UCF’s student computer programming team ousted all competitors from the U.S. and Canada to finish first in North America and 10th worldwide in the Association of Computing Machinery’s International Collegiate Programming Contest held in Beijing this week. This was the team’s highest…

UCF scientist Sudipta Seal, whose research has led to groundbreaking therapeutic applications in regenerative nanomedicine, has been chosen as a 2018 inductee into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Seal, who is a UCF Trustee Chair, Pegasus and University Distinguished Professor,…

With an idea to create a new watersport based around skimboarding and a distribution deal lined up with Ron Jon Surf Shop, senior Matthew White took second place and $3,000 at the third annual Governor’s Cup Pitch Competition at Florida…

As a part of the less than 1 percent of black women engineers in the United States, there is no question Pamela McCauley stands out. McCauley, who serves as director of UCF’s Ergonomics Laboratory in the Department of Industrial Engineering and…

When she was 7 years old and growing up in Bogota, Colombia, Estefania Bohorquez ’17 would take little day trips 30 miles outside the city. She would walk through a passageway to a fascinating place more than 600 feet underground. There, she…

With more 31,000 members in the United States and abroad, the National Society of Black Engineers may be one of the largest student-run organizations in the world. Since 1975, it has been carefully constructed to increase the number of black…

UCF Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Issa Batarseh is a research scholar, inventor, and entrepreneur in the field of solar energy. In short, he’s a visionary. So when he says we’re tipping on the edge of something big, we all should…

Several University of Central Florida professors and their colleagues in Colorado expect to see almost a decade of sweat and tears pay off Thursday, when one of NASA’s missions launches from Kourou, French Guiana. The Global-scale Observations of the Limb…

A group of future biomedical engineers got a close-up look into the world of prosthetics when they received a guest lecture from amputee and prosthetist, Mike Varro. The group is the second cohort of students in UCF’s new Master of…

A University of Central Florida engineer recognized worldwide as a leader in power electronics and whose work led to the development and commercialization of the first compact single-solar photovoltaic panel was recognized by both the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame…

A team led by University of Central Florida engineers is using rocket science in the form of a rotating engine sparked by multiple detonation points to make coal-fueled power plants more efficient and safer for the environment. Kareem Ahmed and Subith…