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Aerospace Engineering Student Aims to Improve Tracking of Space Debris with NASA Award

September 20, 2022
Just one small piece of space debris can damage or disable a satellite. Much of this debris, also known as space junk, is catalogued through space-based space surveillance, which uses optical sensors to track objects in orbit that could pose a risk for collision. However, some objects can be too small to track. UCF aerospace […]

MAE Students Win Top Awards at AIAA Regional Student Conference

May 13, 2021
UCF mechanical and aerospace engineering students are flying high after attending the AIAA Region II Student Conference, which allows graduate and undergraduate students to compete in oral and technical paper competitions. MAE claimed a total of three awards, including both first and second place in the Undergraduate category. The winners are: Drew Vigne, B.S.ME | […]