Self-thinking aquatic bot earns second place

After spending nearly every day of the last 10 months in the lab, the UCF robotics club finally perfected their latest creation: an aquatic robot capable of making its own decisions. “We basically spend an entire year building these robots that we send to competition,” said Kiran Bernard, recent graduate from the electrical engineering program […]

Moon geyser finding significant

A team of international astronomers this week reported that a salt-water reservoir is the likely source of geyser plumes observed on Enceladus – one of Saturn’s moons. Joshua Colwell, a University of Central Florida physics professor who has been studying Saturn and its surrounding moons for years, said the discovery made by a team of […]

Calling all star gazers

A team from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville has developed the website IceHunters (http://www.icehunters.org ), which challenges the public to discover potential destinations for a NASA mission at the very edge of the solar system set to happen around 2015. “I think it’s a great idea,” said Yanga Fernandez, a University of Central Florida physics […]

Grad gets published in journal

Gina Castle Bell, a recent graduate from the I‐O undergraduate and graduate program, has had her article “WHAT is SHE Doing Here? And WHAT Did SHE Say SHE Studies?: Exploring Conflicting Schemas Associated with White Skin in the Graduate Classroom,” published in the journal, Mosaic: A Journal of Original Research on Multicultural Education, Teaching, and Learning. […]

Student wins foreign affairs fellowship

Stephanie Parenti, a political science student, was awarded the 2011 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship. Parenti was one of 20 students selected as a Pickering Fellow out of a national applicant pool of approximately 400 people. The Pickering Fellowship provides financial support to exceptional student pursuing careers in the Foreign Service. It awards […]

Outstanding alumnus award given to Dr. Reed Noss

Dr. Reed Noss was awarded an Outstanding Alumnus Award by the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. Dr. Noss received his Ph.D. under the mentorship of Dr. Larry Harris in the department in 1988. He currently holds the Davis-Shine Endowed Professorship at the University of Central Florida, where he leads University programs in Conservation Biology. […]

Fla. Wildlife Federation honors students

Inspiring environmental awareness on campus and in the community has earned a University of Central Florida student organization a prestigious state award. Intellectual Decisions on Environmental Awareness Solutions, or I.D.E.A.S., was selected as the Conservation Organization of the Year for 2011 by the Florida Wildlife Federation, a nonprofit organization that promotes preservation in Florida. I.D.E.A.S. […]

UCF helps spark girls’ interest in science

Twelve teenage girls held out their hands and watched as beads of liquid nitrogen rolled down their palms, evaporating before even hitting the ground. Lane Martin, a University of Central Florida graduate research assistant, demonstrated the uses of liquid nitrogen during UCF’s Science Olympiad Adventure Camp. “I love science because I love being able to […]

UCF anglers win fishing championship

O’Donnell and Burghoff earned $6,500 for the UCF fishing club. That included a $1,000 bonus for being members of BoatUS. The UCF juniors had started the day in second place in the 144-boat tournament on Lake Lewisville, near Dallas, with 17.07 pounds, which was less than a quarter of a pound behind a team from […]

European asteroid mission taps UCF expert

University of Central Florida Professor and international asteroid expert Humberto Campins is working with more than 100 fellow astrophysicists preparing for a European mission aimed at collecting an asteroid sample and returning it to earth.The Marco Polo-R Mission is a project of the European Space Agency (ESA), and NASA could participate later. The goal is […]

Virtual game teaches navy recruits

U.S. Navy recruits in boot camp have a lot to learn, such as safety and how to communicate with team members, skills that can make a difference in a crisis. Combining technology with the science of learning, a 3D virtual training single-player game developed by a team of researchers, including the University of Central Florida […]

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UCF wins President’s volunteer service award

UCF was recently presented with the 2010 President’s Volunteer Service Award, Gold Level, which recognizes organizations that provide 15,000 volunteer service hours or more to their communities. The President’s Volunteer Service Award is a special recognition presented on behalf of President Barack Obama. It is part of a national recognition program created in 2003 through […]

Technology in Health Care Event

Regional representatives will discuss the impact of technology in health care at the seventh-annual State of Health Care in Central Florida Symposium at the University of Central Florida. The public is invited to attend the symposium at the FAIRWINDS Alumni Center, across the street from the UCF Arena, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, March […]

Orlando Sentinel: Virgin Galactic CEO comes to UCF

Human space flights will now be a routine rather than a rarity. This is one goal a privately owned company has for its customers. So far more than 400 people have placed a down payment on making their dream a reality. The next potential flier could be you. The CEO and president of Virgin Galactic, […]

Chemistry star shines

Receiving a biomedical grant from the state of Florida is not easy. Ciceron Yanez has pulled it off, though, showing how brilliant he is while making the College of Sciences proud. “It is a major award for him,” said Dr. Kevin Belfield, chair and professor of chemistry. “It is a big accomplishment for the university […]

Alumni raises money with frozen treats

Heissam Jebailey, a 2000 College of Sciences alumni, is focusing on his newest business project: frozen yogurt. Jebailey owns one Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt location in Winter Park and is opening another in the Winter Park Village during the second week of October. “Our long term goal is to dominate Winter Park,” said Jebailey, who owns […]