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Twenty one researchers in areas ranging from optics, medicine, psychology and education were recognized last week in what has become a much-anticipated campus tradition \u2013 induction into the UCF Millionaires Club.<\/p>\n

The club, which was established in 2000, recognizes researchers who have received external sponsored funding of $1 million or more in the last fiscal year. In addition to the millionaires, 95 innovators, researchers who have taken the first step in the patenting process by filing invention disclosures, were recognized as well. In a ceremony at UCF\u2019s Morgridge International Reading Center, UCF Provost Tony Waldrop congratulated the researchers for their role in UCF\u2019s rapid rise as a major metropolitan research university.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe entire Florida economy counts on your work,\u201d he said. MJ Soileau, vice president for research and commercialization, presented each millionaire with a custom UCF Millionaire lapel pin and a flash drive containing professional portraits that were taken of them over the last month.<\/p>\n

Soileau also recognized 11 new faculty and encouraged them to seek out the advice and experience of their successful peers. Soileau started the event shortly after he became vice president to celebrate the accomplishments of highly funded researchers much in the same manner that universities traditionally celebrate the success of sports teams.<\/p>\n

Millionaires recognized and the amount of funding they received in fiscal year 2013:<\/p>\n

Lynn Hansen – UCF Career Services – $8 million<\/p>\n

Tom O\u2019Neal \u2013 Office of Research & Commercialization – $6.9 Million<\/p>\n

Rosemarye Taylor \u2013 College of Education & Human Performance<\/a> – $4.8 Million<\/p>\n

Deborah Beidel \u2013 College of Sciences<\/a> – $4.1 Million<\/p>\n

Martin Richardson \u2013 College of Optics & Photonics<\/a> – $3 Million<\/p>\n

Brian Plamondon – Institute for Simulation & Training – $2.9 Million<\/p>\n

Larry Chew \u2013 College of Engineering & Computer Science<\/a> – $2.7 Million<\/p>\n

Andrew Daire \u2013 College of Education and Human Performance – $2.3 Million<\/p>\n

Winston Schoenfeld \u2013 College of Optics & Photonics – $2.3 Million<\/p>\n

Janet Andreasen – College of Education and Human Performance – $2.2 Million<\/p>\n

Mubarak Shah \u2013 College of Engineering & Computer Science – $2 Million<\/p>\n

Eunice Choi \u2013 Small Business Development Center – $1.7 Million<\/p>\n

Alexander Cole \u2013 College of Medicine<\/a> – $1.5 Million<\/p>\n

Matthieu Baudelet \u2013 College of Optics & Photonics – $1.4 Million<\/p>\n

Jaydeep Mukharjee – Florida Space Institute – $1.3 Million<\/p>\n

Michael Georgiopoulos \u2013 College of Engineering & Computer Science – $1.3 Million<\/p>\n

Cameron Ford \u2013 College of Business Administration<\/a> – $1.2 Million<\/p>\n

Talat Rahman \u2013 College of Sciences – $1.2 Million<\/p>\n

Erhan Haciomergolu \u2013 College of Education and Human Performance – $1.1 Million<\/p>\n

Tammie Mcclellan \u2013 Institute for Simulation & Training – $1 Million<\/p>\n

Sudipta Seal \u2013 NanoScience Technology Center and Advanced Materials Processing & Analysis Center – $1 Million<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Twenty one researchers in areas ranging from optics, medicine, psychology and education were recognized last week in what has become a much-anticipated campus tradition \u2013 induction into the UCF Millionaires Club. The club, which was established in 2000, recognizes researchers who have received external sponsored funding of $1 million or more in the last fiscal year. 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