UCF’s New Biomedical Engineering Doctoral Degree Will Advance Research Careers The program is designed to prepare students for research and development careers in the biomedical industry, government labs and organizations and academia.
The Crawl Before The Launch Two UCF alums will play a major — albeit painstakingly slow — role in moving the NASA’s historic Space Launch System with Orion spaceship over land before it launches from Earth.
UCF is 1 of 7 Universities to Win Grant to Support NASA’s Artemis Program The grant means more underrepresented students – who make up 48.5% of the student body at UCF – will have an opportunity to work with engineering, physics, and medical faculty experts to develop innovative technologies critical for advancing space exploration.
19 UCF Students Living the Dream, Working at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Students benefit from on-the-job training and soft-skills development, and some candidates are converting their internships into jobs after graduation.
UCF Graduate Honored by NSF for Engineering, Locomotion Work Zachary Whitacre ’21 has specialized in the interface of engineering and human health as a mechanical engineering student at UCF.
UCF Researchers Are Working on Tech So Machines Can Thermally ‘Breathe’ The UCF researchers are developing a way for large machines to “breathe” in and out cooling blasts of water to keep their systems from overheating.
‘Reach for the Stars’ More Than a Motto for UCF and its Work University faculty and graduates have made major contributions to the space industry.
UCF Receives NSF RAPID Award to Develop Cough Drops to Help Control COVID-19 The approach could lead to creating something as simple as a cough drop or lozenge that people would pop in their mouths before going into the grocery store, work or school.
UCF Researchers Work to Develop Cleaner-Burning, Renewable Fuels There are more than 10,000 potential candidates for biofuels, and Vasu’s research group was tasked with testing five of the most promising.
From a Farm to Boeing Growing up on a family farm, graduating senior Dale Wagner never imagined the skills he learned raising palm trees would lead to a mechanical engineering degree, a rare chance to work on innovating a Honda motor or land him a job at Boeing.
