84 Faculty Scholars Honored at the 5th Biennial Faculty Authors’ Celebration This year’s celebration recognized faculty from across nine colleges, the Center for Distributed Learning, the Institute for Simulation and Training, the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy and UCF Libraries.
2 UCF Teams Awarded 2025 Pabst Steinmetz Creative Futures Awards The awards recognize UCF research teams that collaborate across disciplines and with community partners to tackle community challenges.
The Mind to Move Mountains Ilkin Isler ’22MS ’25PhD left the familiarity of home in Turkey to study AI at UCF — a daring choice that resulted in research improving the assessment of cancerous tumors and supporting better patient care.
UCF Computer Science Professor Named Fellow of Preeminent Computing Organization Yan Solihin, director of UCF’s Cyber Security and Privacy Cluster, has been named a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery for his pioneering work in computer architecture.
UCF Career Services Turn UCF Students into Ideal Job Candidates UCF’s career readiness program and annual career expo empower students to land their first jobs at companies including Google, Meta, Lockheed Martin and other big-name employers.
Passion, Persistence & Opportunity at UCF Lead to Grad’s Space Career Jillian Gloria ’22 refused to be denied a chance at pursuing her dream career and is now contributing to advancements in the space industry as an engineer for Blue Origin.
Forbes 2026 30 Under 30 Winner: Capacitech Joe Sleppy ’18 is enabling power hungry industrial facilities and AI data centers with Capacitech’s rapid-response, modular and space-conscious power resilience products.
Forbes Honors UCF Entrepreneurs on 30 Under 30 List The engineering alumni behind Orlando-based startup companies Soarce and Capacitech are capturing attention with their innovative technologies in the green energy and manufacturing industries.
Forbes 2026 30 Under 30 Winner: Soarce Four Knights are making structures 8x stronger than steel with an environmentally friendly substance crafted from seaweed.
UCF Launches School of Technology, Leadership and Innovation to Help Organizations Turn Technology into Performance The new university-wide initiative connects faculty expertise in engineering, computing, business, and the human sciences with organizations seeking to better leverage technology for performance and growth.
