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17 Teams Awarded Almost $5 Million in Jump Start Awards

October 21, 2021
Seventeen faculty and staff projects will receive about $5 million in Jump Start funds to advance UCF’s impact under President Alexander N. Cartwright’s 2021-22 Strategic Investment Program. “I am delighted that we were able to fund so many strong proposals and only wish that we had the resources to support more of them,” says Michael […]

Keeping Astronauts Safe While They Explore Other Worlds

October 8, 2021
When Perla Latorre-Suarez ’21 was a child, she remembers holding her brother’s hand in the mountainous Orocovis region in Puerto Rico where she grew up and looking up on a clear night as the International Space Station flew overhead. “That day, my parents explained to me its purpose and all the experiments and investigations conducted; this […]

UCF Researchers Awarded SEED Funding to Investigate Nano and Digital Technologies

July 8, 2021
Five UCF researchers have been awarded more than $450,000 in SEED funding thanks to a new collaboration between the UCF Office of Research and the international nano and digital technology research and development company imec. Researchers from the College of Engineering and Computer Science, College of Optics and Photonics, College of Sciences, and College of Medicine are expected to commence […]

Longwood Boy With Rare Disorder Gets New Ride for 4th Birthday Thanks to UCF Program

April 28, 2021
A boy from Longwood just got a very special gift for his fourth birthday. Evan Schaefer has trouble moving around by himself because of a rare disorder. Thanks to some Central Florida engineering students, he’s getting around and having fun doing it. “You can just see the joy. He just lights up that he’s moving […]

MAE Students, Faculty Honored at Founder’s Day Convocation

April 7, 2021
Both students and faculty from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering were honored at the 2021 Founder’s Day Convocation, which recognized the outstanding academic achievements of UCF Knights. The event was hosted virtually this year and featured interviews with President Alexander Cartwright, Provost Michael Johnson and Vice Provost for Faculty Excellence Jana Jasinski. Below […]