New NASA Flight Opportunities Include Funding for UCF Planetary Scientist

NASA has selected research from a University of Central Florida planetary scientist to fly on upcoming zero-gravity flights as part of the space agency’s Flight Opportunities funding program. The research...

UCF Researcher Is Working to Extend Battery Life in Smartphones, Electric Cars

A University of Central Florida researcher is working to make portable devices and electric vehicles stay charged longer by extending the life of the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries powering them. Assistant...

Chemistry Student Working to Develop Sustainable Technology to Clean Water Worldwide

Nearly 800 million people are without clean drinking water in the world, and for the environmental chemist and second-year doctoral candidate Lorianne Shultz, this is no small problem. In her...

UCF Partners with Adobe to Personalize Reading Experiences for Students, Adults

The increase in remote work and e-learning sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic means more people are reading in digital formats, from eye-straining, small-text documents to PDFs that have embedded pictures...

Several Knights to Present at Adobe Max’s Free, Virtual Conference This Week

The Adobe Max 2020 Creativity conference kicks off Tuesday and this year the event is completely virtual and free. Celebrities alongside tech gurus will discuss products and the power to...

OSIRIS REx Ready to for Touch-n-Go Maneuver on Tuesday, Oct. 20

Four years after it launched, NASA’s OSIRIS REx NASA mission is closing in on its big day. On Oct. 20, the spacecraft is scheduled to complete its touch-and-go move to...

Faculty Clusters Launch New Websites as Teams Charge Ahead

For interdisciplinary faculty to focus on big problems, such as the growing need for cybersecurity in a digital age. The effort began with six clusters overseen by the Provost Office...

UCF Researchers Are Working on Tech So Machines Can Thermally ‘Breathe’

In the era of electric cars, machine learning, and ultra-efficient vehicles for space travel, computers, and hardware are operating faster and more efficiently. But this increase in power comes with...

UCF Professor Wins Another National Award for his Work in Human Factors

UCF Psychology Professor Peter Hancock has been named the Aerospace Human Factors Association’s William Collins Award recipient for 2020. This is the second time Hancock has received this award for his scholarly...

Three UCF Researchers Part of Nature Astronomy Articles Chronicling Spitzer Space Telescope Legacy

To understand the significance of the Spitzer Space Telescope on the understanding of our solar system, think of what the steam engine meant for the industrial revolution. A national team...