Faculty

Associate Professor Subith Vasu has been named a recipient of The Combustion Institute’s Research Excellence Award. This new award is designated for CI members whose combustion science research papers have had major impact on the field. Vasu is one of 40 researchers from around the world who among the inaugural group of Research Excellence Award […]

UCF has broken its own record for the most number of National Science Foundation CAREER Award recipients this year. The university leads the state and ranks third in the nation for boasting 11 award winners, three of whom are mechanical and aerospace engineering faculty members. The recipients are: Assistant Professor Andrew Dickerson Assistant Professor Ranajay […]

When most people were relaxing with family and winding down from the Christmas holiday, Assistant Professor Andrew Dickerson embarked on a two-week journey across Israel as part of the Jewish National Fund’s 2019-20 Winter Faculty Fellowship Program. Dickerson was the first person from UCF to participate in the program, which offers a fully paid trip […]

Biofuels offer potential benefits as renewable fuels with cleaner emissions, but with thousands of types of biofuels to choose from, it makes it hard for the energy sector to focus on just a few for further development. That’s why University of Central Florida researchers are working to narrow the field of potential biofuels as part […]

Microsoft has announced that Associate Professor Subith Vasu has received the company’s inaugural Investigator Fellowship, worth $200,000, which recognizes higher education faculty in the U.S. who have demonstrated extraordinary talent that distinguishes them as both teachers and researchers. Vasu is one of only 15 awardees selected in the nation and the only person representing the […]