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conceptual hypersonic aircraft
Faculty and Staff Spotlight Research

UCF Lands Selective New DOD Award to Advance Hypersonic Propulsion Research

A new race to harness hypersonic speed for travel and defense has started, and the University of Central Florida researchers are helping the U.S. stay ahead of the pack with...
from left to right) CREOL Professor Luca Argenti, Physics Associate Professor Michael Chini, CREOL Professor Zenghu Chang and Physics Assistant Professor Li Fang
Faculty and Staff Spotlight Research

UCF’s Expertise Gets Invite to Ivy League Network of Large Laser Energy Facilities

UCF is joining LaserNetUS, a consortium of the nation’s best large laser facilities started by the Department of Energy as a part of a broader strategy to boost the nation’s...
Artist rendering of what Lucy may look like the it arrives at the Trojan asteroids. Courtesy of NASA.
Faculty and Staff Spotlight Research

UCF Part of NASA Mission Launching Saturday to Explore Trojan Asteroids

UCF Physics Professor Dan Britt is counting down to Saturday morning when NASA’s Lucy mission is set to blast off from the Space Coast. Britt, a physicist, and geologist is...
researchers in the Indian River Lagoon
Faculty and Staff Spotlight Research

Clues Emerge: How Harmless Bacteria Go Rogue Turning into Deadly Flesh-eating Variants

For bacteria, like people, lifestyle matters. A new study from the University of Central Florida found that the environmental lifestyle that bacteria possess reveals why some go rogue and turn...
Researcher reviewing Xray
Faculty and Staff Spotlight Research

New UCF Project Will Explore Using AI to Improve Telehealth

Telehealth offers the convenience of remote consultations with healthcare professionals, which aids patients who live far from their physician’s office or who may have trouble traveling. It’s also become even...
Autumn Shackelford
Research Student Spotlight

UCF Grad Student Leaves No Stone Unturned to Advance Space Exploration

This Knight leaves no stone unturned, not even on the moon. Autumn Shackelford is a physics doctoral student studying planetary bodies without atmospheres. Specifically, she is looking at the surface composition of...
Astronaut on the moon
Faculty and Staff Spotlight Research Student Spotlight

UCF Has More Than a Dozen Research Projects Aimed at Returning the U.S. to the Moon

When the U.S. returns humans to the Moon in the coming years, there’s a good chance that University of Central Florida research will have played a role in the return,...
Perla Latorre-Suarez
Research Student Spotlight

Keeping Astronauts Safe While They Explore Other Worlds

When Perla Latorre-Suarez ’21 was a child, she remembers holding her brother’s hand in the mountainous Orocovis region in Puerto Rico where she grew up and looking up on a clear night...
Justine Tigno-Aranjuez, retrieving a clean lab coat.
Around Campus Research

Free Lab Coat Cleaning Service Available to UCF Researchers

Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 6, faculty, students, and staff who work in a research lab at UCF can say goodbye to washing their own lab coats. Those working in a lab...
James Webb Space Telescope (artist's rendering)
Around Campus Events and Announcements Faculty and Staff Spotlight Research

UCF Celebrates World Space Week All October Long

Today kicks off World Space Week, the largest annual space event that spans the globe. The United Nations designated the week in 1999 to help build enthusiasm for the space...
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