These are exciting times for the interdisciplinary field of Materials Science and Engineering since materials plays a fundamental and enabling role in nearly every application area from medicine to energy to defense. In the few years since its formation in 1998, AMPAC has built a reputation for research and education excellence through its creative and outstanding faculty members, excellent research facilities, and talented graduate students.

I invite you to join us in our research, development, and education activities as we explore advanced materials in a wide variety of research areas that include biology, medicine, energy, microelectronics, and nanotechnology.  Collaborations with other universities, government agencies, and private industries are actively sought and effectively executed, with over 50% of the $3.2M of research funding in FY07-08 coming from industrial companies.

Our two university-wide multi-user facilities – Materials Characterization Facility (MCF) and Advanced Microfabrication Facility (AMF) – are available to all researchers from within UCF and from outside companies, government labs, and universities, enabling them to perform cutting edge research, and to train and educate students and other personnel in the use of state-of-the-art equipment.

Louis Chow

Interim Director