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MAE Students Win Top Awards During Student Research Week

April 5, 2022
Students from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering won big at the Student Scholar Symposium, the main event of UCF’s Student Research Week. The event combines both the Graduate Research Forum and the Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence into one week-long symposium that includes workshops and a poster competition. This year, several students from […]

UCF Receives Grant for Students to Create Innovative Space Technology

October 7, 2021
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — UCF will develop and create innovative space technology to support NASA’s Artemis program. The university was one of seven awarded a $500,000 grant by NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Space Technology Artemis Research, or M-STAR initiative because it’s a Hispanic Serving Institution, meaning a quarter of its student […]

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 | […]

UCF Takes Home Two Awards From NASA MINDS Event

April 30, 2021
UCF mechanical and aerospace engineering students have proven they have the minds for space research. A team of five students competed in the 2021 NASA MINDS experience and took third place for the Systems Engineering Paper Award. They were also ranked among the top seven senior teams and received an honorable mention for the Overall […]