{"id":66821,"date":"2015-06-12T10:01:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T14:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=66821"},"modified":"2019-07-03T12:59:48","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T16:59:48","slug":"goal-of-new-ucf-optical-imaging-system-laboratory-reinvent-microscopic-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/goal-of-new-ucf-optical-imaging-system-laboratory-reinvent-microscopic-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"New UCF Optical Imaging System Laboratory Goal: Reinvent Microscopic Imaging Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"
The group leader of UCF\u2019s new Optical Imaging System Laboratory said he came to the university with the primary goals of reinventing the design and use of microscopic imaging tools to improve their versatility and capabilities.<\/p>\n
\u201cLots of imaging systems need revolutionary design and I hope to carry on that coming to UCF,\u201d said Sean Pang, an assistant professor in CREOL, the College of Optics & Photonics.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fundamental design for light microscopes hasn\u2019t changed for 400 years, but now we have light sources and sensors with much better performance. There is lots of space for innovational imaging methods.\u201d<\/p>\n
His research will focus on developing multidimensional imaging platforms for biological research, medical diagnosis, and industrial-imaging applications in both visible and X-ray regimes.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor example, how to shrink down medical imaging systems and make them available for everyone \u2013 as simple as taking a photo and sending it to a doctor for diagnosis,\u201d he said. \u201cResearch in imaging is one of the most important and enabling technologies in our century.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pang received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from California Institute of Technology. Before joining UCF, he conducted his postdoctoral research in X-ray imaging at Duke University. He has a master\u2019s degree in biomedical engineering from Texas A&M University and a bachelor\u2019s degree in optical engineering from Tsinghua University in Beijing.<\/p>\n