Join us tomorrow to welcome the next guest in the @eli2ucf Leaders Up Close series, Northrop Grumman Fellow Steve Leonard! We're looking forward to hearing his unique insights and expertise as an industry leader.
🗓️ Friday, Oct. 30
🕐 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.
📍 ENG II, Room 102
ALT Steve Leonard
Project Neptune, a joint engineering program of AIAA and SEDS, has a bold mission: to launch and recover a rocket launched from an offshore platform. Learn more about their work: bit.ly/3UGZ5tK
#SpaceU #UCFCECS
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From AIAA@UCF to the moon!🌕 Learn how Jaden Chambers ‘23 is testing and experimenting with @NASAKennedy to build a home on the lunar surface.
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Yesterday was National Mentoring Day, a reminder of the powerful role mentorship plays in the graduate student journey. From navigating academic challenges to building professional networks and gaining hands-on experience, strong mentorship can make a lasting impact long after graduation.
Through the College of Graduate Studies' Graduate Enrichment Mentoring Initiative (GEMiNi), graduate students can access mentorship resources and guidance for building meaningful academic and professional connections.
Explore mentorship resources through GEMiNi: graduate.ucf.edu/gemini
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Wow! My student Noah Brockhoff won another award for his research on how rocket exhaust blows lunar soil. This all started with him approaching me out of the blue with “I really want to get into lunar research”, so I pulled a thread to find him some funding and now he’s here 🫡
What a great night celebrating all of our award winners! 👏
Full list of winners: ucf.edu/news/7-stellar-honor…
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At UCF, nothing is out of reach. 🧑🚀
A visit to Kennedy Space Center through @UCFSGATickets inspired Social Creator and Information Technology student Mykenzie Walsh to take her time getting to the stars. ✨
Three of this year's SpaceU Award honorees were from CECS! ✨
Congratulations to mechanical engineering majors Noah Brockoff and Keanu Brayman, and Assistant Professor Paula do Vale Pereira, Ph.D.
Read more about all seven honorees: bit.ly/4klSv6b
ALT 2026 SpaceU Award honorees
ALT Alexander Cartwright and Keanu Brayman
ALT Alexander Cartwright and Noah Brockoff
ALT Alexander Cartwright and Paula de Vale Pereira
Discover your next collaboration opportunity this Friday at our Faculty Research Talks!
▪️ Seongmi Song, Ph.D. @UCFMAE
▪️ Arvind Singh, Ph.D. @UCFCECE
▪️ Necati Catbas, Ph.D. @UCFCECE
🗓️ Friday, Oct. 30
🕛 Noon - 1 p.m.
🔗 Virtual via Zoom: bit.ly/4pIsGwj
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What a great night celebrating all of our award winners! 👏
Full list of winners: ucf.edu/news/7-stellar-honor…
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For UCF faculty and students, the notion that all roads lead to space is alive and well — especially during Space Week events this week celebrating the school’s status as SpaceU.
“Getting our research out in front of the w… orlandosentinel.com/2026/10/…
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I’m proud of a student I had mentored — Noah Brockhoff— who won first place in the undergraduate competition. I didn’t even know he had submitted an entry! Go, Noah!
Proud to announce the winners of the @UCF Space Policy Ideation Challenge with @ZaheerAbbasAli at the #SpaceU Symposium!
UCF researchers are exploring digital-twin technology that could help operators simulate rover movements in real time. Discover how their work can accelerate plans for advanced lunar and extra-planetary exploration missions: bit.ly/3Um8d6L
ALT Carson Gray ’26 and Luis Carlos Rabelo with a rover prototype
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It’s a 120-ton sandbox!
Join Max Kuehn on a tour of the @FSI_Orlando Exolith Lab here at UCF, where lunar equipment gets tested before sending it off to the moon.🌖
More on FSI ➡️ fsi.ucf.edu/
Meet Joseph Hoayun '22, Teresa Kinney '11MS, Elkin Norena '03 '03 '09MBA and Kelvin Manning '02MS. Discover how their contributions are helping NASA test critical systems, launch missions, prepare for a permanent lunar base and support the Artemis program. #SpaceU
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UCF Innovate kicked off Space Week with pitches from its inaugural Postdoctoral Innovation Fellows, turning research into real-world solutions.
Congratulations to the People’s Choice winners:
🥇 Dr. Pritha Sarkar — VERSIL
🥈 Dr. Mahdi Eshaghi — KADI Optics
🥉 Dr. Andrea Bardales — DNAlyte
#UCFResearch #UCFSpaceWeek
ALT Dr. Pritha Sarkar Dr. Andrea Bardales Dr. Mahdi Eshaghi
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Immerse yourself in SpaceU history this week! 🚀
Visit the exhibit built by @UCFLibrary graduate research assistant and texts and technology doctoral student, Eric Thompson ’19, on the fourth floor of the John C. Hitt Library now!
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A big thank you to @BYU and Cougar Nation for showing up and supporting this weekend!
On behalf of our entire community and @KHKPantry, thank you for your generous donations!
