Students

A UCF student who has always dreamed of soaring through the skies is well on her way thanks to a prestigious scholarship. Aerospace engineering junior Asia Stanford has won the Women in Aerospace (WIA) Foundation Scholarship. She was one of just four selected from across the nation, receiving $5,000 to help fund her academic journey. […]

Aerospace engineering doctoral student Bethany Hintz is launching her career to new heights after receiving a prestigious invitation from the U.S Air Force. Hintz was selected for the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medical Services (STEM+M) Program, a graduate education program geared toward U.S. Air Force employees. The program gives recipients the opportunity to pursue a master’s, doctoral […]

The Olympics might be the biggest event to take place in France this year, but for two UCF Knights, a more exciting experience awaits them in The Hexagon. Doctoral students Pugazh Sivasankar and Zubin Choudhury have been selected for the Chateaubriand Fellowship, a research program that aims to strengthen the research collaborations between the U.S. […]

NASA has selected mechanical engineering student Nancy Zheng ‘23 to be part of a distinguished fellowship program. The 2024-2025 NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium Masters Fellowship Program will support Zheng’s research project with a $10,000 stipend. “It is an honor to be one of the several students to receive this prestigious fellowship,” Zheng says. “It […]

Most spring breakers don’t think much about the airplane that gets them to and from their destination, they simply see it as a means to an end. This wasn’t the case for 10 UCF students who spent their break getting an inside look at the aerospace industry. This past spring, students in the aerospace, mechanical […]