Alumni

If you were to parachute into the parking lots around Kennedy Space Center (KSC), you might believe you landed on an extension of UCF’s campus. Knights license plates and black-and-gold decals are everywhere. “You should see it here during football season,” says Wes Mosedale ‘07MS, senior test director for NASA. “That’s when the colors really come […]

Under the ocean lies a mysterious world of sea creatures, coral reefs, aquatic plants…and underwater robots. Those robots aren’t toy fish or mechanical sharks used in films, but rather unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) used by research organizations and the military. UCF alumnus Cody Nichoson ’21 is the newest member of the team that develops UUVs […]

Sometimes you need a little bit of motivation to achieve your goals. Instead of relying on lists and planners, vision boards, and even friends and family to help you stay accountable, you can now use an artificial intelligence-based platform built by UCF mechanical engineering alumna Eduarda Ferreira. That platform, socra, launched at the end of […]

Eduardo Divo ‘98PhD decided to attend UCF on a whim. Although he had offers from prestigious universities such as RPI and MIT, he had a hunch that UCF would be a better fit. That hunch paid off. Nearly 30 years later, Divo has built a rich and rewarding history with the institution that gave him […]

University of Central Florida’s Limbitless Solutions is moving forward with its patented hands-free wheelchair technology. The technology allows patients with limited mobility to use their facial muscles to control their wheelchairs. This is done using electromyography sensors that are placed on a patient’s temporalis muscles to control a wheelchair or vehicle. When a user clenches […]