Dan Britt News

The American Society of Civil Engineers recognized Pegasus Professor of Physics Dan Britt with the Aerospace Division’s Outstanding Technical Contribution Award, one of the organization’s top honors.

Almost 25 tons of high-fidelity simulant has been shipped so far this year to scientists and engineers around the world so they can test their ideas before launching them into space.

The award, named after the British science fiction writer and futurist, is one of the most prestigious space-exploration awards in the world.

UCF researchers are working with California aerospace company TransAstra Corp. to study an economical way to mine the plentiful supply of ice in the polar regions of the moon.

UCF has diligently and methodically been making a name for itself in the world of planetary exploration, and it’s beginning to pay off in big…

UCF has diligently and methodically been making a name for itself in the world of planetary exploration, and it’s beginning to pay off in big…

UCF physics professor Dan Britt has been named to the New Horizons mission team as the spacecraft heads to the Kuiper Belt. He’s also just…

A University of Central Florida graduate student is one of only 25 people worldwide selected to attend a prestigious summer school in astrophysics at the…

From exploring Mars to studying antibiotic resistance in space, UCF graduates are making a difference. Many engineering, photonics and physics students have taken the university’s…