When you first meet Nina Leonard, her passion for helping students succeed shines through. It’s no wonder that she was selected as the recipient of the Pegasus Advisor Award. This annual recognition honors an advisor who champions student success. Leonard…

Two Burnett Honors Scholars, Rishi Basdeo and Emma Shafer, were the recipients of the prestigious Astronaut Scholarship this year. The scholarship, which is awarded by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation to promising STEM students seeking to conduct graduate research and advance their fields,…

Ronald DeMara, a professor in the UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named a Pegasus Professor, the highest faculty honor at the University of Central Florida. He is one of four world renowned researchers and respected teachers…

Microsoft has announced that Associate Professor Subith Vasu has received the company’s inaugural Investigator Fellowship, worth $200,000, which recognizes higher education faculty in the U.S. who have demonstrated extraordinary talent that distinguishes them as both teachers and researchers. Close to…

One year after UCF’s 50th anniversary of classes, the university celebrated another milestone — the first classes held for the Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering. The UCF Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering marked the occasion by hosting a launch party…

We recently closed fiscal year 2019 with impressive numbers. The UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science directly received more than $91 million in philanthropic gifts – $28 million was raised during FY 2019 – from many generous donors during…

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…

Sales 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…

A 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….

People 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…

It’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…