March 13, 2020
UCF has broken its own record for the most number of National Science Foundation CAREER Award recipients this year. The university leads the state and ranks third in the nation for boasting 11 award winners, three of whom are mechanical and aerospace engineering faculty members. The recipients are: Assistant Professor Andrew Dickerson Assistant Professor Ranajay […]
March 4, 2020
Michelle Otero was in the 8th grade when she searched the web for influential aerospace leaders of color. As a Hispanic woman, she said she found it important to find minorities who she could look up to, even if they weren’t in her community. The UCF Ph.D student came across Katherine Johnson, a legendary NASA […]
March 2, 2020
When mechanical engineering student Kylan Brooks traveled to São Paulo as part of a 2018 study abroad trip, he had no idea how much impact the experience would have on his career. Brooks was one of eight engineering students who participated in the first study abroad trip to Brazil as part of the class, Contemporary […]
February 27, 2020
William Henken ‘18, a graduate of UCF’s aerospace engineering B.S. program, has received a doctoral fellowship from Volkswagen. The fellowship, the first of its kind in the United States, was awarded as part of Volkswagen’s new partnership with the University of Tennessee Knoxville, where Henken is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in civil engineering. “Receiving the […]
February 14, 2020
Mechanical engineering doctoral student Erik Ninneman has been named a recipient of the 2020 Gas Turbine Industrial Fellowship, which gives college students the chance to conduct a research project under the guidance of an industry sponsor. Ninneman will spend the summer interning for Siemens Energy Inc. in Orlando, where he’ll analyze combustor designs that prevent […]