December 3, 2019
My love for math and engineering started at an early age. My mom has a detailed robot drawing from when I was four! My passion for aerospace started developing my freshman year at Plantation High School. As a South Florida resident, I had the opportunity to attend several rocket launches at Cape Canaveral. My aerospace […]
December 3, 2019
Following up on his campaign pledge to rebuild the mayor’s office with focus on new technologies, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings announced Wednesday he has appointed Andrea Wesser-Brawner to be Orange County’s first chief innovation and emerging technology officer. In that role, Wesser-Brawner is to focus on creating public and private partnerships throughout the entire Orange County […]
November 25, 2019
Mechanical engineering Associate Professor Tuhin Das is developing simulation software that could transform the design and production of floating offshore wind turbines. These turbines have the potential to produce a lot of energy for consumers, but they face some hefty challenges such as high winds and huge crashing waves. A federal agency is funding Das […]
November 18, 2019
The Department of Defense has awarded a $600,000 grant to Assistant Professor Kareem Ahmed through its Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions Research and Education Program. The funding supports the acquisition of ultrafast advanced laser and camera equipment that will further his research on hypersonics. The DoD received 175 eligible proposals for equipment […]
November 8, 2019
Adobe, one of the largest design software companies in the world, kicked off its annual Adobe MAX conference in Los Angeles Monday with a shout out to UCF-based Limbitless Solutions. Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen focused his keynote speech Monday morning, on the power of design to combine with technology to empower lives. During his talk […]