Buckle your seatbelts. Quentin Fouliard is ready for takeoff. Born in France and with life experiences all over the world, UCF’s first Ph.D. graduate in aerospace engineering is always looking outward and upward. But ask Fouliard where he sees the…
Read MoreYou can detect a mix of disbelief and excitement in Dale Wagner’s voice as he describes the senior design project he just completed as part of his mechanical engineering degree requirements. His was not the textbook project — which in…
Read MoreNASA has turned to UCF to develop a new way of powering and heating spacecraft when they are far from the sun and solar energy isn’t practical. UCF was one of 14 universities awarded grants under NASA’s Space Technology Research Grants’…
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security is turning to the University of Central Florida to develop new technology to help keep first responders safe during potentially toxic fires. It’s doing so with a new, $500,000 grant from the department’s Federal…
Read MoreFor the fifth year running – or flying in this case – UCF has been named the No. 1 workforce supplier of graduates to U.S. aerospace and defense industries, according to Aviation Week Network. In addition, the university was named…
Read MoreUCF has won a national competition to make driving safer, beating out more than 50 other teams, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced today. “UCF’s Smart and Safe Transportation Team and I are honored to be selected by the U.S….
Read MoreCompeting against more than 100 of the top collegiate cybersecurity teams in the nation, UCF took 2nd place nationally in Saturday’s fifth annual CyberForce Competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. UCF’s Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition team, known as Hack@UCF,…
Read MoreUCF Engineering Associate Professor Seetha Raghavan has been selected as winner of the 2019 Aerospace Educator Award. The award is given by Women in Aerospace, a leading professional organization dedicated to expanding women’s opportunities for leadership, education and visibility within…
Read MoreBy combining the ancient Japanese art of paper cutting with nanotechnology, University of Central Florida engineering researchers have created a super flexible electronic material that could have applications in products ranging from smart jackets to solar cells. “Connecting this idea,…
Read MoreUCF engineering Professor Pamela McCauley is no stranger to breaking barriers, but even she was surprised when she was named the 2019 Technologist of the Year by Women of Color magazine. This year is the first time an academic has…
Read MoreSenior leadership from the California-based software company Autodesk Inc. will visit Limbitless Solutions on the UCF campus today to participate in an Impact Forum focused on the future of assistive technology. Autodesk’s chief technology officer Scott Borduin and Scott Reese,…
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