Sudipta Seal, chair of the UCF Department of Materials Science and Engineering, will receive two international awards in the coming months for his contributions to materials research. He will receive the prestigious Materials Research Society Fellow award in April and…

A team of University of Central Florida researchers has become a finalist with Ford Motor Co. in a national competition to improve traffic safety, having beaten out more than 50 other teams in the competition. The UCF entry, Real-Time Crash…

Using nanotechnology, UCF researchers have developed the first rapid detector for dopamine, a chemical that is believed to play a role in various diseases such as Parkinson’s, depression and some cancers. Studies show too much dopamine could be associated with…

UCF will offer a new bachelor’s degree this fall in materials science and engineering to help graduates find jobs in fields as wide ranging as space, defense, electronics, energy and biomedicine. Materials, obviously, are at the core of all things…

Lockheed Martin and the University of Central Florida celebrated the grand opening of a new Cyber Innovation Lab on UCF’s campus that will help meet the growing local and national need for cybersecurity talent. The lab’s opening was celebrated with…

As new commercial space ventures develop in Florida and around the nation, UCF’s new doctorate in aerospace engineering to begin this fall harkens back to one of the university’s original missions: provide support to the U.S. space program. The College…

Thomas Wahl, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, is helping the United Nations better understand and communicate climate change to the world. Wahl, who is based in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering…