{"id":153018,"date":"2026-05-18T09:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//?p=153018"},"modified":"2026-05-18T10:33:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:33:49","slug":"ucf-grads-mission-to-build-pipeline-of-young-innovators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//ucf-grads-mission-to-build-pipeline-of-young-innovators/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Grad/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s Mission to Build Pipeline of Young Innovators"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>Some of the nation/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s most promising scientists can be found in <strong>Will Furiosi /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201913 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201914MAT</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//strong>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s Oviedo High School classroom.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>Spend five minutes talking to Ankan Das, Angela Calvo-Chumbimuni and Moitri Santra about their research innovations in robotics, mental health and agriculture, and one truth becomes quite clear: These teens are the real deal.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"attachment_153034/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"max-width: 1200px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"figure mx-auto d-block/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"1200/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"800/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"figure-img size-full wp-image-153034 img-fluid/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//oviedo-high-school-science-fair-ribbons.jpg/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" alt=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"Three high school students posing in classroom with rows of desk and windows in background. 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Shorter brunette young woman on left holds red ribbon, middle taller young man in center holds white ribbon, young brunette woman on right holds blue ribbon./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" srcset=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"data:image/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201200%20800%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1200w/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" sizes=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" data-srcset=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//oviedo-high-school-science-fair-ribbons.jpg 1200w, https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//oviedo-high-school-science-fair-ribbons-300x200.jpg 300w, https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//oviedo-high-school-science-fair-ribbons-768x512.jpg 768w, https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//oviedo-high-school-science-fair-ribbons-600x400.jpg 600w, https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//oviedo-high-school-science-fair-ribbons-360x240.jpg 360w/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" data-src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//oviedo-high-school-science-fair-ribbons.jpg/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"><figcaption class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/">From left to right: Angela Calvo-Chumbimuni, Ankan Das and Moitri Santra have racked up numerous awards with their research projects, including the top three finishes at Seminole County/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s regional science fair. (Photo by Daniel Schipper)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>Backed by UCF associate professors Ellen Kang (physics and NanoScience Technology Center) and <strong>Candice Bridge</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//strong> <strong>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201907PhD</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//strong>&nbsp;(chemistry) and researcher <strong>Max Kuehn /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201922 </news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//strong>(Exolith Lab), the Oviedo High trio recently earned recognition as the top three projects at Seminole County/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s regional science fair.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>With Oviedo/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s proximity to main campus, the collaboration highlights UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s steadfast commitment to supporting STEM education across Central Florida.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>They went on to represent the county admirably at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Phoenix, where they took home several prizes against more than 1,700 high schoolers from around the globe.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>Most notably, Santra took home first place and $6,000 in the Plant Sciences category and received the EU Contest for Young Scientists Award. 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data-src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//OHS-Science-Fair-Moitri.jpeg/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<h2>A Will to Succeed</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>The hallway leading to Furiosi/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s classroom is decorated with rows of blue, red, white, green, yellow and pink paper accomplishment ribbons. More ribbons, pennants and certificates adorn his walls, along with eight Science and Engineering Fair of Florida best-in-fair grand award senior division trophies /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2014 more than any other high school in the state.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>During his own primary education, Furiosi attended eight schools over 12 years. As a seventh-grader at Stone Magnet Middle School in Brevard County, he was initially prohibited from participating in science fair because officials couldn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019t verify Furiosi was capable of the coursework from his transfer transcripts. He would later go on to earn Order of Pegasus as a Burnett Honors Scholar majoring in <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//biomedical-sciences-bs/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/">biomedical sciences</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//a> before earning his master/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s degree in <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//teacher-education-mat/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/">teacher education</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//a>.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>Every day, he saw a wall of ribbons, much like the ones in his classroom now. And every day he would tell himself, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201cI want to be one of those kids./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>That experience fundamentally shaped how the UCF grad runs his program today.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201cWhat keeps me motivated is knowing that I have the opportunity to get people to be really prepared, informed citizens who are good thinkers, and who, when faced with a problem, smile and tackle it instead of running away,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201d Furosi says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"attachment_153024/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"max-width: 1200px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"figure mx-auto 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"><strong>Will Furiosi /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201913 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201914MAT</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//strong> became a teacher through the College of Community Innovation and Education/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s Resident Teacher Professional Preparation Program, which was created in response to the growing need for skilled workers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. (Photo by Daniel Schipper)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<h2>Infusing Life into Science</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>Furiosi began teaching at Oviedo High School in 2013 as he pursued his accelerated master/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s degree, made possible by the College of Community Innovation and Education/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//ucf-program-helps-stem-pros-transition-to-teaching/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/">Resident Teacher Professional Preparation Program</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//a>. The program, funded by a U.S. Department of Education grant, was created in response to the growing need for skilled workers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>Four years later, he took over the school/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s science fair program and was determined to breathe new life into it, which at the time involved just four kids.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>He cold called students in his <em>AP Biology</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//em> and <em>Honors Chemistry</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//em>&nbsp;courses, begging anyone who had shown a glimmer of interest during class to sign up so they wouldn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019t have to fold the program.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>Today, he/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s at 46 students, with some, like Calvo-Chumbimuni, interested in joining the program as soon as they arrive at Oviedo High.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201cMy seventh grade science fair teacher knew Mr. Furiosi and spoke highly of him,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201d says Calvo-Chumbimuni, who earned fourth place ISEF&#8217;s biochemistry category this year. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201cWhen I came to Oviedo High and met him, I immediately understood why. The research program stood out to me as a valuable opportunity./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"1080/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"1350/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"aligncenter size-full wp-image-153020 img-fluid/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" 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serotonin levels and a known microRNA, both of which in abnormal levels are indicators of mental health disorders./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" srcset=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"data:image/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201080%201350%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1080w/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" sizes=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" data-srcset=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//OHS-Science-Fair-Angela-Calvo-Chumbimuni-.jpeg 1080w, 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data-src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//OHS-Science-Fair-Angela-Calvo-Chumbimuni-.jpeg/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>Furiosi fosters a safe space to fail, learn and grow from the research. There are no barriers to entry; no project deemed too insignificant. And he stresses the merits of high-quality mentorship, like the ones Das, Santra, and Calvo-Chumbimuni formed with UCF faculty and STEM labs.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>Some of his students have earned thousands of dollars in prizes /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2014 one alone pulled in $70,000 and is now studying at the University of Glasgow /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2014 at prestigious competitions sponsored by some of the tech industry/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s biggest names, including Regeneron and <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//partnerships/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//lockheed-martin/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/">Lockheed Martin</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//a>, a <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//partnerships/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/">UCF Pegasus Partner</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//a>.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>His alums have gone on to top research institutions including Harvard, MIT, Columbia, Stanford, and of course, UCF. One of those Knights is <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//aerospace-engineering-bsae/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/">aerospace engineering</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//a> grad <strong>Daniel Dyson /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201921 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201922MS /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201925PhD</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//strong>, who studied in Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Subith Vasu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s lab and now works for Relativity Space at NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s Stennis Space Center, America/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s largest rocket propulsion test site.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201cMr. Furiosi really pushes you toward excellence,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201d says Das, a sophomore building a tensegrity robot with shape memory alloys that he tested at UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s Exolith Lab.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<h2>Supporting Excellence</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>An award-winning researcher who has been supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, Kang is not easily impressed. Still, Santra made an immediate impression as an eighth grader when she first popped up Kang/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s inbox, asking if she could present her idea on a nanoparticle treatment for citrus greening disease in Florida.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201cI could clearly see that she had a firm understanding of the material and just thought, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2018Wow, she is really a force./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019 I actually wanted to have my undergrad students see her presentation because of how professional she was, even at that young age,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201d Kang says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201cShe has this creativity, passion, persistence and resilience /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2014 all the key elements that you need as a successful STEM field researcher./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>Similarly, Bridge immediately noticed Calvo-Chumbimuni/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s persistence and go-getter attitude when she initially connected with her two years ago. Driven by her interest in the intersection of neuroscience, psychology and analytical chemistry, Calvo-Chumbimuni pitched her idea to develop an electrochemical sensor and biosensor to improve diagnostic methods for mental health disorders.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201cI/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019ve always appreciated her sense of humanity,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201d Bridge says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201cI thought, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2018If you can foster someone who has this sort of compassion already, there are infinite possibilities for what they can do to benefit the community./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"attachment_153054/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/">From left to right: UCF Associate Professor of Chemistry <strong>Candice Bridge &#8217;07PhD</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//strong>, Associate Professor of Physics Ellen Kang and Exolith Lab engineer <strong>Max Kuehn &#8217;22&nbsp;</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//strong>guided the Oviedo High students in their research, highlighting UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s steadfast commitment to supporting STEM education across Central Florida.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>The two have been dedicated, active participants in their labs, regularly conducting research multiple days per week during the school year and, at times, daily over the summer.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>The faculty and their doctoral students have mentored the high schoolers through instrumentation methods, analyzing data, the literature review process and their presentations.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>Both presented continuations of their projects at ISEF /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2014 Calvo-Chumbimuni for her second-straight year, Santra for her third /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2014 while Das made his first time at the competition memorable with his fourth-place finish in the engineering technology: statics and dynamics category.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>Kuehn, who is an engineer at <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.youtube.com/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//watch?v=ltiyaD74aAs/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/">Exolith Lab</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//a>, is accustomed to working with a variety of researchers and scientists who test their experiments and equipment at the Highland Regolith Test Bin. He says he was quickly intrigued by Das/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019 project, a lightweight and nimble robot that can expand, contract and move through electric current.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"1080/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"1350/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"aligncenter size-full wp-image-153021 img-fluid/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//OHS-Science-Fair-Ankan-Das.jpeg/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" alt=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"graphic with square headshot of dark-haired teenager wearing glasses and blue collar shirt with text below that reads: Innovating Robotics Ankan Das, Sophomore Das tested his tensegrity robot with shape memory alloys in the Lunar Highland Regolith Test Bin at UCF's Exolith Lab. 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One day, he envisions his robot being utilized in lunar missions or search and rescue efforts in unstable environments./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" srcset=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"data:image/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201080%201350%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1080w/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" sizes=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" data-srcset=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//OHS-Science-Fair-Ankan-Das.jpeg 1080w, https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//OHS-Science-Fair-Ankan-Das-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//OHS-Science-Fair-Ankan-Das-640x800.jpeg 640w, https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//OHS-Science-Fair-Ankan-Das-410x512.jpeg 410w, https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//OHS-Science-Fair-Ankan-Das-320x400.jpeg 320w, https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//OHS-Science-Fair-Ankan-Das-288x360.jpeg 288w/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/" data-src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//2026/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//OHS-Science-Fair-Ankan-Das.jpeg/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/"></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>Das wanted to test the robot in lunar regolith /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2014 simulated moon dirt /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2014 because he envisions the tech behind his robot one day being utilized in lunar missions or search and rescue efforts in unstable environments.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201cMax noticed that sometimes the motion was a little slow, so he gave some suggestions,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201d Das says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201cWorking in the lunar regolith chamber was a very insightful and eye-opening experience. I know I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019m still in high school, but I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019ve learned I want to do research for as long as I can because I really find this interesting./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>Which, at the end of the day, has been Furiosi/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s mission all along.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201cResearch is not just in science. It is in all disciplines. There/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s a lot of cool things that need to be discovered in all fields,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201d he says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u201cUCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/153018/u2019s expertise has been so invaluable in preparing my students for the future. 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