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…
Read More UCF is getting nearly $750,000 in grant money to help grow the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Central Florida, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced Monday alongside U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and UCF President John C. Hitt. The secretary made…
Read More Fog has been linked to a 70-vehicle pileup in Polk County that resulted in 30 injuries and to 11 fatal car accidents throughout the state in 2012. The University of Central Florida is working on a new study that could…
Read More With more than 24 million followers on Facebook and 3.85 million on Twitter, Hollywood film star Robert Downey Jr., known for his role as Tony Stark in the Iron Man movie series, posted on both social media sites today to…
Read More Brandon Naids, who is pursuing a master’s degree in industrial engineering, has won the 2015 UCF Business Model Competition for his presentation about his company Talon Simulations. The annual event is hosted by the UCF Blackstone LaunchPad, an initiative of…
Read More Hundreds of UCF students, faculty and staff turned out Friday, Feb. 27 – despite chilly, damp weather – to attempt to break the world record for the longest high-five chain. The attempt on the UCF Memory Mall fell short of its record-breaking goal…
Read More Launch bottle rockets, play giant Jenga, see Rube Goldberg multi-step machines that erase whiteboards, scarf down free pancakes, and help break the world record for high-fives on the UCF main campus this week. The UCF College of Engineering and Computer…
Read More Robert Hoekstra has lived in two worlds for many years — engineering and the arts. Now, he’s officially bringing them together in unprecedented fashion at UCF. Hoekstra, an associate professor in UCF’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, was…
Read More Matt Harrison personifies giving back to UCF. A May 2013 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, he has already established a scholarship dedicated to excellence at the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science: the Leadership Scholarship. As…
Read More UCF’s Cyber Defense Team has started the new year by taking top honors in the Collegiate Cybersecurity Championship Cup competition on Jan. 6. Unlike other stand-alone competitions, the Collegiate Cybersecurity Championship Cup recognizes the best team in the nation for…
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