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Researchers at the UCF have been awarded almost $9 million from the Department of Defense this month. Enrique del Barco, a physics professor and associate dean in UCF Department of Physics, was selected for a $7.5 million Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative Award. Three others were selected to receive money to purchase high-tech equipment to continue their work in the area…