Research News

UCF psychology Professor Peter Hancock has been named the Aerospace Human Factors Association’s William Collins Award recipient for 2020. This is the second time Hancock…

Funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will allow aerospace engineering Professor Ranajay Ghosh to develop computer models to pinpoint the origins of stress-corrosion cracking.

The papers provide an inventory of some of the greatest discoveries of the past decade and suggest targets for the next generation telescope, scheduled to launch in 2021.

Henry “Hank” Okraski helped create some of the school’s early simulation and training curriculum.

The doctoral students will recreate the conditions found on asteroids and comets in a lab at UCF to better understand their dynamics.

College of Optics and Photonics Assistant Professor Kyu Young Han will use the funding to develop a new optical technology that could aid in the understanding of human protein linked to diseases.

The nonprofit plans to open a bigger and more-advanced lab in 2021 to scale production, provide space for interdisciplinary-research activities and help expand its work with bionic limbs beyond children to adults.

The money will help researchers be more competitive when going after big grant proposals that could result in federal grants worth millions.

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