{"id":22175,"date":"2011-04-01T10:24:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T14:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=22175"},"modified":"2020-08-28T12:38:13","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T16:38:13","slug":"from-novels-to-nanostructures-ucf-engineer-among-worlds-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/from-novels-to-nanostructures-ucf-engineer-among-worlds-best\/","title":{"rendered":"From Novels to Nanostructures: UCF Engineer Among World’s Best"},"content":{"rendered":"
Suryanarayana was recently ranked 40th among the top 100 researchers of the past decade according to Thomas Reuters, formerly the Institute for Scientific Information. He was selected from a field of 500,000 materials scientists.<\/p>\n
Surya \u2013 as he\u2019s called by his friends \u2013 ranked 21st among U.S. scientists.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am happy and humbled,\u201d Suryanarayana said. \u201cIt means a lot to me because it is recognition from my peers.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 100 researchers named in the listing represent the very best in their fields based on the number of times their research publications have been cited by others, as well as the quality of their own publications.<\/p>\n
Suryanarayana, who was fascinated by English literature during his undergraduate studies, almost became an English major. But a couple of science professors convinced him otherwise to the benefit of the science world.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey convinced me that engineering had better prospects and that materials science was an upcoming area,\u201d he said. \u201cI am happy that I listened to them since I feel that I have a very fulfilling career. There is so much more to learn and discover that I have continued to stay fascinated by my work.”<\/p>\n