civil engineering News

UCF came in No. 2 in the world for hospitality and tourism management and No. 33 in the world for transportation science and technology, according to this year’s global ShanghaiRanking list.

Predicting periods of relatively higher flood risk would allow officials to prepare and deploy resources more in advance.

ShanghaiRankings placed the engineering programs at UCF above Georgia Tech, Purdue, Arizona State, Carnegie Mellon and the University of Florida.

The researchers hope that, with further development, their work may one day be used to help predict when and where extreme sea level changes will occur.

Students and everyday citizens will have the chance conduct hands-on research, which will help protect against some of the threats facing coastlines around the world.

The university’s entry uses big data to predict — and hopefully prevent — traffic accidents before they happen.

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, four Knights whose backgrounds are rooted in some of the Hispanic countries most frequently represented at UCF share how their cultures shape who they are.

The study will offer a deeper understanding of ways to increase urban sustainability from different perspectives in Europe and North America.

UCF researcher and alum Hatem Abou-Senna ’03MS ’12PhD worked on a project with the Florida Department of Transportation to make left turns safer and more efficient.