Kevin Moran, Hao Zheng Receive UCF's Reach for the Stars Award Big ideas don’t wait — and neither do the researchers behind them. The 2026 Reach for the Stars honorees — six UCF assistant professors —… Mar 30, 2026
Hassan Foroosh Named Pegasus Professor UCF’s faculty are renowned thinkers, doers and creators delivering high-quality education and leading-industry research with purpose. They are the campus culture-setters — inspiring ingenuity while… Mar 30, 2026
UCF Researcher Receives DARPA Young Faculty Award to Develop Novel 3D Printing Technique Additive manufacturing, better known as 3D printing, is a technique that can be used to create complex, lightweight components for medical devices, vehicles and even… Mar 27, 2026
Zhihua Qu Earns UCF’s 2026 Medal of Societal Impact for Contributions to the Power Systems Industry Few researchers have recharged and revitalized the electric power industry as Pegasus Professor Zhihua Qu has. Through his efforts, the energy systems that power our… Mar 26, 2026
UCF to Compete in the International Collegiate Programming Contest’s 2026 World Finals After Top 5 Finish UCF student programmers are poised to showcase their formidable skills on a world stage after a top five finish at this weekend’s International Collegiate Programming… Mar 26, 2026
UCF Computer Science Professor Honored with IEEE VR Lifetime Achievement Award UCF Institute for Simulation and Training (IST) Director Carolina Cruz-Neira’s career in virtual reality (VR) began as a backup plan. She spent her childhood training as… Mar 25, 2026
UCF Researchers Receive Meta Support to Study Motor Learning in EMG-Based Interfaces UCF researchers are partnering with Meta Platforms Inc. to study how people learn to control digital systems using muscle signals, work that could improve human-computer… Mar 23, 2026
UCF Researcher Creates Improved Method to Harvest Hydrogen Energy A decade of rigorous research led by Associate Professor of Material Science and Engineering Yang Yang produced an impactful patent. The focus of the research… Mar 06, 2026
The Mind to Move Mountains Nothing motivates Ilkin Isler ’22MS ’25PhD quite like this phrase: “It can’t be done.” When Isler says candidly, “Working on my Ph.D. is the most difficult thing… Mar 05, 2026
UCF Doctoral Grad Heads to Harvard Medical School to Advance AI-Driven Clinical Tools For computer engineering major Kamalakkannan Ravi ’20MSCpE ’25PhD, the goal was never to just earn a doctorate — it was to build artificial intelligence (AI) systems people could trust… Mar 04, 2026
UCF’s New $4M Electron Microscope Expands Research Access Across Campus, Industry Today, UCF unveils a $4 million high-resolution transmission electron microscope, significantly expanding advanced materials research capabilities across the university and opening new opportunities for collaboration… Mar 03, 2026
UCF Computer Science Professor Recognized for Contributions to Human-Computer Interaction Professor Joseph LaViola Jr. has been fascinated by human-computer interaction (HCI) since his undergraduate days in the mid-1990s. Decades later, that interest has propelled him… Mar 03, 2026
2 UCF Teams Awarded 2025 Pabst Steinmetz Creative Futures Awards Two interdisciplinary projects that focused on advancing human well-being through technology, led by Associate Professor Kaitlyn Crawford and Professor Matt Dombrowski ’05 ’08MFA, have been… Mar 02, 2026
UCF Career Services Turn UCF Students into Ideal Job Candidates As an ambitious computer science major at UCF, Kenny Nguyen ’25 was already thinking ahead before graduating — about internships, industry connections and the kind of real-world experience that… Mar 02, 2026