3 UCF-connected Experts to Be Inducted Into the 2024 National Center for Simulation Hall of Fame Established in 2014, the Modeling & Simulation Hall of Fame recognizes accomplishments and contributions of individuals who have pioneered the development of modeling and simulation.
UCF Ranks Among Nation’s Top 5 Most Innovative Public Universities U.S. News & World Report‘s 2025 Best Colleges list recognizes UCF for its excellence in innovation, student success and undergraduate education.
UCF Graduate Programs in Engineering, Computer Science Highlight Research in U.S. News Rankings Breakthroughs in AI, virtual and augmented reality, hypersonic propulsion, cybersecurity, robotics and more are pushing the envelope for UCF’s engineering programs.
UCF Computer Science Professor to Be Inducted to the XR Hall of Fame Carolina Cruz-Neira is a pioneer in the areas of virtual reality and interactive visualization, having created and deployed a variety of technologies that have become standard tools in industry, government and academia.
UCF Enters $6M Cooperative Agreement to Develop Research Commercialization Hub The U.S. National Science Foundation award will allow for the creation of a Venture Lab to connect UCF researchers with local industry, investors and entrepreneurs.
UCF Leads Development of First Large-scale System for Extended Reality Research The nearly $5 million project will facilitate human subjects research to improve extended reality technologies for the general population and make them more inclusive to groups such as older adults or people with disabilities.
