Ivan Haigh

Coastal flooding seems like an unpredictable event, a natural disaster that occurs randomly. But UCF researcher Ivan Haigh has found that recurrent coastal floods actually occur at highly predictable times. In a recent study published in Nature Communications, Haigh and a team of international researchers demonstrate that coastal flooding is prone to transpire at certain…

Ivan Haigh spent his childhood far from the sea. Growing up in Zambia, located in the landlocked South-Central area of Africa, Haigh didn’t see the ocean until his family began taking annual weeklong trips to Durban, South Africa, to visit family. While there, they would spend time on the beach. A fascination with the sea…

As the technology industry grows each year, so does the need for experts who create innovations that fuel this sector and educate the workforce that powers it. With this demand in mind, UCF’s College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) has broken a hiring record with a total of 39 new faculty members joining the…