October 9, 2020
One small crack in an aircraft component can lead to major problems. The cracks can grow fast and damage metal components to the point of failure, but they are often hard to detect. In an effort to stop this problem as it starts, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency recently awarded UCF aerospace engineering Assistant […]
September 29, 2020
If you were asked to name key players in the aerospace industry, odds are you would list SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, NASA and a few others. I doubt you would include the University of Central Florida. You should. It is no coincidence the 50-yard line of UCF’s football stadium lines up […]
September 17, 2020
Two new faculty have joined the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering this semester: Wendy Shen, who goes by Wen, and Denizhan Yavas. Shen joins the department as an assistant professor from the University of Texas at Arlington. Her research includes the development of functional materials-based microelectronics for biomedical interfacing, agricultural sensing and structural health […]
September 15, 2020
For the sixth year in a row, Aviation Week Network has named UCF the no. 1 supplier of graduates to the aerospace and defense agencies. The university was also named the most preferred supplier in Florida and ranked No. 2 in the nation, just behind the Georgia Institute of Technology. “The Aviation Week Network Workforce […]
September 10, 2020
Five research teams using Artificial Intelligence and Big Data have been awarded a total of $185,000 to conduct COVID-19-related research. Establishing the awards was the first act of UCF’s new Artificial Intelligence & Big Data Initiative announced this summer. The intent of the program is to seed the development of research projects that use these […]