Faculty

A new professor has been named and another reappointed to prestigious UCF trustee chair professorships honoring faculty scholars of national and international acclaim in teaching, research and service. New appointee Subith Vasu and reappointee Alain Kassab are professors in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS). They are among an elite list of UCF faculty members to receive […]

UCF faculty members across the university, including several from the College of Engineering and Computer Science, achieved significant career milestones in earning promotions and tenure for the 2023-24 cycle. The 104 approved faculty — 63 for promotion, 40 for promotion and tenure and one for tenure — underwent a rigorous performance evaluation by peers, college […]

Dazhong Wu and his team are transforming the way manufacturers use artificial intelligence to increase productivity and reduce costs. At his Additive Manufacturing and Intelligent Systems Lab at UCF, they work to develop real-time process monitoring solutions and machine learning models to prevent defects and errors as well as reveal complex process-structure-property relationships in additive manufacturing. […]

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 […]

The UCF Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering welcomes three new faculty members to the department: Assistant Professor Yue Wen, Lecturer Perik Belin Giwa and Associate Professor Like Li, who will join in the spring. Wen brings an expertise in rehabilitation robotics and neuromechanics, Giwa specializes in piezoelectric materials and structures, while Li specializes in […]