Steam-Powered Asteroid Hoppers Developed through UCF Collaboration

Using steam to propel a spacecraft from asteroid to asteroid is now possible, thanks to a collaboration between a private space company and the University of Central Florida. UCF planetary...

Growing Accessibility in the Gaming Industry

Providing more opportunities for people with disabilities in the video game and simulation industries is the theme of the second annual Press Play Conference in downtown Orlando on Jan. 12....

Aerospace Student Among Nation’s Top to Watch

For a second consecutive year, a University of Central Florida student has been recognized as one of the top 20 young leaders to watch in the field of aerospace. Aviation...

Office of Research Names New Faculty Fellow to Focus on Young Investigator Success

Professor Saiful Khondaker, PhD, has been named a Faculty Fellow in the Office of Research for 2019, a new position created last year to find ways to improve services provided...

UCF Research Highlights from 2018

Research isn’t just a number, a statistic, a figure or a dollar amount. It’s a story that begins with an idea, a need and then branches into a narrative of...

Researchers Develop Method to Hide Images and Information in Plain Sight

What is real is not always as it appears. UCF researchers have found a way to hide information on materials and only make it visible to a person using the...

UCF Research Flies Aboard 1st Virgin Galactic Space Flight

Virgin Galactic launched its first rocket into spaceship today carrying a crew of two along with NASA-supported research projects, including one from the University of Central Florida. “It’s always exciting...

First Images from OSIRIS REx Mission Have Scientists Buzzing with Excitement

The holidays came early for the science team-leading NASA’sOSIRIS-REx mission to collect samples from a near-Earth asteroid. Today they announced findings from the mission thus far, which arrived at asteroid...

Top 10 Research Findings of 2018

The University of Central Florida’s football players are not the only Knights dominating their field in 2018. This year was also a spectacular one for research at UCF. Not only...

UCF Joins Ford, Uber as Semifinalists in National Competition to Make Driving Safer

University of Central Florida researchers have beat nearly50 other teams in a national traffic-safety-improvement competition and now find themselves the only university team competing among industry giants such as Ford...