New UCF Tech Uses AI, VR to Monitor Safety of Bridges, Buildings Civil infrastructure systems in developed countries are aging and require monitoring of their structural health.
UCF Students Receive $25,000 EPA Grant to Develop Toxin Biosensor for Drinking Water The biosensor will be an onsite, early detector of harmful blue-green algae blooms, which are known to cause health problems in humans.
UCF is Designing Self-repairing Oyster Reefs to Protect Florida’s Coastlines The work is sponsored by a $12.6 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency grant that seeks to create self-repairing, biological and human-engineered reef-mimicking structures.
UCF Ranks as a Top 25 U.S. Public University for Patents Granted The rankings place UCF ahead of leading public and private institutions such as Yale University, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Florida State University.
New Study Shows People Are Willing to Start Cycling More Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Although the changes to behavior were not always triggered by free will and in many cases forced by external circumstances, the findings show there are some positive consequences of the pandemic.
New Study Identifies Hotspots Where Climate Change Could Impact Internet How the Earth’s changing climate could impact the vast undersea network of seafloor cables has been relatively understudied until now.
UCF Researchers Work to Reduce the Amount of Precious Metals in Catalytic Converters Not only could the research make catalytic converters less attractive to thieves, but it could also help the environment.
Offshore and Coastal Risk Analyses May Misrepresent Wave Storms from Extreme Weather Like Bomb Cyclones A new study shows that models used across the globe to estimate the height of coastal storm waves — critical information when building ports, reinforcing infrastructure and estimating flooding — can differ by several feet.
New Tool from UCF-led Team Shows Homeowners and Renters the True Cost of Disasters The tool can provide disaster readiness reports for 13.3 million addresses in 196 counties along the Gulf of Mexico — including all of Florida, and parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas.
Researchers Develop Method to Determine Where Storm Surges Are Increasing Most The study analyzed tide gauge observations along coastlines in Europe, and the researchers have plans to further develop the method for use in the U.S. and other parts of the world.
Orlando International Airport Shares What Could Be Possible with Air Taxis, More on Site Orlando Business Journal
‘Fell in Love with This Place:’ Navy Veteran Finds His Place Helping Students, Veterans at UCF WKMG News 6