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UCF\u2019s Center for Directed Energy<\/a> has been selected to receive a UCF Jump Start Award worth $450,000.<\/p>\n

The funds, part of President Alexander N. Cartwright\u2019s Strategic Investment Program<\/a>, will help expand the capabilities offered to a larger user base at the Townes Institute for Science, Technology, and Experimentation Facility (known as TISTEF).<\/p>\n

The project was one of 17 selected under the program that pledged almost $5 million<\/a> to fund one-time projects or purchases intended to amplify UCF\u2019s research impact. Seventy proposals, involving 330 researchers, were submitted.<\/p>\n

UCF manages TISTEF, a federally owned facility, located on Florida\u2019s Space Coast at NASA Kennedy Space Center. The added capabilities are expected to benefit UCF researchers, private companies, and public agencies already using the facility and will attract first-time users and open new areas of innovation within the engineering, optics, and physical sciences\u2019 areas.<\/p>\n

The center has received external pledges totaling $806,000 in matching funds from the generous support of the Naval Research Laboratory, LP Photonics LLC, and Booz Allen Hamilton. Upon completion of the expansion projected in 2023, UCF anticipates receiving more grants and contracts for work conducted at TISTEF.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Cartwright\u2019s commitment to invest in UCF research, combined with generous pledges from UCF\u2019s research sponsors, will propel UCF\u2019s directed energy research at TISTEF into national prominence for the benefit of the next generation scientists and engineers,\u201d says Robert Bernath, director of TISTEF.<\/p>\n

TISTEF is part of the Center for Directed Energy at UCF. The academic research and educational center in engineering, science, atmospherics, environment, and policy associated with directed energy (DE) technologies, provides R&D and trained personnel to the defense, space and manufacturing industries, government institutions and laboratories, and academia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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