Students

Fueled by engineering ingenuity and months of testing, a team of UCF mechanical engineering students raced its human-powered vehicle past competitors from across the country to claim a national championship. What began as a Spring 2026 Senior Design project ended with the e-HPVC Senior Design team earning three first-place trophies at the American Society of […]

UCF has made a name for itself globally in programming and cybersecurity thanks to student-run clubs that deliver championships year after year. They now have company in another area of technology — robotics. The Robotics Club of Central Florida (RCCF) witnessed two teams, Knightmare and Daydream, dominate with an impressive number of wins over this past academic year. […]

Our outstanding undergraduate students are redefining the boundaries of STEM through their high-impact research — and in doing so, placing the university among the nation’s top producers of Goldwater Scholars. The prestigious Goldwater Scholarship identifies and supports the nation’s best student researchers in the fields of engineering, mathematics and natural sciences. This year’s honorees, all expected to graduate […]

Michael Bassett wants to use his UCF engineering and medical training to create better surgical instruments. He is among 6,000 undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. students who will graduate from UCF Dec. 12-13. A Florida native, he credits UCF with instilling in him a spirit of scientific discovery and a passion to use his love of science to […]

What you need to know: This U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship program is among the most prestigious honors possible for students pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in STEM fields around the U.S. Why this year is significant for UCF: From the 13,000 graduates who applied for the fellowship nationwide, the NSF awarded […]