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Our Programs Rank Among Best |
 UCF’s College of Engineering & Computer Science ranks among the nation’s top 100 graduate schools, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of the country’s best graduate programs.The magazine ranked the college 81st among 187 graduate engineering programs that it scored for the 2007 listings, which were just published in the magazine’s April 3 edition and the book, “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” In individual specialty rankings, the college’s graduate program in industrial engineering ranked 33rd, while electrical engineering placed 69th. Computer engineering moved into the rankings for the first time at 67. Click for more
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Be Fast, Efficient and Know it All |
 Engineering Technology Chair Dr. Ronald Eaglin is helping Seminole County, Florida Government create a one-of-a-kind website. As project manager, he is partnering with Seminole County Government and Microsoft to build a website that will allow users to access information about Seminole County as they have never been able to do. Dr. Eaglin is developing an “integrated network that will serve as a true information gateway to whatever information you need.” Click for more
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To the Edge of the Universe |
 Civil and Environmental Engineering adjunct Dr. Ayman Abdallah played a key role in the successful launch of the New Horizons science piano sized payload to Pluto. Dr. Abdallah used mathematical models and computer simulation to ensure the Lockheed Martin Saturn V rocket and payload would survive the forces of launch into space from the Cape.
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Shuttle Runway Experiments |
Florida Space Institute is conducting experiments on the space shuttle runway at Kennedy Space Center. The experiments are being conducted jointly with Harris Corporation, NASA, and a researcher from the Australian Ministry of Defense, Dr. Ken Grant. The experiments are to investigate the effects of turbulence on laser beams passing through the atmosphere. Laser communications will permit smaller transmitters and receivers with smaller battery requirements. Founding Space Institute Director and Electrical Engineering professor Dr. Ronald Phillips is playing a key role in the experiments. He says “KSC has been very supportive of our experiments even to asking the astronauts to taxi their aircraft around our equipment and personnel.” Harris Corporation has donated the majority of the equipment. |
Orlando Becoming a Hydrogen Highway |
 Progress Energy and the state of Florida have teamed to test
five hydrogen powered Ford Focus cars in Orlando. The car pictured with this story was on display at the college. Each test car costs one-and-half million dollars and averages the equivalent of 40 miles to the gallon. Top speed is around 85 miles an hour. The experimental car is ten to fifteen years away from being in the market. Click for more |
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 Florida Secretary of Transportation Denver Stutler, Jr. will give the commencement speech May 6 to graduates from the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Governor Bush appointed Stutler to the position last summer after he served as the Governor’s chief of staff. The state DOT has nearly 7,500 employees and a seven billion dollar budget. Click for more
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 Florida Gov. Jeb Bush opened the competition rounds of the FIRST Regional Robotics event by mingling with the 51 teams of high school students and accepting a special award honoring his support of the event.
More than 1,000 students competed from schools throughout Florida, several U.S. states and Puerto Rico. They engaged in colorful, high-energy matches in which robots that they designed and built tried to throw or project balls through the air into goals. Click for more |
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The college's alumni chapter has scheduled the first ever Mix & Mingle networking event for Tuesday, May 2 from 8:30 to 11:00 am at the FAIRWINDS Alumni Center. Local industry leaders, engineering faculty and graduating seniors are invited to attend. Complimentary continental breakfast will be provided and the event will include specialty tours. Advance registration is encouraged. Contact Darla Olive at 407-823-3288. |
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 The College was honored as Outstanding Organization of the Year at the annual Central Florida Engineers Banquet. Dean Neal Gallagher accepted the honor before an audience of more than 400 people. Click for more
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The college’s first ever faculty-staff campaign resulted in nearly $190,000 for the College, and now an important award. The college had a winning entry in the Educational Fund Raising category in the annual CASE District III Advancement Award Program. Our wining entry has been placed in the CASE III archives at CASE International in Washington, D.C. CASE is the professional organization for advancement professionals at all levels who work in alumni relations, communications, and development.
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The college’s student computer programming team returns to the world championship April 9 for the third consecutive year. UCF has five top ten finishes, include second place in the global competition. More than 6,000 teams, representing 1,700 universities from 84 countries, competed at the regionals this year. UCF was one of only 80 teams, less than 1.5% of the teams competing, to advance to the World Championship round to be held in San Antonio, TX. |
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| FEATURED FACULTY |
FIRST EVER COLLEGE PEGASUS WINNER
 Congratulations to Dr. Mubarak Shah, Agere Chair Professor and director of the Computer Vision Lab for receiving the 2006 Pegasus Professor Award. This award recognizes a faculty member who has made a significant impact on the university, has made an extraordinary contribution to the university community, and has demonstrated excellence in teaching, research and service. Dr. Shah is the first to receive this award in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Professor Shah will be formally recognized April 5th during the Founder's day Convocation in the Pegasus Ballroom of the Student Union.
SHE MEANS BUSINESS
 The Orlando Business Journal has named Industrial Engineering associate professor Dr. Mansooreh Mollaghasemi one of the top five women business owners in Central Florida. Dr Mollahgasemi is the chairman of the board and CEO of Productivity Apex. The company provides scientific solutions for simulation modeling and analysis, supply chain management, data mining, and artificial intelligence and process optimization.
PROFESSOR TO RECEIVE MAJOR AWARD
 The IEEE Computer Society has named School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Amar Mulkherjee the recipient of the Society's 2005 Technical Achievement Award. Dr. Mukherjee will receive the award this year for his outstanding and innovative work in the fields of computer and information science and engineering within the past fifteen years. With nearly 100,000 members, the IEEE Computer Society is the world's leading organization of computer professionals.
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Linda J. Bradley |
SIM, Central FL Chapter |
Harris Corporation |
Helen Van Tine |
Lockheed Martin |
United Investment Corp. |
Presidents Circle - Contributor: $2,500 - $4,999 |
Adaptec Foundation |
OOCEA Foundation, Inc. |
AAA |
Productivity Apex, Inc. |
Central FL Engineers Week |
SAAB Training, LLC |
DeVry University |
SAIC |
Vikram J. Kapoor |
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Adaptech, Inc. |
Pertree Constructors, Inc. |
Burton, Braswell, Middlebrooks Associates, Inc. |
William H. Palm |
Ratan Guha |
SIM, Central Florida Chapter |
Houston Services Industries, Inc. |
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. |
LIFE at UCF, Inc. |
Wal-Mart Foundation |
Neel-Schaffer, Inc. |
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Julia Pet-Armacost |
Roger W. Pynn |
Robert Armacost |
Shelley A. Pynn |
Takis Kasparis |
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Pegasus Circle - Supporter: $250 - $499 |
Mike Asher |
Leftwich Consulting Engineers |
Paul E. Ashton, Jr. |
James B. Murray |
Better Boards, Inc. |
Progress Energy |
Javan M. Banks |
Sven E. Rodenbeck |
Anthony L. Calabrese |
Tim A. Younker |
James P. Klaasen |
Che H. Yueng |
Pegasus Circle - Friend: $100 - $249 |
Abelito Abella |
Chris E. Leach |
Travis C. Bailey |
Andrew J. Lee |
Kenneth A. Blake |
James R. Lee |
Matthew J. Blanzy |
Neil Miserendino |
David W. Brown |
Joshua W. Miller |
Brian Cardinal |
Stephen J. Miskowitz |
Denise B. Carman |
Chris A. Moore |
Amy O. Catlin |
Timothy D. Nestved |
Sanjay Dadhich |
Max Osborne |
Tom C. Davis, III |
David T. Ott |
David A. Disckind |
Kristina M. Price |
Joseph P. Ditolla |
Rockwell Collins Matching Gift Program |
Kenneth B. Donovan |
David Seligson |
Siamak Navabi-Fard |
Grant Simmons |
Leonard K. Fiji, Jr. |
Kenneth H. Simmons |
Richard D. Foster |
Mitchell L. Stewart |
Robert G. Foster |
Chris J. Styles |
Karan Garske |
John E. Sylvain |
Jason A. Gass |
Amy D. Touchstone |
Sunder G. Gopani |
Samuel Toliver |
Karl E. Herleman |
James R. Torrico |
Wesley S. Hicks |
Stan A. Tribble |
Claude W. Hutchinson |
Tropical Coast, Inc. |
Charles J. Ingraham |
Richard C. Turner |
Jeffrey D. Jensen |
Cynthia E. Vergenz |
Gholam H. Kadivar |
Nery K. Voss |
Aslam F. Khan |
Keith S. Walls |
Bradley D. Kilburn |
Westmoreland Protection Agency, Inc. |
David R. Kiser |
Gary E. Whitehouse |
Ty R. Knight |
Marian G. Whitehouse |
William M. Koos, Jr. |
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Albert P. Kwan |
Robert J. Young |
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