Nuisance flooding has increased on U.S. coasts in recent decades due to sea level rise, and new research co-authored by the University of Central Florida uncovered an additional reason for its added frequency. In a study appearing today in the…
Read MoreTwo UCF students are among 43 nationwide who have been chosen to receive the inaugural Patti Grace Smith Fellowship for Black aerospace undergraduates. Alexandria Baca, a first-year student, and Loubensky Baine, a second-year student, were selected for the new honor…
Read MoreWhen Peter Delfyett first fell in love with science during elementary school, he imagined he would grow up to be a paleontologist. Instead, the Pegasus Professor of optics and photonics has spent his career developing futuristic technology. From lasers that…
Read MoreJillian Gloria of Orlando has always been inspired by space exploration, and as a junior pursuing aerospace engineering at UCF she has held multiple research positions and worked with industry as she prepares to someday become an astronaut. Her most…
Read MoreVehicles have evolved to become more efficient and sophisticated, but their fuel hasn’t necessarily evolved along with them. The Department of Energy is determined to identify cleaner burning and renewable alternatives to gasoline, and through the work of two UCF…
Read MoreFlorida’s threatened coral reefs have a more than $4 billion annual economic impact on the state’s economy, and University of Central Florida researchers are zeroing in on one factor that could be limiting their survival – coral skeleton strength. In…
Read MoreFour University of Central Florida researchers are among the world’s top 25 scholars in their field and more than 100 are in the top 2%, according to a new study ranking career-long scientific impact of researchers from around the globe….
Read MoreThe increase in remote work and e-learning sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic means more people are reading in digital formats, from eye-straining, small-text documents to PDFs that have embedded pictures and graphics. But there’s a bigger problem – the technology…
Read MoreCurrent disinfectant products for killing viruses like coronavirus take minutes to fully sanitize surfaces, which isn’t practical on high-contact areas such as door handles, elevators and bannisters. That’s why the University of Central Florida is co-developing a new, rapid-acting, long-lasting…
Read MoreStorm surges sometimes can increase coastal sea levels 10 feet or more, jeopardizing communities and businesses along the water, but new research from the University of Central Florida shows there may be a way to predict periods when it’s more…
Read MoreUCF hit a milestone in sponsored research funding in 2020, generating $204.5 million by the close of the fiscal year on July 31. That’s up from $192.1 million last year and a 40 percent increase since 2016. The College of Engineering and…
Read MoreComputer Science Professor Mubarak Shah was recently awarded a $1 million grant to advance his cutting-edge work in the area of machine vision learning (artificial intelligence) and develop a system to thwart attacks on such systems. Shah, the director of…
Read MoreA research team with the University of Central Florida’s Center for Research in Computer Vision recently won a competition to improve computer vision by creating technology that can automatically track behavior in long security videos. The competition, called the Activities…
Read MoreMaking sure spacecraft don’t crash into each other or into space junk is at the center of Assistant Professor Tarek A. Elgohary’s research at UCF’s Astrodynamics and Space Robotics Laboratory. Using analytical and computational methods in addition to machine learning…
Read MoreThe helicopter that arrived on the Red Planet on Feb. 18 as part of the Mars 2020/Perseverance mission is not the only rotorcraft NASA is sending into space. A team of scientists, including a University of Central Florida researcher, is…
Read MoreLike many Central Florida teens, Jonathan Kessluk ’20 got a summer job at one of Universal’s theme parks in 2014. Little did he know that a job working lights for some of the park’s shows, would lead him to a…
Read MoreSometimes big things come in small packages, and the new thin but strong materials the University of Central Florida is helping NASA develop are no exception. These materials, known as thin-ply composites, are as thin as carpenter’s measuring tape but…
Read MoreInnovations that have evolved from early-stage research to near-market potential are the focus of a symposium to be hosted by the University of Central Florida intended to uncover little-known gems of business opportunity for entrepreneurs and investors. From COVID-19 mitigation…
Read MoreUCF has been awarded a nearly $2.9 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to provide cybersecurity scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students. Scholarship recipients will focus on cybersecurity training and research at UCF, and after graduation, must work…
Read MoreThe glass-and-shiny-steel flagship building that is home to the University of Central Florida’s College of Engineering and Computer Science has been renamed the L3Harris Engineering Center, announced Michael Georgiopoulos, Ph.D., dean of the college. The announcement celebrates the rebranding of…
Read MoreWorld leaders don’t have a crystal ball to help them predict how the pandemic will look in the coming months, but a team of UCF data scientists are working to provide the next best thing. A group of faculty and…
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