UCF and Army Ink Cooperative Research and Development Agreement

The University of Central Florida and the U.S. Army’s Development Command Soldier Center in Orlando signed a new five-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). The agreement between the Army...

UCF Innovations Take Top Awards at 2021 TechConnect World Conference

Assistant Professor Gerd Bruder from UCF’s Institute for Simulation and Training and AdventHealth Endowed Chair in Healthcare Simulation Greg Welch from the College of Nursing won an Innovation Award at the 2021 TechConnect...

UCF Chemistry Professor Leads Discussion at Chemical Weapon Forensics Symposium in Helsinki, Finland

Chemistry Professor Michael Sigman, director of UCF’s National Center for Forensic Science (NCFS), will be presenting and leading a discussion at an international conference sponsored and hosted by VERIFIN, the Finnish Institute...

Arecibo Observatory Documentary Debuts on 1-Year Anniversary of the Telescope’s Collapse

he Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is debuting a documentary film on Dec. 1 — one year after the instrument platform of the world-famous 305-meter telescope collapsed. The film, The Biggest...

UCF Researchers Develop Rapid, Highly Accurate Test to Detect Viruses like COVID-19

University of Central Florida researchers have developed a device that detects viruses like COVID-19 in the body as fast as and more accurately than current, commonly used rapid detection tests....

Self-Assembly Landing Pads for the Moon — UCF Researchers Are Working on It

Imagine hitting a button and instantly creating a landing pad just moments before descending a rocket onto the moon or an asteroid. That’s the concept behind two research projects at...

Doctoral Students from Across Disciplines Take Top Prizes in Third Annual 3MT Competition

On November 17, three UCF PhD students walked away with a total of $2,000 in prize money from the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. Winning speakers presented on the topics...

New UCF Study Finds Reasons Why Hospitality Workers Aren’t Returning After COVID

With the holiday travel season about to start in full swing and international travel restrictions lifted this month, Orlando is bracing for an influx of new visitors from all over....

UCF Sees the Average Number of NSF CAREER Award Recipients Quadruple

The average number of faculty named U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER award recipients at UCF has more than quadrupled since the Office of Research launched a mentoring program in 2019....

UCF Names Its Microgravity Research Center in Honor of Stephen W. Hawking

The University of Central Florida today is one step closer to becoming the first American university to name a research center after the late, world-renowned theoretical physicist Stephen W. Hawking....