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Two doctoral students were lauded for developing a novel method to track space debris with a Best Paper Award from the fifth annual Dynamic Data Driven Application Systems Conference. Mechanical engineering student Hunter Quebedeaux ’21 ‘23MS and aerospace engineering student Pugazhenthi Sivasankar took home the award for their work, “Application of a State Based Neural […]

UCF has continuously been recognized as a top supplier of graduates to the aerospace and defense industries, and two UCF professors plan to solidify that reputation through a new national consortium. Professors Subith Vasu and Jayanta Kapat are leading a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to […]

The UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science has witnessed unprecedented faculty growth over the past few years and the spring 2025 semester is no exception. Eleven additional faculty members, including one with a joint appointment, will join the college this semester, after 17 new hires in fall 2024. Four of these new hires join […]

After a decade of service, Professor Yoav Peles has announced that he is stepping down as chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Central Florida. During his 10 years of leadership, the department has been fundamentally transformed, and the breadth and depth of the department’s research and educational endeavors […]

Solar energy may be abundant in the hot and muggy climate of Florida, but it can be intermittent during inclement weather and inconsistent during the night or peak usage. To keep the power grid reliable, UCF Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Associate Professor Like Li is developing a novel energy storage system that can […]