UCF Study Could Predict Future Hurricane Storm Surge ORLANDO, Fla. — As we enter peak Hurricane season, University of Central Florida’s National Center for Integrated Coastal Research team is developing models to better predict storm surges in the future. Storm surge is often the most dangerous threat to life and property along the coast during a hurricane, [...]
The National Science Foundation has recently awarded two new grants to Dr. Wahl and his research group. One of the projects is funded under the US NSF/GEO - UK NERC Lead Agency Opportunity, fostering close collaboration between Dr. Wahl and his group at UCF with multiple scientists at the University of Southampton, UK. The [...]
Undergraduate students Kelsey Perez and Maria Bower, and Michael Tadesse a PhD student, win awards during UCF Student Research Week, April 1-5 2019 Kelsey Perez won the Judges’ Choice Award at the 2019 Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence for her poster, “The Impact of Wave Energy Conversion on Coastal Erosion.” She is working to [...]
Numbers: More than the Book in the Bible Dr. Talea Mayo discusses math with church youth. One key takeaway--always bring candy! My college band director always used to say that if ever a church had no children, that church may as well lock its doors right then. What he meant was that the sustainability [...]
Time: 3:00 PM Room: R1 101/101A Dr. Vasileios Kitsikoudis (Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Central Florida) Title: How does oyster reef restoration affect flow and turbulence? Abstract: Oysters are ecosystem engineers that provide numerous beneficial services to coastal areas. Despite the fact that these services are widely acknowledged, oyster populations have dramatically declined worldwide. Current [...]
Together with more than 25,000 scientists UCF faculty members and students attended the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union at the Walter E. Washington convention center in Washington D.C. from December 9-15. Our faculty and students from the Water Resources and Environmental Engineering groups presented 20 abstracts during the week and organized 4 well-attended [...]
At a research meeting focused on Florida’s Indian River Lagoon, undergraduate researcher Samantha Maldonado won First Prize for her poster titled “Ecosystem Services of Oyster Reef and Vegetated Shorelines: Potential for Blue Carbon Sequestration in a Coastal Lagoon”. Sam is a member of UCF’s Ecohydraulics Laboratory and a participant in UCF’s EXCEL program. Her [...]
Recently, U.S. Representative Jerry McNerney discussed the research of CECE undergraduate student Cindi-Ann Findley on the House floor to demonstrate the impact of STEM subjects in solving real-world problems. Cindi-Ann uses numerical models to study hurricane storm surges under the direction of Dr. Talea Mayo. Cindi-Ann spent the summer at the National Center for Atmospheric Research [...]
The Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced the recipients of 2018 Early-Career Research Fellowships. These competitive awards will support the development of twenty emerging scientific leaders at the critical pre-tenure phase of their careers as they take risks on research ideas not yet tested, pursue [...]
Dr. Thomas Wahl is in the UCFTODAY International Team of Researchers Links Coastal Nuisance Flooding to Special Type of Slow-moving Ocean Wave Coastal communities may get some help to predict rising tides A team of international researchers has found a link between seasonal fluctuations in sea level to a long-time phenomenon — Rossby Waves. [...]
