In September 2018, Amazon released its third generation of the Echo Dot. For millions of consumers, it instantly became yet another connection into their personal smart hubs known as “the internet of things.” Smartphones. Smart speakers. Smart TVs. Smart car…
Read More UCF Pegasus Professor Charlie Hughes has been selected for the National Center for Simulation Hall of Fame. The NCS selects individuals who have made significant contributions to the world of simulation and training. Six UCF affiliated-individuals are already in the…
Read More UCF was recently ranked No. 5 in the United States and No. 29 in the world for transportation science and technology, according to ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020. The ranking includes 200 of the world’s top universities, and…
Read More Subith Vasu, UCF associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, was recently awarded the prestigious Director’s Fellowship from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, one of just 12 researchers nationally to earn the 2020 research grant. Vasu, an expert…
Read More Researchers can tap into $175,000 worth of seed money for COVID-19 projects thanks to the University of Central Florida’s Office of Research, several colleges and UCF’s new Artificial Intelligence & Big Data Initiative announced earlier this week. Up to $175,000…
Read More UCF launched its new Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Initiative today and charged Assistant Prof. Ivan Garibay, Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, with leading the effort aimed at helping propel the university to a leadership position in these evolving fields….
Read More 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,…
Read More Engineering Professor Sudipta Seal has been named a 2020 Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS). The organization, which began in 1968 when brick manufacturers got together to discuss the industry, has grown into one of the most influential groups…
Read More A University of Central Florida researcher is part of a recently announced $1.4 million National Institutes of Health grant to help develop a new coating material for catheters and other medical devices that resists infections, blood clots and biofilms. This…
Read More UCF’s Collegiate Cybersecurity Competition Team finished runner-up at the 15th annual National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, sponsored by Raytheon, the world’s largest competition of its kind. UCF has appeared at the finals in seven of the last eight years and…
Read More UCF engineering Assistant Professor Kawai Kwok studies the way insects fly and land on plants to inspire his understanding of deployable structures, which could one day help NASA more easily explore the solar system. Deployable structures are those that can…
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