Get to Know Pageant Winner, Miss Universe Contestant: UCF’s Ashley Cariño The aerospace engineering student and former Miss Florida won Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2022 and placed in the top five of the Miss Universe pageant, held Jan. 14.
UCF’s Perla Latorre-Suarez Named Among Best Aerospace Graduate Students in the World Aviation Week Network magazine released its annual 20 Twenties Award Class listing, which identifies students with the potential to change the aerospace industry.
Knights Race to the Top in Rocketry Competition Seven Knights beat 15 other teams to secure UCF’s first No. 1 spot at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry 51025 Competition.
Aerodynamics of Perching Birds Could Inform Aircraft Design A team of UCF researchers have investigated the mystery behind different bird perching maneuvers to better understand the aerodynamic forces of landing an aircraft.
The Crawl Before The Launch Two UCF alums will play a major — albeit painstakingly slow — role in moving the NASA’s historic Space Launch System with Orion spaceship over land before it launches from Earth.
Aerospace Engineering Student is UCF’s First Matthew Isakowitz Fellow Loubensky Baine is one of 30 students selected from a pool of over 200 applicants for the honor, which is the second fellowship he’s earned in a year.
Graduation Marks Major Milestone for Student Veterans Three graduating student veterans — an engineer, an intelligence analyst and an electrician turned hospitality professional — share their journey of service and what commencement means for them and their future.
UCF is 1 of 7 Universities to Win Grant to Support NASA’s Artemis Program The grant means more underrepresented students – who make up 48.5% of the student body at UCF – will have an opportunity to work with engineering, physics, and medical faculty experts to develop innovative technologies critical for advancing space exploration.
Research in 60 Seconds Video: Finding Water on the Moon Jillian Gloria’s research helps prove how water evaporates on the moon, which may aid NASA in finding the liquid as they work to develop a sustainable presence there.
UCF Doctoral Student Selected for Out-of-This-World Research Experience at NASA Caroline Anderson ’19 will investigate a way to protect and control space vehicles upon re-entry during her 10-week fellowship.
