Students

The educational and career journey often looks different for those who chose military service. Meet three student veterans  — Bryce Frase, Margarita Figueroa and Craig Plummer — who all served our country and are now preparing to graduate from UCF. Despite their different ages, careers, service branches and learning modalities, they’ve found a home and […]

Julia Barry began her journey at Limbitless in Spring 2019. Since then, Julia became an integral part of the internship program, acting as a mentor and team lead for the new engineering students. On Dec. 17, 2021, Julia will graduate with bachelor’s degrees in both mechanical engineering and biology. Recently, I sat down with Julia […]

Engineering student Andrew Allen spends a lot of time studying sails, but the kind that outfit spacecraft, not sailboats. The Oviedo native is pursuing a master’s in mechanical engineering while completing the research in Dr. Kawai Kwok’s Structures and Materials Design Lab. Allen believes that solar sails are the future of spacecraft design, describing how […]

UCF’s new Women of Aerospace Engineering club members said they are thrilled to extend their mentoring to other countries around the world. “If we are able to talk to people in other countries, there’s really no limit to where we can go,” President of WAE Steph Mettler said WAE, which was just started this fall, is […]

Growing up near the Space Coast, both Zachary Stein and Robert Greene were exposed to the space industry from a young age. It’s no surprise that each of them has earned a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering and are now working toward their doctoral degrees in the same field. It’s also no surprise that both […]