School of Modeling Simulation and Training News

This is the 11th year that UCF has ranked in the top 100 universities in the world for patents.

From inside labs to campus events, explore a collection of some of the best images of the year.

More than half of the bachelor’s degree recipients are students eligible to receive Pell Grants, demonstrating the university’s impact on social mobility.

Located in Orlando’s thriving tech industry, UCF helps produce top-talent and innovative developments that drive this sector.

Through her work with the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory, Olivia Newton ’13 ’17MS ’22PhD is making an impact in tech research and serving as an example for other Hispanic women in STEM.

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.

Stephen Fiore, Jane Gibson, Jennifer Kent-Walsh and Marianna Pensky are the newest recipients of the university’s highest faculty honor.

UCF’s Institute of Simulation and Training started 40 years ago as a hopeful prototype on the “pioneering side” of Orlando. It has since become the global model of collaborative innovation.

Assistant Professor of Nursing Brian Peach is leading the study, which uses exposure therapy featuring virtual reality with real sounds and smells, all mimicking the patients’ intensive care experience.