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UCF’s engineering programs have been recognized as some of the best in the nation once again through the U.S. News and World Report Best Graduate School rankings. The university achieved a total of 10 rankings for engineering, including two in the top 50. UCF ranked No. 46 for its industrial engineering programs and No. 38 […]

Founders’ Day is a celebration of the exceptional accomplishments of UCF’s faculty, staff and students. This year, nearly 50 members of the College of Engineering and Computer Science have been recognized for excellence in teaching, research, academics and service. Seven of the honorees are from the UCF Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The university […]

During a meeting with an academic advisor in his freshman year at UCF, Marcus Royal ’24 realized he was already behind. Three fundamental classes for aspiring engineers — physics, chemistry and calculus — were missing from his high school transcript, putting his engineering goals at risk before he’d truly begun. Although Royal knew since high school that he […]

In the future, people won’t hail traditional taxicabs to the airport — they’ll hop in air taxis that can fly them from remote locations to major airports in a matter of minutes. For passengers, this mode of transportation will save time and add ease to the stressful process of traveling. But for residents of communities […]

Leading researchers from across the country gathered at UCF on Dec. 12 to launch a major Multi University Research Initiative (MURI), supported by the U.S. Army Research Office, aimed at transforming how scientists understand and design for the extreme environments of hypersonic flight. With flight tests, ground-test facilities, and first-principles simulations generating more complex data […]