A first-place rocket, a second-place unmanned rover and a third-place human-powered vehicle are all student-made projects that continue the University of Central Florida’s longtime success in engineering competitions. The award-winning creations were among 100 spring 2015 “senior design” projects created by teams…
Read More The University of Central Florida’s Computer Programming Team has retained its rank in the nation’s top 10 after competing in an international super-contest known as the “Battle of the Brains.” UCF placed 8th among U.S. teams and 28th in the…
Read More This week, a team of UCF engineering students are at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with a robot they’ve been building since last summer – one that’s designed to mine soil and ice from the surface of Mars. Their robot isn’t…
Read More Beach rescue operations in Brevard County have been streamlined, thanks to a team of UCF mechanical engineers who graduated last week. The idea for the Ocean Rescue Response Trailer dates back to 1996 when teenager Jeff Scabarozi became a lifeguard…
Read More Adrian Gilliam, 17, will graduate from UCF this week at an age before most students even start attending college. Then again, he’s always been ahead of the curve. When Gilliam was 4, he started homeschooling through Florida Virtual School, an…
Read More Studying and working in engineering is challenging by default – the academically rigorous field takes brain power and discipline. Women in engineering can face even more challenges because there are significantly fewer in the classroom and the workplace. Add child-rearing…
Read More The University of Central Florida’s cyber defense team successfully defended its status as top dog over the weekend, winning the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition for the second year in a row. The Collegiate Cyber Defense Club @ UCF –…
Read More From a three-in-one ocean rescue trailer, to a detection-and-alert system for parents who travel with infants in their car backseats, to a drone laser tag game, UCF engineering students showcased 100 of their inventions and new technologies Friday during the…
Read More UCF formalized its partnership with the student-led nonprofit Limbitless Solutions to create a hub of innovation that will blend engineering, art and medical science and become a worldwide resource for 3D printed biomedical solutions. The Center for Applied Biomedical Additive Manufacturing…
Read More Eight UCF students were notified today that they earned graduate research fellowships from the National Science Foundation. And of the eight, five are students in the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science. The fellowships are highly competitive and recognize…
Read More Mohamed Abdel-Aty and his team of 20 student researchers hope their work will make roads safer for drivers. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) awarded the professor and chair of the UCF Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering a…
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