July 26, 2024
Recent aerospace graduate, Nicolas Afanador ‘24 recently landed a job at Blue Origin, a spaceflight company working to create a sustainable future in which millions of people live and work in space. Afanador will be working as a Structural Test Engineer in the Lunar Permanence division and was attracted to Blue Origin’s presence in the […]
June 24, 2024
Recently, Orlando Business Journal celebrated its 2024 40 Under 40 honorees, which include 13 Knights. Two of those alums are from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Learn more about them and how they make an impact in their industries and across The City Beautiful. Stefanie Catania ’08 CEO, Catania Product Development Degree: Bachelor’s in […]
June 17, 2024
In this age of technology, companies use data centers to house the IT infrastructure that keeps their users connected to their applications. But what those users may not realize is that it takes a large amount of energy to power these data centers, which account for 2% of total energy used in the U.S. – […]
May 3, 2024
When Dianna Choque stepped on to the UCF campus for the first time, she knew this was the university she wanted to attend. The regional competitions of her high school For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) robotics team brought her to the main campus annually – and eventually led her to the […]
May 2, 2024
Jonathan Gitzendanner developed his passion for aviation at an early age. In second grade, his Cub Scout pack had the chance to sleep aboard the USS Yorktown, a naval aircraft carrier in South Carolina. Just two years later, he discovered the field of aerospace engineering – a field he’s about to start a career in. […]