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...

Neptune Celebrates the 175th Birthday, Still, a Mystery Worth Solving

Students and community members got a nice view of the planet Neptune and its biggest moon Triton during one of September’s Knights Under the Stars events hosted at UCF’s Robinson...

Three UCF Graduate Students Awarded National Scholarships, More Than Any Other Institution in the Nation

The Directed Energy Professional Society (DEPS) recently awarded three UCF graduate students scholarships worth up to $10,000 to continue their work in the area of directed energy. The students, Jessica Peña...

Ten UCF Graduate Students Awarded Florida Space Grant Consortium Fellowships

Ten UCF graduate students have been awarded NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC) fellowships. The students represent various colleges and disciplines, studying a range of topics in nanotechnology and mechanical...

UCF Researchers Awarded $4.5 Million to Develop Non-GPS Location Finder

The Army Research Lab has awarded the University of Central Florida a $4.5 million grant to develop a smart, computer vision-based navigation system for when GPS is unavailable or jammed....

Students Sought for UCF’s First Graduate Student Advisory Council

UCF is looking for students to serve on its new Graduate Student Advisory Council launching this fall. Serving on the council is an opportunity to share experiences, identify and suggest...

UCF Cybersecurity Researcher Leads DARPA-Funded Project to Help Reduce Fraud

From fraudulent COVID-19 small business loans to security breaches that leak shoppers’ credit card data, the exploitation of the complex nature of corporate relationships continues to be a major concern....

UCF Experimental Space Dirt Used by NASA, Private Companies to Advance Space Exploration

An ingenious idea born out of a research lab at the University of Central Florida has led to a growing operation that is having a direct impact on space exploration....

UCF Awarded Its First Keck Foundation $1 Million Grant

One of the nation’s largest philanthropic organizations – the W. M. Keck Foundation – has awarded the University of Central Florida a $1 million Science and Engineering Research grant. The...

UCF is 1 of 7 Universities to Win Grant to Support NASA’s Artemis Program

UCF will be a player in developing innovative technologies needed to support NASA’s Artemis program, which will return people to the moon and create a robust presence there over the next...