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MAE Students, Faculty Honored at Founder’s Day Convocation

April 7, 2021
Both students and faculty from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering were honored at the 2021 Founder’s Day Convocation, which recognized the outstanding academic achievements of UCF Knights. The event was hosted virtually this year and featured interviews with President Alexander Cartwright, Provost Michael Johnson and Vice Provost for Faculty Excellence Jana Jasinski. Below […]

MAE Students Win Big at 2021 Student Scholar Symposium

April 6, 2021
The Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence and the Graduate Research Forum are long-standing traditions for students at UCF. This year — when everything is anything but traditional — the events were combined into the Student Scholar Symposium, the main event of UCF’s Student Research Week. Many MAE students presented at this year’s symposium, which was […]

UCF Study Shows Masks, Ventilation Stop COVID Spread Better than Social Distancing

April 5, 2021
A new study from the University of Central Florida suggests that masks and a good ventilation system are more important than social distancing for reducing the airborne spread of COVID-19 in classrooms. The research, published recently in the journal Physics of Fluids, comes at a critical time when schools and universities are considering returning to […]

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Programs Rank Among the Best in the Nation

April 2, 2021
Thirty UCF graduate programs and areas, including two from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, have been recognized among the nation’s best, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Graduate Schools Rankings. The aerospace engineering program was ranked No. 51 this year, two spots higher than last year, when it debuted in the rankings. […]

16 Knights Earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowships — Most in UCF History

April 1, 2021
A record-breaking 16 UCF students and alumni were named National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellows this year — with an additional seven singled out for honorable mentions. Three of the winners and four of the honorable mentions are from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Started in 1952, the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship […]