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UCF Computer Science Professor Honored with IEEE VR Lifetime Achievement Award

UCF Computer Science Professor Honored with IEEE VR Lifetime Achievement Award

UCF Institute for Simulation and Training (IST) Director Carolina Cruz-Neira’s career in virtual reality (VR) began as a backup plan. She spent her childhood training as…

UCF Researchers Receive Meta Support to Study Motor Learning in EMG-Based Interfaces

UCF Researchers Receive Meta Support to Study Motor Learning in EMG-Based Interfaces

UCF researchers are partnering with Meta Platforms Inc. to study how people learn to control digital systems using muscle signals, work that could improve human-computer…

UCF Researcher Creates Improved Method to Harvest Hydrogen Energy

UCF Researcher Creates Improved Method to Harvest Hydrogen Energy

A decade of rigorous research led by Associate Professor of Material Science and Engineering Yang Yang produced an impactful patent. The focus of the research…

The Mind to Move Mountains

The Mind to Move Mountains

Nothing motivates Ilkin Isler ’22MS ’25PhD quite like this phrase: “It can’t be done.” When Isler says candidly, “Working on my Ph.D. is the most difficult thing…

UCF Doctoral Grad Heads to Harvard Medical School to Advance AI-Driven Clinical Tools

UCF Doctoral Grad Heads to Harvard Medical School to Advance AI-Driven Clinical Tools

For computer engineering major Kamalakkannan Ravi ’20MSCpE ’25PhD, the goal was never to just earn a doctorate — it was to build artificial intelligence (AI) systems people could trust…

UCF’s New $4M Electron Microscope Expands Research Access Across Campus, Industry

UCF’s New $4M Electron Microscope Expands Research Access Across Campus, Industry

Today, UCF unveils a $4 million high-resolution transmission electron microscope, significantly expanding advanced materials research capabilities across the university and opening new opportunities for collaboration…

UCF Computer Science Professor Recognized for Contributions to Human-Computer Interaction

UCF Computer Science Professor Recognized for Contributions to Human-Computer Interaction

Professor Joseph LaViola Jr. has been fascinated by human-computer interaction (HCI) since his undergraduate days in the mid-1990s. Decades later, that interest has propelled him…

2 UCF Teams Awarded 2025 Pabst Steinmetz Creative Futures Awards

2 UCF Teams Awarded 2025 Pabst Steinmetz Creative Futures Awards

Two interdisciplinary projects that focused on advancing human well-being through technology, led by Associate Professor Kaitlyn Crawford and Professor Matt Dombrowski ’05 ’08MFA, have been…

UCF Career Services Turn UCF Students into Ideal Job Candidates

UCF Career Services Turn UCF Students into Ideal Job Candidates

As an ambitious computer science major at UCF, Kenny Nguyen ’25 was already thinking ahead before graduating — about internships, industry connections and the kind of real-world experience that…

UCF Computer Science Professor Named Fellow of Preeminent Computing Organization

UCF Computer Science Professor Named Fellow of Preeminent Computing Organization

After decades of pushing the boundaries of how computers think, Pegasus Professor Yan Solihin of the Department of Computer Science has earned the highest professional distinction…

Passion, Persistence and Opportunity at UCF Lead to Grad’s Space Career

Passion, Persistence and Opportunity at UCF Lead to Grad’s Space Career

Nov. 13, 2025, 3:55 p.m. Jillian Gloria ’22 stands on a balcony at Blue Origin headquarters in Cape Canaveral, Florida, her eyes fixed on the horizon…

Forbes Honors UCF Entrepreneurs on 30 Under 30 List

Forbes Honors UCF Entrepreneurs on 30 Under 30 List

UCF students don’t wait until they graduate to begin changing the world. Emboldened by a campus culture of exploring “what if?” and the university’s support…