Department of Materials Science and Engineering News

Current lithium-ion batteries contain solvents that are flammable and toxic.

Yuen Yee Li Sip and Elizabeth Barrios in Materials Science and Engineering focus on research that may impact space exploration.

Some of Assistant Professor Yang Yang’s latest work is focused on keeping a key, internal metal structure — the anode — from falling apart over time.

Graduates of the new degree are sought by employers in a wide variety of high-tech industries such as space, defense, electronics, energy and medicine.

Metal-air batteries are longer lasting than the often-used lithium-ion batteries found in electric cars.

Sudipta Seal will receive the prestigious Materials Research Society Fellow award in April and the the Lee Hsun Lecture award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Metal Research in June.

Because of the collaborative nature of UCF’s faculty, the National Science Foundation has awarded the university a grant that will help fund the purchase of…

It’s possible to produce hydrogen to power fuel cells by extracting the gas from seawater, but the electricity required to do it makes the process…

University of Central Florida Assistant Professor Yang Yang’s research group has developed two promising energy storage technologies in its work with sustainable energy systems. Yang…