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Aerospace Engineering Graduate Lands Job at Blue Origin

July 26, 2024
Recent aerospace graduate, Nicolas Afanador ‘24 recently landed a job at Blue Origin, a spaceflight company working to create a sustainable future in which millions of people live and work in space. Afanador will be working as a Structural Test Engineer in the Lunar Permanence division and was attracted to Blue Origin’s presence in the […]

2 Faculty Named UCF Trustee Chairs for 2024-29

July 12, 2024
A new professor has been named and another reappointed to prestigious UCF trustee chair professorships honoring faculty scholars of national and international acclaim in teaching, research and service. New appointee Subith Vasu and reappointee Alain Kassab are professors in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS). They are among an elite list of UCF faculty members to receive […]

MAE Faculty Receive Promotion and Tenure

July 11, 2024
UCF faculty members across the university, including several from the College of Engineering and Computer Science, achieved significant career milestones in earning promotions and tenure for the 2023-24 cycle. The 104 approved faculty — 63 for promotion, 40 for promotion and tenure and one for tenure — underwent a rigorous performance evaluation by peers, college […]

Doctoral Students to Complete Research in France Through Chateaubriand Fellowship

June 26, 2024
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. […]

13 Knights Recognized Among OBJ’s 40 Under 40 for 2024

June 24, 2024
Recently, Orlando Business Journal celebrated its 2024 40 Under 40 honorees, which include 13 Knights. Two of those alums are from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Learn more about them and how they make an impact in their industries and across The City Beautiful. Stefanie Catania ’08 CEO, Catania Product Development Degree: Bachelor’s in […]