UCF Expert on Emergency Management: It’s All About Helping People

Managing large disasters involves having robust plans and moving resources quickly to the right place. Often, it also means giving people a way to find closure. After the 2010 earthquake...

Readability Consortium Forms at UCF to Push Reading Research Boundaries

The one-size-fits-all approach may work in some situations, but not with reading, according to research out of the University of Central Florida. Beyond the familiar problem of text that is...

Making a Difference in the Next Generation of Nurses in the Caribbean and Florida

Nurses play an important role in public health, which is the basis for UCF Associate Professor Jascinth Lindo’s research. Lindo grew up in Jamaica and says her interest in public health...

UCF Researchers Share Their Insights into Innovation and Inspiration

Innovation at UCF is not an exception; It is the expectation. In 2021, U.S. News and World Report ranked the University of Central Florida as the 15th most innovative university in the United States...

UCF Engineer Helping Unlock Secrets of Heart Disease, Cancer, Sleep Apnea, more

Olusegun Ilegbusi is an engineering-in-medicine pioneer helping doctors understand the fluid dynamics of the heart, throat, and lungs, which ultimately will help patients battling heart disease, cancer, and sleep apnea, among...

UN Opening Ceremonies for the International Year of Glass Feature UCF Professor

Kathleen Richardson, a UCF Pegasus Professor in Optics, is one of a handful of international experts who will be kicking off the United Nation’s Year of Glass celebration in Switzerland...

Earth’s 2022 Valentine – An Asteroid Sharing Our Orbit

Earth has discovered it has a secret valentine — an asteroid called 2020 XL5. An international team of astronomers confirmed this week that the asteroid shares our planet’s orbit, only...

UCF Lands New Project to Study Effect of Rain on Hypersonic Travel

University of Central Florida researchers are part of a new $1 million project funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to better understand and predict how and why...

UCF to Lead $10M NASA Project to Develop Zero-Carbon Jet Engines

UCF is developing new technology that is expected to make airplane engines emission-free, potentially revolutionizing the aviation industry. UCF put together a team of experts and stakeholders to evaluate their...

$1 Million Grant to help Strengthen UCF’s Modeling and Simulation Program

any of tomorrow’s jobs haven’t been imagined yet, but those well versed in cutting-edge technologies, such as modeling and simulation will have the competitive edge. UCF’s School of Modeling, Simulation and...