Mechanical Engineering

Although UCF had to cancel its annual Founder’s Day Honors Convocation, it still recognized the outstanding academic achievements of students and faculty through the Excellence Awards and the student awards. This year’s winners from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering are: • Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for CECS — Lecturer Sudeshna Pal • Excellence […]

Limbitless Solutions, a direct support organization for the University of Central Florida, has started 3D printing components of face shields healthcare workers and first-responders responding to the COVID-19 so desperately need. The non-profit, established in 2014, empowers confidence in children and increases accessibility for those in the limb difference community by manufacturing personalized 3D printed […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]