Students

Civil engineering student Nafees Fuad Rafi has been awarded with the prestigious McGrath Transportation Scholarship for his doctoral research project. The esteemed scholarship has not been awarded to another University of Central Florida student since 1998. As a participant in the 2025 Institute Transportation Engineers (ITE) Annual Meeting, Rafi represented the UCF ITE Student chapter…

UCF civil engineering student Carlos Arteaga has been selected for the Department of Defense (DOD) Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program. Unlike a typical scholarship that only covers the cost of tuition and fees, the SMART scholarship also provides an annual stipend, a summer internship, an experienced mentor and guaranteed employment with…

Water covers about 71% of the Earth’s surface. Of that, just 3% is freshwater, but most of that is held captive in glaciers or deep underground. Only 1% of this water is actually accessible to help sustain life on our planet. Lance Rances ’24 has dedicated his research to that 1%. As a member of…

UCF’s American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Vice President Edward Collazo Borges has evolved as a civil engineer student throughout his time here at UCF. From starting at UCF with little to no experience to now completing multiple internships and being a part of many leadership roles, Borges has learned to manage and balance multiple…

Student Research Week is an annual university event that allows students of all majors to showcase a particular project from their area of study. More than 700 students participated this year, including over 120 undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Students presented their research through several sessions throughout the…

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Southeast Symposium is the student’s organization biggest competition of the year, and the UCF student chapter placed fourth overall at the 2025 event, beating out 16 other schools from across the nation. The conference offers students from Georgia, Florida and Puerto Rico the chance to network and compete…

UCF’s Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), a student organization for construction engineering majors, have made history for the university. For the first time, UCF has placed at the Construction Management Competition, an event that gives students the chance to participate in a real-world project that tests their skills and boosts their resumes. The Knights earned…

There are many opportunities to successfully start a career – you just have to know where to look for them. The UCF Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering provides such an opportunity through its CECE Career Mixer. This event, which takes place in the Pegasus Ballroom on March 10 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30…

Two UCF environmental engineering doctoral students were honored with prestigious scholarships for their research in potable water at the American Water Works Association (AWWA) 2024 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Anaheim, California. Award recipients Gabriela Ford ‘22 and Nino Stea ‘23 are graduate research assistants who work in the Water Quality Engineering Research Group (WQERG)…

While many UCF students spent spring break at the beach, a group of more than 50 civil engineering students participated in a regional event that brought much recognition to their work and to the university. More than 650 students from 19 universities, including the University of Florida, Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State University, attended the…