The U.S. Department of Energy’s $3.75 million award to the University of Central Florida and project partners – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Siemens Corporate Research Center and Orlando Utilities Commission – will support research to improve the design of autonomous…
Read More NASA has turned to UCF to develop a new way of powering and heating spacecraft when they are far from the sun and solar energy isn’t practical. UCF was one of 14 universities awarded grants under NASA’s Space Technology Research Grants’…
Read More The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is turning to the University of Central Florida to develop new technology to help keep first responders safe during potentially toxic fires. It’s doing so with a new, $500,000 grant from the department’s Federal…
Read More For the fifth year running – or flying in this case – UCF has been named the No. 1 workforce supplier of graduates to U.S. aerospace and defense industries, according to Aviation Week Network. In addition, the university was named…
Read More UCF Engineering Professor Tuhin Das is developing simulation software that could transform the design and production of floating offshore wind turbines. These turbines have the potential to produce a lot of energy for consumers, but they face some hefty challenges…
Read More UCF has won a national competition to make driving safer, beating out more than 50 other teams, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced today. “UCF’s Smart and Safe Transportation Team and I are honored to be selected by the U.S….
Read More Competing against more than 100 of the top collegiate cybersecurity teams in the nation, UCF took 2nd place nationally in Saturday’s fifth annual CyberForce Competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. UCF’s Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition team, known as Hack@UCF,…
Read More UCF claimed its fourth consecutive national win, taking top honors in a national competition that puts students’ engineering and technical knowledge and persuasive sales pitching skills to the test. Senior Savannah Irvin, an electrical engineering major, and senior Andrew Saab,…
Read More Six individuals who work as entrepreneurs, scientists and corporate executives were honored as distinguished alumni by the University of Central Florida’s College of Engineering and Computer Science for their professional achievements in industries as diverse as global freight logistics to…
Read More UCF Engineering Associate Professor Seetha Raghavan has been selected as winner of the 2019 Aerospace Educator Award. The award is given by Women in Aerospace, a leading professional organization dedicated to expanding women’s opportunities for leadership, education and visibility within…
Read More Rarely do scholars have an opportunity to meet the scholarship donors who help make students’ academic dreams a reality, but in the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science, scholars and donors are brought together each year at a unique,…
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