November 2, 2021
A new race to harness hypersonic speed for travel and defense has started, and University of Central Florida researchers are helping the U.S. stay ahead of the pack with a new $1.5 million U.S. Department of Defense award to develop high-performance fuels for hypersonic propulsion. The race, which includes competition from Russia and China, recently […]
November 2, 2021
One conversation can change the course of a life. For Loriann Kaaihue ’08 ’09MBA, it was two. In the early 2000s, the mother of two decided to return to college to complete a bachelor’s degree in business management. She had been a stay-at-home mom for about six years and was ready to get back into […]
October 21, 2021
In January, Jaden Chambers, a second-year UCF mechanical engineering student at the time, was accepted to NASA’s Pathways Intern Employment Program — an honor he didn’t think he could earn until he was encouraged by his friends and fellow Knights. The program provides eligible students opportunities to gain work experience and explore careers while they’re […]
October 21, 2021
Seventeen faculty and staff projects will receive about $5 million in Jump Start funds to advance UCF’s impact under President Alexander N. Cartwright’s 2021-22 Strategic Investment Program. “I am delighted that we were able to fund so many strong proposals and only wish that we had the resources to support more of them,” says Michael […]
October 8, 2021
When Perla Latorre-Suarez ’21 was a child, she remembers holding her brother’s hand in the mountainous Orocovis region in Puerto Rico where she grew up and looking up on a clear night as the International Space Station flew overhead. “That day, my parents explained to me its purpose and all the experiments and investigations conducted; this […]