January 21, 2025
Two doctoral students were lauded for developing a novel method to track space debris with a Best Paper Award from the fifth annual Dynamic Data Driven Application Systems Conference. Mechanical engineering student Hunter Quebedeaux ’21 ‘23MS and aerospace engineering student Pugazhenthi Sivasankar took home the award for their work, “Application of a State Based Neural […]
October 30, 2024
A new UCF center of excellence will aim to advance the technology that fuels hypersonic travel — at speeds up to 13,000 miles per hour — to help enhance national defense and open up new frontiers in space exploration. UCF launched the Center of Excellence in Hypersonic and Space Propulsion — HyperSpace Center for short — on […]
April 3, 2024
Every year on the first Wednesday of April, UCF honors the outstanding accomplishments and contributions of our people on Founders’ Day, our annual celebration of the employees, faculty and students who keep reaching for the stars. More than 150 faculty members were recognized across the university, including several from the College of Engineering and Computer […]
December 15, 2023
GE Aerospace says it successfully demonstrated an advanced jet propulsion concept that involves a dual-mode ramjet design utilizing rotating detonation combustion. This could offer a pathway to the development of new aircraft and missiles capable of flying efficiently at high supersonic and even hypersonic speeds across long distances. A press release that GE Aerospace put out today offers […]
November 2, 2023
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has selected three UCF students for the 2023 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) fellowship. The award is granted to STEM majors and graduate students who intend to pursue a doctoral degree and can complete a research project relevant to the DoD’s interests. This year, 165 students from […]