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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. The entire UCF community was invited to join us at these special events, held in the Pegasus Ballroom of…

Student Research Week is an annual university event that allows students of all majors to showcase a particular project from their area of study. More than 700 students participated this year, including over 120 undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Students presented their research through several sessions throughout the…

A UCF materials science student has won the Best Undergraduate Poster Award at the recent American Vacuum Society conference for a novel method of creating a catalyst for fuel processes. Luis Tomar, a member of Professor Parag Banerjee’s lab, earned the honor for his work, “Deposition of Cobalt-Doped Zinc Oxide Nanocrystals via Successive Ionic Layer…

UCF and the University of Washington (UW) were recently awarded $4.2 million for six years from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a quantum materials research and education center as part of the Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) program. The funding will reinforce the existing partnership between UCF and UW’s…

Materials science Ph.D. student Novia Berriel ‘21MS was awarded a $2,500 scholarship from the Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) Foundation in recognition of her outstanding academic performance and research efforts. The SVC Foundation provides scholarships for exceptional students who have demonstrated an interest in studying vacuum coating technology. Vacuum coating, or thin-film disposition, provides protection…

The University of Central Florida saw another record year in research funding for fiscal year 2023, with more than $217 million in total sponsored awards. This is the eighth consecutive year of increased research funding for the university. Top awards included funding for the UCF-led mission to the moon’s mysterious Gruithuisen Domes and for UCF’s Center for Community…

The Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering is the latest undergraduate program in the College of Engineering and Computer Science to earn accreditation from ABET, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. ABET is a global nonprofit, non-governmental agency that sets standards for programs in the applied and natural sciences, computing, engineering and…

The University of Central Florida has moved into the ranks of the top 25 public universities in the nation for patents granted, according to the latest report from the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). UCF secured 63 patents in 2022, ranking it No. 52 in the world and No. 23 among public universities in the…

UCF, a top-tier public research university renowned for driving innovation and delivering broad-based prosperity, continues to distinguish itself in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings. In these influential 2023-24 rankings, nine College of Engineering and Computer Science graduate programs rank in the top 75 in the nation in their respective fields. Among them is…

Materials science and engineering Professor Yongho Sohn has been elected president of the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association. He succeeds former KSEA president Young Kee-Kim, to become the 52nd leader of the organization. Sohn currently serves as the president-elect but will assume the official title of president in July 2023. In this role, he will…

University of Central Florida’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management, College of Medicine and College of Engineering and Computer Science have received $4.5 million dollars in funding for a research initiative aimed at mitigating the damage caused to hospitality, travel, and small businesses by health crises, like the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding for the collaborative research project comes from the…

UCF is one of the best universities in the nation for students looking to continue their education and advance their careers in a wide range of professional areas, including emergency and crisis management, high-tech research and the engineering fields. Take it from U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Graduate Schools Rankings, which are based on…

This weekend, Sharon Park ’19 ’20MS is traveling 900 miles for what will appear to outsiders to be a five-second walk across the stage at Addition Financial Arena. Like the rest of the 1,700 participating graduates expected to attend this special commencement celebration, Park completed the requirements for her degree in 2020, but the Florida Board of…

Undergraduate engineering students have a new degree option at the University of Central Florida with the addition of a bachelor’s degree program in materials science and engineering, a field that combines engineering, physics and chemistry to design and manufacture materials that all other engineering fields require. UCF is one of only two universities in the…

UCF will offer a new bachelor’s degree this fall in materials science and engineering to help graduates find jobs in fields as wide ranging as space, defense, electronics, energy and biomedicine. Materials, obviously, are at the core of all things engineered, and this new undergraduate program will be designed to meet the 21st century needs of the…

University of Central Florida’s Materials Science and Engineering graduate program, which advanced 21 points to rank No. 50 in the nation, is among 25 UCF programs ranked in the top 100 of their fields by the recently released U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools of 2019. UCF’s biggest point-gain improvement in the rankings was…

Twenty-five UCF programs were ranked in the top 100 of their fields by the recently released U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools of 2019, a total gain of three programs from last year. UCF has experienced an upward trend in the number of programs on the top 100 list. There were 18 programs ranked in 2017, followed…