Interim Director of UCF’s School of Modeling, Simulation and Training to Return to Private Sector Later this Month

Wes Naylor, the interim director of UCF’s School of Modeling, Simulation and Training (SMST), is leaving Aug. 17 to return to his private-sector job. “My position was always of an interim...

Broken Cable Damages Arecibo Observatory

One of the auxiliary cables that helps support a metal platform in place above the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, broke on Monday (Aug. 10) causing a 100-foot-long gash on...

New DOD Award Honors UCF Researcher for Transformative Idea During Pandemic

Ayman Abouraddy, a professor in UCF’s College of Optics and Photonics, has been awarded the U.S. Department of Defense’s Newton Award for Transformative Ideas during the COVID-19 Pandemic. “The idea of...

UCF Team Wins Worldwide Competition in Computer Vision

A research team with the University of Central Florida’s Center for Research in Computer Vision recently won a competition to improve computer vision by creating technology that can automatically track behavior in...

UCF-Developed New Class of Laser Beam Doesn’t Follow Normal Laws of Refraction

University of Central Florida researchers have developed a new type of laser beam that doesn’t follow long-held principles about how light refracts and travels. The findings, which were published recently...

National Program Opens Door for More Underrepresented Students in Physics

When Taylor Douglas fell in love with physics and began to pursue it in college, she started to feel like an outsider. Most of her classmates were men and white....

Limbitless Solutions Publishes Article With Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Collaborations

Limbitless Solutions, a non-profit that creates prosthetic arms for children, pivoted its production capabilities during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to help produce face shield components and other needed...

New Project Will Explore Telehealth Effectiveness on Veterans During Pandemic

The switch to remote psychotherapy treatment for veterans diagnosed with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder has worked for some patients during the COVID-19 pandemic but not for others. The University...

Research Team Turns to Nanotechnology for Chemical Reaction Promoters

Noble metals, such as platinum, palladium, and rhodium are among the most versatile and efficient industrial catalysts for a large number of reactions, ranging from the purification of poisonous pollutants emitted...

Genes Responsible for Protecting Frogs May Play Role in Death from Global Disease

For frogs dying of the invasive chytridiomycosis disease, the leading cause of amphibian deaths worldwide, the genes responsible for protecting them may actually be leading to their demise, according to...