Student-Created Podcast Inspires Future Engineers
Innovation is intrinsic to industrial engineers. From optimizing efficiencies to streamlining workflows, industrial engineers leave things better than they found them. That’s just what industrial engineering senior Sommie Ezenwukwa is doing for his fellow students. His podcast, Beyond the Assembly Line, shares tips, advice and experiences designed to benefit aspiring…
Sep 30, 2025
Doctoral Student Awarded DOD SMART Scholarship
The scholarship includes an annual stipend, internship, mentorship and employment with the Department of Defense after graduation. Industrial engineering doctoral student Jean-Philippe Perrault ’06 ’14MBA was one of three engineering students selected for the Department of Defense (DOD) Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program. Unlike a typical…
Aug 14, 2025
CECS Faculty Awarded Promotion and Tenure
Faculty members across the College of Engineering and Computer Science achieved significant career milestones in earning promotions and tenure for the 2024-25 cycle. The approved faculty — 11 for promotion and five for promotion and tenure — underwent a rigorous performance evaluation by peers, college and university leaders that took…
May 01, 2025
From Outer Space to Garden Space
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…
May 09, 2023
UCF Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Graduate Programs Rise in National Rankings
UCF Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Graduate Programs Rise in National Rankings All nine eligible programs in the College of Engineering and Computer Science ranked in the top 50 for public institutions, and top 75 overall. UCF is one of the best universities in the nation for students looking to…
Jul 07, 2022