Celebrating the Impact of Apollo 11 from California to Puerto Rico
From California to Puerto Rico, communities this week are remembering the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, which put the first American on the moon.
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For Those Who Dream of Space, UCF is the Place
Space university – who wouldn’t want to go there? The same year that the United States’ Apollo 8 mission first sent humans to orbit the moon, the University of Central Florida, aka “space university” opened its doors for classes and, like the universe, has been expanding the limits of human knowledge ever since.
Enabling Strategic Growth And Innovation: The Evolved Role Of Insurance
OVERVIEW Protecting important commodities has always been critical when exploring the unknown. Qin-dynasty traders in China would divvy up their cargo across many boats to mitigate the risk of treacherous journeys, and seventh-century maritime law allowed crews to cover their losses on voyages. Fast forward to today, and newer industries such as ride-sharing and cryptocurrency …
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Shock And Ore: Doing Business In The Face of Volatile Commodity Markets
OVERVIEW Whether it’s the steak on your plate or the mobile device you’re reading this article on, the production processes behind it rely on a vast range of raw materials. Smartphones, for example, have at least 42 separate minerals and metals in them. And while a cut of beef may seem like the more natural …
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UCF Engineering Chair Named Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
Sudipta Seal, an engineering professor and chair of UCF’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been named a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, one of the oldest chemical societies in the world.
NASA’s New Horizons Mission: It’s Only Getting More Mysterious
NASA’s New Horizons mission continues to fly toward the outer edges of our solar system, now more than 4.1 billion miles from Earth with a cruising speed of 33,000 mph.
UCF Professor Emeritus Receives Highest Civil Engineering Honor
Essam Radwan, a professor emeritus in UCF’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, will be inducted Oct. 11 as a distinguished member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the highest honor a civil engineer can achieve.
UCF Research Impact: U.S. Virgin Islands Ban Harmful Sunscreens
The U.S. Virgin Islands Tuesday became the first American jurisdiction to ban sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate effective Dec. 31, to help restore its coral reefs and marine ecosystems.
UCF Researchers Discover Secret to Destroy Chemical Weapons
University of Central Florida Associate Professor Subith Vasu and a team of researchers have unlocked some of the secrets behind the destruction of chemical weapons. The results were published recently as a cover story in The Journal of Physical Chemistry.
Addressing The Trillion-Dollar Cost Of Climate Change
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