{"id":4604,"date":"2019-02-26T08:20:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T13:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/?p=4604"},"modified":"2019-03-19T11:50:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T15:50:24","slug":"an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\/","title":{"rendered":"An Interview with our March DURA Winner, Jamal Khayat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We met with this month\u2019s Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher, Jamal Khayat, who researches theoretical physics with Dr. \u00a0Costas Efthimiou in the Department of Physics, to talk about his research experience at UCF.<\/p>\n<p>Jamal first got involved with research after taking two physics courses with Dr. Costas. Jamal said he was recognized for his hard work in class and even volunteered to take a harder final to test his knowledge of the advanced physics course material. Jamal was able to couple his passion with hard work in class which led to Dr. Costas recommending that they work together on research through the <a href=\"https:\/\/honors.ucf.edu\/burnett-research-scholars\/\">Burnett Research Scholars Grant (BRS) program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jamal is passionate about research because it allowed him to gain insight into what theoretical physics is actually like. He states, \u201cIt was the first time he had an open ended problem with no available solution.\u201d Jamal thrives best in this environment as he allows his research curiosity to drive him to the point of working on the problem endlessly until he comes to a solution, three years to be exact.<\/p>\n<p>You may be thinking, it couldn\u2019t have been that smooth of an experience. You\u2019re right. In fact, Jamal sums up his tough times by saying \u201cIt was fun, but there was suffering involved. When I set my mind to solve a problem, I won\u2019t stop until I either have the solution or prove that a solution doesn\u2019t exist.\u201d This relentless motivation to get answers to questions that do not yet exist is the reason why Jamal is prepared for the next chapter in his life. He plans on spending the next few years in graduate school studying mathematical physics. Without conducting research as an undergraduate this goal of his may have never come to fruition. That is because<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBefore (research) I was not interested in coming up with my own ideas because I thought that was hard, but after doing this research I\u2019m more interested in coming up with my own ideas and work on new things.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With all of this experience and success in undergraduate research, Jamal advises: \u201cIf you\u2019re doing something you actually like to do, and not something you feel like it\u2019s what you\u2019re supposed to be doing, then the whole time management and relationship with your mentor will fall into place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":696,"featured_media":4605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[44,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-blog","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>An Interview with our March DURA Winner, Jamal Khayat - Undergraduate Research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An Interview with our March DURA Winner, Jamal Khayat - Undergraduate Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Undergraduate Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-26T13:20:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-03-19T15:50:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/02\/Jamal_Khayat.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2868\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2489\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tyler\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tyler\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tyler\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b18a8a1f5cac5a65e893af1afbf61efd\"},\"headline\":\"An Interview with our March DURA Winner, Jamal Khayat\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-26T13:20:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-03-19T15:50:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":400,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/Jamal_Khayat.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Knights' Research Notes: UCF's Undergraduate Research Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\\\/\",\"name\":\"An Interview with our March DURA Winner, Jamal Khayat - Undergraduate Research\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/Jamal_Khayat.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-26T13:20:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-03-19T15:50:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b18a8a1f5cac5a65e893af1afbf61efd\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/Jamal_Khayat.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/Jamal_Khayat.jpg\",\"width\":2868,\"height\":2489},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"An Interview with our March DURA Winner, Jamal Khayat\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/\",\"name\":\"Undergraduate Research\",\"description\":\"Office of Undergraduate Studies\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b18a8a1f5cac5a65e893af1afbf61efd\",\"name\":\"Tyler\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f15f8886a42fe018db3a8f5eb7c0737627b78c0f24cc176ed6d615447099dc32?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f15f8886a42fe018db3a8f5eb7c0737627b78c0f24cc176ed6d615447099dc32?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f15f8886a42fe018db3a8f5eb7c0737627b78c0f24cc176ed6d615447099dc32?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tyler\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\\\/our\\\/author\\\/ty576996\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"An Interview with our March DURA Winner, Jamal Khayat - Undergraduate Research","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"An Interview with our March DURA Winner, Jamal Khayat - Undergraduate Research","og_description":"[&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\/","og_site_name":"Undergraduate Research","article_published_time":"2019-02-26T13:20:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-03-19T15:50:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2868,"height":2489,"url":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/02\/Jamal_Khayat.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Tyler","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tyler","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\/"},"author":{"name":"Tyler","@id":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/#\/schema\/person\/b18a8a1f5cac5a65e893af1afbf61efd"},"headline":"An Interview with our March DURA Winner, Jamal Khayat","datePublished":"2019-02-26T13:20:16+00:00","dateModified":"2019-03-19T15:50:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\/"},"wordCount":400,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/02\/Jamal_Khayat.jpg","articleSection":["Knights' Research Notes: UCF's Undergraduate Research Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\/","url":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\/","name":"An Interview with our March DURA Winner, Jamal Khayat - Undergraduate Research","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/02\/Jamal_Khayat.jpg","datePublished":"2019-02-26T13:20:16+00:00","dateModified":"2019-03-19T15:50:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/#\/schema\/person\/b18a8a1f5cac5a65e893af1afbf61efd"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/02\/Jamal_Khayat.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/02\/Jamal_Khayat.jpg","width":2868,"height":2489},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/an-interview-with-our-march-dura-winner-jamal-khayat\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"An Interview with our March DURA Winner, Jamal Khayat"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/#website","url":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/","name":"Undergraduate Research","description":"Office of Undergraduate Studies","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/#\/schema\/person\/b18a8a1f5cac5a65e893af1afbf61efd","name":"Tyler","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f15f8886a42fe018db3a8f5eb7c0737627b78c0f24cc176ed6d615447099dc32?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f15f8886a42fe018db3a8f5eb7c0737627b78c0f24cc176ed6d615447099dc32?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f15f8886a42fe018db3a8f5eb7c0737627b78c0f24cc176ed6d615447099dc32?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tyler"},"url":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/author\/ty576996\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/696"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4607,"href":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4604\/revisions\/4607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academicsuccess.ucf.edu\/our\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}