showcase, Lab Tours, Keynote Speakers, and Evening Networking Social. Friday (at Hilton DoubleTree near UCF*) – Technical portion of the Symposium, including company exhibitions, panel discussions, award presentations, and faculty, student, and guest …

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  • Spring Optics and Photonics Career Fair

    R1:101: Research 1, Room 101

    Get your resume ready for the Spring Optics and Photonics Career Fair, hosted by CREOL. Open to students studying optics and photonics, engineering, and physics. Students and employers can sign up here: https://ucf.joinhandshake.com/login?utm_campaign=creol+this+week+4%2F1&utm_content=REGISTER+FOR+THE+CAREER+FAIR+%28APRIL+17%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter

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  • CREOL Special Guest Lecture: Light a Path for Quantum Sensing, Jun Ye, University of Colorado

    CREOL : 103 and Virtual

    Talk title: Light a path for quantum sensing Talk abstract:  Lasers and quantum science have fueled revolutionary developments in atomic, molecular, and fundamental physics. Scaling up quantum systems to ever increasing sizes promises to revolutionize the performance of atomic clocks and open new discovery opportunities. Quantum technology has brought tens of thousands of atoms to minute-long coherence times, enabling the …

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  • CREOL Seminar: Johannes Eichholz, Australian National University

    CREOL: CROL-103

    Title: Pioneering Optical Coating Technology for Space Exploration with Gravitational Waves - Precision Metrology at the Thermodynamic Limit Abstract: The world-wide effort to detect gravitational waves has lifted the veil on a gravitational sky full of violent cosmic events with rich stories to tell. The sensitivities of the current observatories - marvels of precision engineering and optical metrology - have evolved to …

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  • Coffee & Conversation at NeoCity

    NeoCIty: OC Building

    Join us for Coffee & Conversation at NeoCity! UCF is a partner in the NSF Florida Semiconductor Engine (FSE), headquartered at NeoCity in Osceola County. Learn more about the FSE in this Leadership Spotlight featuring Tawny Olore, P.E., FSE CEO. This event will be immediately followed by the ribbon cutting for the FSE's new office at NeoCity. This talk will …

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  • 2025 FSI Seminar Series: April-The Space Health Revolution

    Florida Space Insitute: 12354 Research Parkway, Room 209 and Virtual

    Join us at the 2025 FSI Seminar Series-April  Distinguished Guest Speaker: Dr. Emmanuel Urquieta, Vice Chair of Aerospace of Aerospace Medicine and Associate Professor of Medicine at the UCF College of Medicine Topic: The Space Health Revolution: Innovations in space health and biotech Location: Florida Space Institute, 12354 Research Parkway, Room 209 Time: 10:30 am-noon

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  • CREOL Seminar: Jeremy Bos, Michigan Technological University

    R1:101: Research 1, Room 101

    Title: Eyes on the Sky, Nowhere to Hide: Challenges in Full Sky Space Domain Awareness and Communications Abstract: When satellites are lower than thirty degrees above the horizon, the non-negligible path length through the atmosphere exceeds 100 km. Operations in this regime are sometimes referred to as being "in the soup" because turbulence effects dominate both seeing and optical communications. …

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  • Florida Simulation Summit 2025

    DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel at the Entrance to Universal

    In collaboration with the National Center for Simulation, Orange County Government invites you to the 2025 Florida Simulation Summit. Join industry leaders, innovators, and experts for an interactive exploration of how Smart Decisions Build Smart Cities: Optimizing Operations with AI and Simulation. OverviewThe Summit highlights how Central Florida’s multibillion-dollar Modeling, Simulation, and Training (MS&T) industry has diversified from defense into …

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  • 2025 NASA Lunabotics Qualification Challenge

    Exolith Lab: 532 S Econ Cir, Oviedo, FL 32765

    The Florida Space Institute is proud to be hosting the 2025 NASA Lunabotics Qualification Challenge from May 15-18 at Exolith Lab. The NASA Lunabotics Qualification Challenge is a cutting-edge event that brings together talented university teams from across the country to develop and deploy robots capable of utilizing lunar regolith in a simulated lunar environment. 

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  • 2025 FSI Seminar Series: May-The Space Health Revolution

    Florida Space Insitute: 12354 Research Parkway, Room 209 and Virtual

    Joins us at the 2025 FSI Seminar Series-May Distinguished Guest Speaker: Dr. Rachael Seidler, Deputy Director of the Astraeus Institute, University of Florida Topic: The Space Health Revolution Location: Florida Space Institute, 12354 Research Parkway, Room 209 Time: 10:30 am-Noon

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  • CREOL Fall Colloquium: David Miller, Stanford University

    CREOL : 103 and Virtual

     Title: Optics à la mode – a new way of making, using and understanding optics      Abstract: Modern micro and nano fabrication now let us make complex and highly functional optics. Examples include sophisticated metasurfaces and highly programmable and even self-configuring silicon photonic interferometer meshes, with many potential applications in areas such as imaging, sensing and communications. Such systems are, however, …

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