Students

Women in Aviation International has named Manuela Morales the 2020 recipient of the Delta Air Lines Engineering Scholarship. The $5,000 award is given annually to a member of WAI who also majors in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering or electrical engineering. This award has a lot of meaning for Morales, who is a member of Delta’s […]

Like many college students, Gabriel Torres dos Santos Mechi spent his Spring Break studying abroad. Unlike most college students, his study abroad experience gave him a new perspective on his own home country. Mechi, an aerospace engineering major from Brazil, was one of nine students to participate in this year’s study abroad trip to São […]

Michelle Otero was in the 8th grade when she searched the web for influential aerospace leaders of color. As a Hispanic woman, she said she found it important to find minorities who she could look up to, even if they weren’t in her community. The UCF Ph.D student came across Katherine Johnson, a legendary NASA […]

Amy Lebanoff, a mechanical engineering student at UCF, has the TV show Mythbusters to thank for her passion for engineering and biology. She always admired the Discovery Channel program because the hosts make science engaging, educational and accessible. “That’s a sure-fire recipe for making a positive impact,” says Lebanoff, a Jacksonville native. When she joined a robotics club […]

Mechanical engineering doctoral student Erik Ninneman has been named a recipient of the 2020 Gas Turbine Industrial Fellowship, which gives college students the chance to conduct a research project under the guidance of an industry sponsor. Ninneman will spend the summer interning for Siemens Energy Inc. in Orlando, where he’ll analyze combustor designs that prevent […]