As car No. 34 crossed the finish line at the Michigan International Speedway, University of Central Florida history was made. The black and gold formula race car built by the students in the UCF chapter of the Society for Automotive…
Read MoreSales may not be an obvious career path for engineering students – unless, that is, they’re part of the Society of Sales Engineers, a student organization at the University of Central Florida with more than 30 members. UCF’s SSE members…
Read MoreA tech startup, founded by a UCF alumnus and a faculty member, has won $26,000 in competition prize money this month. These winnings, says the chief executive for Capacitech Energy, will go toward the company’s continued growth and future aspirations….
Read MorePeople can travel from the University of Central Florida to Orlando International Airport in about 30 minutes, barring heavy traffic. But what if they could travel from New York to Los Angeles in that time or less? A recent discovery…
Read MoreIt’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 MoreA team of University of Central Florida students who are experts in cyberdefense took third place last week in the Global Cyberlympics World Finals in the Netherlands, a competition that pitted them against top teams from around the world. The…
Read MoreResearch to make solar energy systems more efficient and affordable will advance thanks to two grants awarded to the University of Central Florida totaling more than $3.1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative. The UCF projects led…
Read MoreToday UCF is celebrating the 30-year success story of the nation’s longest-running Research Experience for Undergraduates with an all-day program focused on how research can help undergraduate students succeed. REU is a National Science Foundation-funded program. It offers grants to…
Read MoreEngineering Researcher’s Advanced Modeling Technique Suggests Extreme Coastal Sea Levels More Likely
Improving projections for how much ocean levels may change in the future and what that means for coastal communities has vexed researchers studying sea level rise for years, but a new international study that incorporates extreme events may have just…
Read MoreA team of cyber defenders from the University of Central Florida took second place in the Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, while another team took fourth place at the Argonne National Labs Cyber Defense Competition held within the same week. In…
Read MoreTwo Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering faculty members received Pegasus Professor awards, the highest academic honor an educator can receive at UCF. Honorees must be nominated, have worked at the university at least five years and have conducted research or developed…
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