It’s not every day that an engineer leaves Lockheed Martin to play in the NFL, but that’s exactly what University of Central Florida aerospace engineering alumnus Matthew Wright, ’18 is about to do. Wright signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers as…
Read More The new programs – a doctoral degree in Aerospace Engineering; a nationally unique master’s degree in Smart Cities; and a Materials Science and Engineering bachelor’s – have been added to meet the workforce needs in diverse fields that fuel Florida’s…
Read More UCF’s Cyber Defense Competition Team placed second in the country today at the 2019 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition sponsored by Raytheon, the world’s largest competition of its kind. “Our team worked extremely well together,” says Tom Nedorost, the team’s…
Read More The inside of a fire might be the last place one would explore, but a new University of Central Florida method to do just that could lead to advances in fighting fires, creating cleaner engines and even space travel. Associate…
Read More Sudipta Seal, chair of the UCF Department of Materials Science and Engineering, will receive two international awards in the coming months for his contributions to materials research. He will receive the prestigious Materials Research Society Fellow award in April and…
Read More A team of University of Central Florida researchers has become a finalist with Ford Motor Co. in a national competition to improve traffic safety, having beaten out more than 50 other teams in the competition. The UCF entry, Real-Time Crash…
Read More Pamela Wisniewski and two other UCF faculty members who use the power of technology to make the human experience better were recognized today with Reach for the Stars awards during this year’s UCF Founders Day Honors Convocation. The award recognizes…
Read More Answering the call from industry and the military, UCF approved a new online master’s degree program in systems engineering that is scheduled to begin in Fall 2020. The Board of Trustees unanimously approved the new program this month. Systems engineering…
Read More Six programs within the University of Central Florida’s College of Engineering and Computer Science advanced in the latest U.S. News and World Report national rankings, with three moving up 10 or more spots from last year. University-wide, 27 UCF programs…
Read More Using nanotechnology, UCF researchers have developed the first rapid detector for dopamine, a chemical that is believed to play a role in various diseases such as Parkinson’s, depression and some cancers. Studies show too much dopamine could be associated with…
Read More UCF will offer a new bachelor’s degree this fall in materials science and engineering to help graduates find jobs in fields as wide ranging as space, defense, electronics, energy and biomedicine. Materials, obviously, are at the core of all things…
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