“It is an honor to be working in partnership with MIT on a major project of importance to the Department of Defense and the economy of our region and nation,” said J. Soileau, vice president for research and commercialization at UCF. “Dr. Abouraddy is a world leader in this next-generation field, and his experience, combined with the research team at CREOL and development of the International Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research in Osceola County, position Florida as a competitor in these high-stakes initiatives.”