Sparking research connections between the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) and the College of Medicine (COM) got easier Friday in a speed-dating style forum designed to bring together diverse experts to solve humanity’s health issues. The conference…
Read More A team of scientists from the University of Central Florida and the University of Florida just earned a $1.2 million grant, which aims to use modern-day technology to detect disease and plant stress in agricultural crops. UCF mechanical engineering associate…
Read More A UCF engineering team has developed an antenna capable of surviving a record temperature of 1,300 degrees Celsius, or 2,372 degrees Fahrenheit, a potential boon to manufacturers of high-performance turbine engines. Haitao Cheng, a Ph.D. student working with Electrical and…
Read More Florida could be called the sinkhole capital of the nation with more than 6,600 identified craters, but predicting where one will form remains a mystery. Boo Hyun Nam, an assistant professor in the UCF Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction…
Read More L-R: Michael Galletti, Danny Wasserman and Stephen Royal in St. Petersburg, Russia. The UCF Programming Team has returned from Russia as the world’s 48th best computer programming competition team. UCF students Michael Galletti of Orlando, Stephen Royal of Jacksonville and…
Read More Read about how CECS faculty are integral members of the UCF team leading a NASA mission with a $55 million grant, the largest in UCF’s history. The cover story is part of the Spring 2013 issue of “CECS Updates,” the…
Read More An innovative method to clean up oil spills in the ocean using fly ash treated with advanced materials, developed by CECS Professor Sudipta Seal and fellow researchers, is the focus of an article published by the National Science Foundation. The…
Read More A new undergraduate degree program at UCF will begin this fall that will help students get jobs in a burgeoning specialized field that integrates optics, photonics and electrical engineering. The new bachelor of science degree in Photonics Science and Engineering…
Read More The College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) is gearing up to host a summer day camp specifically targeted to 8th, 9th and 10th graders from underrepresented communities. Camp Connect 1, to be held July 8-12 on UCF’s main campus…
Read More Tatiana Viecco arrived in the United States nine years ago from Colombia, a teen who knew only a few words in English and very little about American culture. On Thursday she’ll earn her bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the…
Read More Scientists have long observed that species seem to have become increasingly capable of evolving in response to changes in the environment. But computer science researchers now say that the popular explanation of competition to survive in nature may not actually…
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