Aerospace Engineering

A team of University of Central Florida researchers is looking at changing people’s saliva to help manage the spread of COVID-19 as the nation gets ready to go back to work and school. The team is doing this through a recently awarded National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research Award for $200,000 to explore reducing COVID-19 […]

As a young boy growing up on the Space Coast, Zac Stein watched in awe as the space shuttles and rockets launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. He would marvel at airplanes as they flew overhead—how could something so large and so heavy fly gracefully through the sky? It’s no wonder that Stein’s curiosity led […]

The National Science Foundation has awarded four Graduate Research Fellowships to alumni of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The recipients are: • Debraliz Isaac-Aragones, B.S.AE ’19 — Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Purdue University. • Leslie Simms, B.S.ME ’18 – Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the University […]

A University of Central Florida researcher and his team have developed an advanced new rocket-propulsion system once thought to be impossible. The system, known as a rotating detonation rocket engine, will allow upper stage rockets for space missions to become lighter, travel farther, and burn more cleanly. The results were published this month in the […]

The Senior Design Showcase is the hallmark of every senior experience. It’s the culmination of four years of hard work, and the last stop on the journey toward earning a bachelor’s degree. But this year, the engineering buildings weren’t filled with tables of presentations and excited students. Because of the campus closure, the College of […]