November 18, 2019
The Department of Defense has awarded a $600,000 grant to Assistant Professor Kareem Ahmed through its Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions Research and Education Program. The funding supports the acquisition of ultrafast advanced laser and camera equipment that will further his research on hypersonics. The DoD received 175 eligible proposals for equipment […]
October 1, 2019
The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering has welcomed two new faculty members: Lecturer Sagnik Mazumdar and Assistant Professor Joon-Hyuk Park. Mazumdar joins UCF from Northern Arizona University, where he served as an instructor for five years. He brings extensive experience from industry, having completed sponsored projects for the Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing, the National […]
August 21, 2019
An AAE alumna was chosen by Women in Aerospace as one of its award winners for 2019. Seetha Raghavan earned the Aerospace Educator Award by WIA, a professional organization dedicated to expanding women’s opportunities for leadership, education and visibility in the aerospace community. Women in Aerospace will honor five award recipients at the 34th Annual […]
July 3, 2019
Associate Professor Ali P. Gordon has accepted the position of the Associate Dean of Graduate Affairs for the College of Engineering and Computer Science. During the 2018-2019 academic year, Gordon held the appointment on an interim basis, and he transitions to this new role on Aug. 23. Some of Gordon’s achievements as the interim dean […]
June 3, 2019
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. […]