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People can travel from the University of Central Florida to Orlando International Airport in about 30 minutes, barring heavy traffic. But what if they could travel from New York to Los Angeles in that time or less? A recent discovery made at UCF could bring travelers one step closer to turning that fantasy into reality. […]

The inside of a fire might be the last place one would explore, but a new University of Central Florida method to do just that could lead to advances in fighting fires, creating cleaner engines and even space travel. Associate professor Subith Vasu and doctoral student Zachary Loparo in UCF’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace […]

Just weeks after high school graduation, Ali Gordon was working on computer programs with his physics professor at Morehouse College. It was a hot summer in Atlanta and Gordon was working from his professor’s stuffy, cramped office. With no computer to actually work on, and no budget to buy one, he had to write code […]

Professor Alain Kassab, coordinator of the biomedical engineering program at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows Class of 2019 this past weekend. He was nominated and elected to the college for his leadership in biomedical engineering education and his contributions […]

The month of March is Women’s History Month, and to honor the women who have shaped UCF, Faculty Excellence celebrates 31 women from across the university — one for each day of the month. This year, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Associate Lecturer Tian Tian is among the 2019 Women’s History Month Awardees. She […]