July 27, 2020
Limbitless Solutions Inc. announced today a new collaboration with computer software giant Adobe. Over the past six years, Limbitless has created beautifully designed and functional bionic arms for children with limb difference. The non-profit, based at the University of Central Florida, blends art and technology to create the arms. Much of the creative design work […]
June 24, 2020
Second-year mechanical and aerospace engineering Ph.D. student Leslie Allyn Simms was selected to attend the 70th annual Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting from June 27 – July 2, 2021 in Lindau, Germany. The Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting is an annual gathering of Nobel Prize winners and top young scientists from around the world. It is a […]
June 16, 2020
Blackstone LaunchPad has announced that FLUIX LLC, a startup company co-founded by mechanical and aerospace engineering alumni Abhishek Sastri ‘20 and Eduardo Castillo ‘15MS ‘18PhD, is one of 50 companies selected to participate in the Summer Startup Fellowship. The fellowship was developed by the Blackstone LaunchPad as a response to the Coronavirus pandemic, which has […]
June 16, 2020
When SpaceX took off from Cape Canaveral, it might well have carried a bumper sticker reading: IF YOU ARE ON BOARD THIS, THANK A UCF GRADUATE. For half a century, the University of Central Florida has been working to send men and women into space, and space explorations to distant planets. Today, UCF is known […]
June 8, 2020
When Monica Davila’s family vacationed in Central Florida from Puerto Rico, the Kennedy Space Center was a destination they always had to visit. What Davila didn’t know was that she would one day intern at NASA, and earn a degree in mechanical engineering from a university in close proximity to the space coast — UCF. […]