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Their first names are Sun and Ossyris. It’s hard to imagine two more perfectly fitting recipients of the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, which honors select students nationwide pursuing careers in STEM fields. However, Sun Latt and Ossyris Bury didn’t win the award because of their names but rather their character traits: Curiosity, humility and drive. Latt […]

Aerospace engineering student Reva Pathre has been named the 2025 Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Central Florida Section Collegiate Member of the Year. This award recognizes her outstanding achievements, leadership, and contributions to the engineering community, particularly through her dedication to SWE. The Society of Women Engineers is dedicated to supporting women in engineering by […]

A professor renowned for pioneering research in high-hypersonic flight is UCF’s newest trustee chair, a prestigious honor for faculty who demonstrate national and global excellence in teaching, research and service. Kareem Ahmed, a world expert in hypersonic and space propulsion, is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and a faculty member […]

A group of UCF Knights took home two awards from the NASA MINDS challenge, a collegiate-level competition that encourages students to create new technologies that could benefit future space missions. The UCF team, known as the Lunar Regolith Obliterators, won third place in the Championship Build, Design and Demonstration category and also finished third in […]

Pugazhenthi Sivasankar, a fifth-year doctoral candidate in aerospace engineering, received the Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship from the College of Graduate Studies for Summer 2025. The award includes a $5,000 stipend, as well as tuition assistance. Designed to support students in their last semester of their doctorate, the fellowship allows students to prioritize their research […]