UCF Metro #38 - 100 Million Research Milestone
Sunday, September 25, 2005

9/25/05

Sunday, September 25, 2005 @ 12PM
Sunday, October 2nd, 2005 @ 12PM

This episodes' guests include: M.J. Soileau, Vice President for Research; Peter Hancock, Dept. of Human Systems Integration Research INSTITUTE FOR SIMULATION & TRAINING (IST); Tom O'Neal, Associate Vice President for Research; Andrew Wesser, Graduate Student.

More than $100 million and counting, the research funding is pouring into the University of Central Florida. See how the university's internationally recognized programs support the needs of our metropolitan region, as well as seek solutions to global issues. Plus, get a close-up look at some of the exciting projects scientists are working on, right here at UCF. On this edition of UCF Metro, we'll have more on the $100 million milestone, and how it advances UCF'S mission as a major metropolitan research university.

UCF's Office of Research and Commercialization: Student Andrew Twiss reports on how this office facilitates faculty members' searches for funding.

Chlorogen UCF's First Biotech Company: Student reporter Rebecca Sprague shows us how this cutting edge company is working toward mass producing therapeutic vaccines in an extremely cost effective way.

Surveillance for Safety: Student reporter Hadley Causey looks into a high-tech surveillance system that can detect and report violence, and other things, electronically.