College of Engineering and Computer Science News

The education, research, and internship opportunities at UCF, coupled with curiosity and outside the box thinking, led one local kid to his dream job — an electronics engineer supporting space launches.

The 2021 class is scheduled to be honored in a celebratory event later this spring.

The work is through a NASA Small Business Technology Transfer program in which a Purdue University-affiliated software company is the lead and UCF is the primary research institution.

Two spaces in UCF’s Engineering II building, the L3Harris Partnership Atrium and the L3Harris Evaluation and Efficiency Testing Center, have also been rebranded to commemorate the partnership.

Current lithium-ion batteries contain solvents that are flammable and toxic.

The university’s two teams are among of 46  others that will be tested for their ability to use technology to develop mitigation efforts against the virus’ impact.

UCF junior Jillian Gloria strives to make the most of her STEM education and hopes one day to become an astronaut.

Both publications select Board of Trustees Chair Beverly Seay for their awards.

The work is part of a U.S. Department of Energy initiative to identify cleaner burning and renewable alternatives to gasoline.