Photonics and Display Group

Liquid Crystal Display

Yating Gao

Ph. D. student in Optics

Email: yating_gao@knights.ucf.edu

Office: Room 283, CREOL

Phone: (407) 683-5519

 

University of Central Florida

College of Optics & Photonics: CREOL & FPCE

4000 Central Florida Blvd.

Orlando, Florida 32816-2700

 

 

Education:

08/2013-Present

Ph. D. in progress, CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, U.S.

08/2009-06/2013

Bachelor’s degree in Photic Information Science and Technology, College of physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China.

 

Honors & Awards:

09/2013

CREOL Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Central Florida

 

11/2012

First runner-up in USTC Goddess Cup Women’s Basketball Tournament

09/2012

USTC Outstanding Student Scholarship (Grade one)

09/2011

IECAS (Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Science) Scholarship

 

08/2011

Award for outstanding performance in Chinese Young Physician Tournament

09/2010

National Scholarship of Honor

11/2009

Award for outstanding performance in athletic contests

12/2009

Golden Award in USTC Debate Competition, Best Debater

 

Leadership & Service:

06/2014 – Present

President of CSSA (Chinese Students and Scholars Association)

09/2013 – Present

Treasurer of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Photonics Society UCF Student Chapter

 

05/2012 – 10/2012

Volunteer of Hefei Special Education Center

01/2011 – 06/2012

Outreach officer of SIFE (Students In Free Enterprises) USTC Chapter

 

05/2011 – 10/2011

Volunteer of Hefei Science and Technology Museum

08/2010 – 07/2011

Leader of the united debate team of  College of Physics and Department of Mathematics in USTC

12/2009 – 07/2010

Principal Broadcaster of USTC Campus Broadcast

 

Publications

1.      (Invited paper) Y. Gao, Z. Luo, Z. Zhu, Q. Hong, S. T. Wu, M. C. Li, S. L. Lee, and W. C. Tsai, “A high performance single-domain LCD with wide luminance distribution,” J. Display Technology 11(4), 315-324 (April, 2015).

2.      Z. Luo, S. Xu, Y. Gao, Y. H. Lee, Y. Liu, and S.T. Wu, “Quantum dots enhanced liquid displays,” J. Display Technol. 10, 987-990 (Dec., 2014).

3.      Y. Liu, S. Xu, D. Xu, J. Yan, Y. Gao, and S. T. Wu, “A hysteresis-free polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal,” Liq. Cryst. 41, 1339-1344 (Sept. 2014).

 

Hobbies:

Travelling, Swimming, Badminton, Music, Movies

 

Useful Links:

Prof. Wu’s Homepage,  IEEE Photonics Society UCF Student Chapter, CREOL,CSSA

Problems regarding this web site should be directed to Yating Gao. Last updated: 07/11/2014.