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For aerospace engineering doctoral student Sydney Giannuzzi, 2023 turned out to be a stellar year. She not only completed a summer internship with Raytheon Technologies, but was recognized for her outstanding contributions with an Innovation Achievement Award. 2024 brings another cosmic leap in her career — a slot on the Aviation Week Network 20 Twenties […]

There’s a Knight on duty at the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant in Georgia. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected UCF mechanical engineering alumnus Phil Niebaum ’00 as the senior inspector resident of the plant after fulfilling various positions within the organization. “I am confident that Phil’s experience will make him a valuable asset to […]

Since the 1960s engineers around the world have been fiddling with a novel type of jet called a rotating detonation engine (RDE), but it has never got beyond the experimental stage. That could be about to change. GE Aerospace, one of the world’s biggest producers of jet engines, recently announced it was developing a working […]

Associate Professor Jeffrey Kauffman has been selected for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 2024 Class of Associate Fellows. This distinction is awarded to individuals who have contributed significant work of merit to the field. “It’s an honor to be selected as an Associate Fellow, and humbling, too — many collaborators and students […]

GE Aerospace says it successfully demonstrated an advanced jet propulsion concept that involves a dual-mode ramjet design utilizing rotating detonation combustion. This could offer a pathway to the development of new aircraft and missiles capable of flying efficiently at high supersonic and even hypersonic speeds across long distances. A press release that GE Aerospace put out today offers […]