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UCF mechanical engineering students raced a human-powered vehicle past competitors from across the country to claim a national championship.��

Fueled by engineering ingenuity and months of testing UCF team earned second place in the ASME Innovative Additive Manufacturing 3D Challenge.

UCF Engineering Students Pedal to Victory with Award-Winning Human-Powered Vehicle Design UCF's e-Human Powered Vehicle Challenge (e-HPVC) team took home four trophies for the design and performance of their custom-built vehicle at the 2026 American Society of Mechanical Engineers e-HPVC competition.

UCF professors Claire Connolly Knox and Chris Emrich are expanding their emergency management impact to the federal level after being selected for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Vanguard Executive Crisis Leaders Fellowship.��

They believe the experience will allow them to build new partnerships, bring valuable insight back to UCF to incorporate in their classrooms and identify new ways to connect expanded emergency management expertise across disciplines.

UCF Emergency Management Faculty Selected for Prestigious FEMA Fellowship From UCF’s top-ranked emergency management program to the highest level of governance in the field, professors Chris Emrich and Claire Connolly Knox are taking their impact to the next level.

On this World Sea Turtle Day, we're proud to highlight integrative conservation biology alum Katherine Martin '24PhD and her sea turtle research.

UCF Researcher Reveals How Genetic Variation Shapes Sea Turtle Immune System Evolution New research from a UCF biology researcher shows how genetic variation shapes sea turtles’ immune systems, with implications for disease resilience and conservation strategies.

Pegasus Professor of electrical and computer engineering, Issa Batarseh dedicated his career to discovering renewable energy solutions — and it all started in 1991 in a small lab at UCF.

What Drives UCF’s Issa Batarseh to Expand Energy Research Issa Batarseh dedicated his career to discovering renewable energy solutions before many people had heard of the concept. Where did his bold ideas lead? Look around.

What if biosensors didn’t wait for molecules to find them — but reached out to capture them instead?�

Inspired by cephalopods like squids and octopuses, UCF researchers are developing DNA nanostructures with “tentacles” that actively grab target molecules, helping speed up detection for diseases, environmental threats and more.�

This finding could lead to faster, more accurate biosensors for healthcare, food safety and biosecurity.

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Tentacles in Solution: UCF Research Speeds Up DNA Biosensing A new nanostructure approach actively captures targets instead of waiting for them — enabling faster, more accurate detection for healthcare, environmental monitoring and biosecurity.

Proud to celebrate our 63rd birthday with all of Knight Nation! Shout out the first year you were on this beautiful campus 🗣️

A business development manager at UCF Pegasus Partner Siemens Energy, Joshua DeAscanis '11 '22MBA is focused on something many people never think about:

The invisible systems that keep modern life running.

UCF Alum Helps Siemens Energy Power What Comes Next Through his role as business development manager for Siemens Energy, UCF alum Joshua DeAscanis '11 '22MBA is helping transform how the world keeps the lights on.

UCF’s competitive robotics teams, Knightmare and Daydream, had a breakout season. 🤖��

The teams won a total of 83 head-to-head matches this year, beating teams from Georgia Tech, Purdue and Texas A&M University.

That’s a Wrap on UCF Robotics Club's Award-Winning Season The Robotics Club of Central Florida is the latest student-run organization to make headlines out of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, joining UCF’s programming and cybersecurity teams in global acclaim.

Tiny cars. Huge impact. 💛🚗�

Through ingenuity, teamwork and community, UCF’s Go Baby Go! program is helping children with mobility challenges gain independence and confidence — one customized ride at a time. ��

Learn more from the latest edition of Pegasus magazine: https://www.ucf.edu/pegasus/on-the-move/