New UCF Tech May Lead To Inexpensive Biofuel

A University of Central Florida chemistry professor’s low-tech process for breaking down raw materials into sugar may be the linchpin for making low cost biofuels. Thor Renewable Energy Inc. has secured an exclusive license to the technology and plans to expand its commercial-scale biofuel production facilities to Florida’s Space Coast later this year. Richard Blair, [...]

  • UCF Department Steps Outside the Box for Creative Solutions

    Employees at Google, Yahoo and some other innovative organizations are regularly allowed time to set aside the routine work schedule to develop whatever ideas they’d like – all on company time. Google calls the exercise 20 Percent Days, because employees can take one day a week to work on projects that motivate them. Some companies [...]

  • Engineering Team Wins $100,000, Trip to White House

    A student engineering entrepreneur team from the University of Central Florida won the top prize of $100,000 and a summer trip to the White House in a competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. The team won the $100K ACC Clean Energy Challenge, a competition of student business plans for companies focused on renewable [...]

  • New Nano Technique Determines Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer

    One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, the second leading cause of death among men in the United States. It’s a serious problem and current diagnostic tests aren’t very specific. But a research team at the University of Central Florida NanoScience Technology Center has found a more accurate test [...]

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  • Come See What UCF Engineering Students Have Made

    A solar-powered device that can clean shallow waters after an oil spill, a water pump powered by the movement of tree branches, and a video game to help children patients stay still during MRI procedures will be among more than 60 innovative projects to be showcased at the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science’s (CECS) Senior [...]

  • UCF Students, Grads Receive More than $1 Million from NSF

    Students and alumni from the University of Central Florida have earned more than $1 million from the National Science Foundation to support their pursuits of advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM. Ten UCF students and graduates were named recipients of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, which support outstanding graduate [...]

  • Scientists Use Nanotechnology to Hunt for Hidden Pathogens

    Researchers at the University of Central Florida have developed a novel technique that may give doctors a faster and more sensitive tool to detect pathogens associated with inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s disease. The new nanoparticle-based technique also may be used for detection of other microbes that have challenged scientists for centuries because they hide [...]

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Super Go-Kart

It’s a leaner, greener go-kart dreamed up by UCF mechanical engineering students.