Awards

Every year on the first Wednesday of April, UCF honors the outstanding accomplishments and contributions of our people on Founders’ Day, our annual celebration of the employees, faculty and students who keep reaching for the stars. More than 150 faculty members were recognized across the university, including several from the College of Engineering and Computer…

Four mid-career researchers from the University of Central Florida received Rising Stars awards by the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL), a group that brings together the nation’s most distinguished and impactful scholars who live and work in Florida. They are among 12 honorees competitively selected from nominated researchers at universities across…

UCF continued its annual tradition of celebrating its outstanding students, faculty and staff on Founder’s Day. But the celebration was anything but traditional. For the first time, students, faculty and staff were recognized separately at three different events throughout the day. More than 200 faculty and 48 students were honored for their achievements. Professor Jiyu…

Six UCF changemakers have been named U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows, a recognition shared by the likes of Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Nobel prize winner Steven Chu. Another four UCF students have been recognized with honorable mentions. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowships program is dedicated to supporting students in STEM disciplines who…

Three researchers from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have been selected for the National Science Foundation CAREER Award. This breaks a record for the total amount of CAREER grants received by MSE researchers during one award cycle. The recipients of this year’s awards are assistant professors YeonWoong Jung, Tengfei Jiang and Mehdi Razavi.…

Materials science and engineering student Andrea Molina Morena received the Excellence in Action Award from the UCF’s Office of Multicultural Academic Support Services for her academic achievement at the University of Central Florida. The Excellence in Action Ceremony recognizes the academic achievement of multicultural and first-generation undergraduate students with a 3.5 GPA or higher at…