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If you were to parachute into the parking lots around Kennedy Space Center (KSC), you might believe you landed on an extension of UCF’s campus. Knights license plates and black-and-gold decals are everywhere. “You should see it here during football season,” says Wes Mosedale ‘07MS, senior test director for NASA. “That’s…

The Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems welcomes three new faculty in Fall 2023: Gulsah Hacerliogullari Koksalmis, Ph.D; Vernet Lasrado, Ph.D.; and Niloofar Yousefi, Ph.D. “I’m proud to welcome Dr. Koksalmis, Dr. Lasrado and Dr. Yousefi to our talented faculty to help us continue our commitment to excellence in…

University of Central Florida researchers are advancing AI-assisted drug screening technology with a new method that not only improves their own model’s predictive ability but also that of seven other state-of-the-art models. This new method can be beneficial in accelerating the development of life-saving medicines that otherwise take billions of…

One-hundred-forty-three UCF faculty members, including two from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, recently achieved significant career milestones in earning promotions and tenure for the 2022-23 cycle. Heather Keathley and Adan Vela were promoted to associate professor with tenure. The approved faculty­ underwent a rigorous evaluation of their…

Ivan Garibay, Ph.D., accepts the IEOM Outstanding Professor Award. Photo credit: Lara Bueno Hoeschl, Mystikos Photography. Associate professor Ivan Garibay has been awarded the Outstanding Professor Award by the Industrial Engineering & Operations Management Society International (IEOM). The honor was given in recognition of his outstanding career achievements and his…

Konrad Krol holds a sample of a simulate soil and rocks used to help create it while inside the UCF Exolith Lab (Photo by Kadeem Stewart ’17) UCF partnerships bring Plant the Moon and Plant the Mars Challenge (and the closest thing to extraterrestrial soil) to K-12 students across the…

A University of Central Florida professor and 26 other researchers have published a study identifying the challenges humans must overcome to ensure that artificial intelligence is reliable, safe, trustworthy and compatible with human values. The study, “Six Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Grand Challenges,” was published in the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. Ozlem…

To understand a university’s role in shaping the future of the world, a closer look at the 16 University of Central Florida alumni who were recently honored by the College of Engineering and Computer Science is a good start. Industry leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists – and a retired NASA astronaut-turned-artist –…

Consideration for promotion and tenure takes nearly an entire academic year as faculty are evaluated on three main areas: research, teaching and service Eighty-nine UCF faculty received promotions and another 48 earned tenure for the 2021-22 cycle following a rigorous evaluation process. The Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems…

For as long as she can remember, Laura Segarra ’22PhD has always been drawn to space, science and math. She still has her elementary school books with colorful illustrations of the universe. She laughs about almost catching the kitchen on fire during a combustion experiment. And she has vivid memories…