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During a meeting with an academic advisor in his freshman year at UCF, Marcus Royal ’24 realized he was already behind. Three fundamental classes for aspiring engineers — physics, chemistry and calculus — were missing from his high school transcript, putting his engineering goals at risk before he’d truly begun. Although Royal knew since high school that he […]

In the future, people won’t hail traditional taxicabs to the airport — they’ll hop in air taxis that can fly them from remote locations to major airports in a matter of minutes. For passengers, this mode of transportation will save time and add ease to the stressful process of traveling. But for residents of communities […]

Leading researchers from across the country gathered at UCF on Dec. 12 to launch a major Multi University Research Initiative (MURI), supported by the U.S. Army Research Office, aimed at transforming how scientists understand and design for the extreme environments of hypersonic flight. With flight tests, ground-test facilities, and first-principles simulations generating more complex data […]

A team of UCF researchers placed eighth in the 2025 EEG Challenge, a global machine learning competition that asks participants to predict behavioral responses from brain data. The Knights, who call themselves Team Marque, bested 8,400 submissions, including those from research labs and tech companies like Meta and Emotiv. The winning team includes Mubarak Shah, […]

Michael Bassett wants to use his UCF engineering and medical training to create better surgical instruments. He is among 6,000 undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. students who will graduate from UCF Dec. 12-13. A Florida native, he credits UCF with instilling in him a spirit of scientific discovery and a passion to use his love of science to […]