Mechanical Engineering

Ten UCF graduate students have been awarded NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC) fellowships. The students represent various colleges and disciplines, studying a range of topics in nanotechnology and mechanical and aerospace engineering that have the potential to advance space exploration. The NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium awards two different types of fellowships in areas […]

Gonzalo Sauri ’18 was a middle school student in the Orange County Public School System the day his world of possibilities opened up. Para la versión en Español, oprima aquí. Growing up as a kid who loved science and engineering but never saw scientists who looked like him, the Peruvian American tried to heed his […]

Limbitless Solutions (LSI) and Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children are launching a national study to evaluate the effectiveness of video game-based training aimed at helping children learn how to use prosthetic arms. For the past seven years, LSI has 3D-printed prosthetics for children and uses video games created by University of Central Florida […]

Hydrogen fuel derived from the sea could be an abundant and sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, but the potential power source has been limited by technical challenges, including how to practically harvest it. Researchers at the University of Central Florida have designed for the first time a nanoscale material that can efficiently split seawater into […]

Two mechanical and aerospace engineering students, Aref Abdala and Perla Latorre Suarez, have been named recipients of the 2021 X-Force Fellowship. This prestigious program, sponsored by the National Security Innovation Network and the Department of Defense, gives students the chance to apply their technical and entrepreneurial expertise to real-world issues that can affect the military. […]