Awards

Every year on the first Wednesday of April, UCF honors the outstanding accomplishments and contributions of our people on Founders’ Day, our annual celebration of the employees, faculty, and students who keep reaching for the stars. The entire UCF community was invited to join us at these special events, held in the Pegasus Ballroom of…

Every professor makes an impact on the students they teach and mentor. Through their service to the department or college, they can even leave a lasting mark on the university. But some professors have made significant contributions beyond academia, and their discoveries have not only improved society but changed the world for the better. These…

Thomas Wahl, associate professor of civil engineering and a member of the UCF Coastal Systems Faculty Cluster, has received the Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) and the Early Career Science Medal from the International Association for the Physical Sciences of Oceans (IAPSO). The dual accolades…

Mohamed Abdel-Aty is the recipient of the 2020 Roy W. Crum Award, to be received at the 2021 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Aty is recognized for his distinguished achievements in the development of immediate practical applications of his fundamental and developmental research results as well as for contributing broadly to the science of transportation safety.…