News and Highlights

01/26/09 Mr. Haibao Lu joined Composite Materials and Structures Laboratory as visiting scholar from Center of Composite Materials of Harbin Institute of Technology, China.

01/26/09 The Composite Materials and Structures Research Group attended COMPOSITES+POLYCON on January 15-17, 2009 in Tampa, FL.

11/03/08 Dr. Yong Tang joined Composite Materials and Structures Laboratory as post-doctoral research fellow from Polytechnic Institute of NYU.

10/20/08 The Composite Materials and Structures Laboratory was visited by local high school students and their parents at the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) Open House on October 4th, 2008.

09/12/08 Dr. Gou received a GOALI research grant from National Science Foundation for his project entitled "GOALI: Multifunctional Nanocomposites with High Damping Performance for Aerospace Structures" in collaboration with the University of Houston and Boeing Company.

09/08/08 Mr. James McKee was selected as undergraduate research assistants to work in the Composite Materials & Structures Laboratory under NSF REU grant.

08/25/08 Mr. Fei Liang and Mr. Jinfeng Zhuge joined our research group to conduct their PhD dissertation research on composite materials.

08/02/08 Dr. Gou visited Hong Kong Polytechnic University for our joint NSF IREE research project, Hong Kong, August 1, 2008.

08/02/08 Dr. Gou presented our research at the International Conference on Multi-functional Materials and Structures (MFMS), Hong Kong, July 28-31, 2008.

07/27/08 Dr. Gou visited State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, July 25, 2008.

07/27/08 Dr. Gou presented two research papers at the 16th Annual International Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering (ICCE-16), Kunming, China, July 20-23, 2008.

07/27/08 Dr. Gou presented an invited seminar to faculty and students at Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China, July 23, 2008.

07/10/08 Dr. Gou received a REU grant from National Science Foundation for his project entitled "Processing and Characterization of Carbon Nanofiber Paper."

06/02/2008 Ashley Cook joined our composites research as REU student under the NSF project entitled "Small Scale Engineering, Integration, Interface and Interpretation S2INT3." She is from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the University of Utah.

05/30/2008 Prof R. Paskaramoorthy visited Composite Materials and Structures Laboratory at UCF on May 30, 2008. He is a researcher in composite materials and finite element methods from the School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

05/26/08  Dr. Gou presented our research paper on fire properties of polymer matrix composites at SAMPE 2008, Long Beach, CA.

05/06/08 Dr. Gou attended NSF Grantee Conference on International Research and Education in Engineering (IREE), Washington DC, May 2-3, 2008. The Composite Materials and Structures Laboratory at UCF will conduct joint research with Prof. K.T. Lau at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

03/11/08  Dr. Gou received an In-House Research Grant to support his project entitled "Development of Hybrid Carbon Nanofiber/Nanoclay Sheets for Fire Retardant Applications".

03/08/08  Dr. Jan Gou and Dr. Jinsong Leng from Harbin Institute of Technology Chaired "Nanotechnology Enabled Materials" session at the Earth & Space Conference 2008, Long Beach, CA, March 3-5, 2008.

03/08/08  Our paper - Damping Characterization of Non-Traditionally Formed Nanocomposite Plates, was selected as Best Undergraduate Research Award at the Earth & Space Conference 2008, Long Beach, CA, March 3-5, 2008.

03/08/08  Dr. Gou presented two research papers at the Earth & Space 2008, Long Beach, CA, March 3-5, 2008.

03/01/08  Dr. Gou and Dr. Kumar received a Presidential Equipment Grant to fund an autoclave system for composite materials processing in the Composite Materials & Structures Laboratory

03/01/08  Dr. Gou received a grant from National Science Foundation to develop an Innovative Multi-functional Smart Vibration Platform in collaboration with the University of Houston.

02/01/08  Mr. Marcus White and Ms. Nathalie Patterson were selected as undergraduate research assistants to work in the Composite Materials & Structures Laboratory under NSF REU grant.

02/01/08  Ms. Emily Affifi and Mr. Lee Algozzini joined our research group to conduct their thesis research on composite materials.

02/01/08  Mr. Tran Quyet Thang from the University of New Orleans condcuted research on shock-resistant composite materials in the Composite Materials & Structures Laboratory as visiting student.

01/01/08  Dr. Gou received a grant from National Science Foundation to conduct collaborative research - Development of Multifunctional Nanocomposites with Engineered Carbon Nanopaper in collaboration with the University of Houston.