Alumni

A research collaboration and ensuing friendship between a trauma surgeon in Oregon and a handful of engineers in Florida has resulted in a new ventilator design that requires no electricity and could be a game-changer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Albert Chi, who specializes in critical care and prosthetics, was keeping a close eye on COVID-19 […]

Twenty years ago, the Cabrera family, including then 12-year-old Alejandro, arrived in the U.S. The Cabreras originated from Cuba, but the period of economic crisis known as El Periodo Especial, or The Special Period, forced them to seek refuge in Costa Rica when Alejandro was just six. Knowing that “the land of opportunity” could hold […]

Limbitless Solutions, a direct support organization for the University of Central Florida, has started 3D printing components of face shields healthcare workers and first-responders responding to the COVID-19 so desperately need. The non-profit, established in 2014, empowers confidence in children and increases accessibility for those in the limb difference community by manufacturing personalized 3D printed […]

When mechanical engineering student Kylan Brooks traveled to São Paulo as part of a 2018 study abroad trip, he had no idea how much impact the experience would have on his career. Brooks was one of eight engineering students who participated in the first study abroad trip to Brazil as part of the class, Contemporary […]

William Henken ‘18, a graduate of UCF’s aerospace engineering B.S. program, has received a doctoral fellowship from Volkswagen. The fellowship, the first of its kind in the United States, was awarded as part of Volkswagen’s new partnership with the University of Tennessee Knoxville, where Henken is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in civil engineering. “Receiving the […]