Category Archives: Research

The Virtual Experience Research Accelerator (VERA), a U.S. National Science Foundation-funded platform designed to advance the pace and scope of immersive research, has launched its first large-scale remote student and awarded its first use grant to address key challenges in VR and immersive learning. Highlights After years of research and development led by experts at […]

Communicating complex research in under 60 seconds demands precision and creativity. Graduate students at UCF met that challenge through Knights in Focus. This new video competition encourages participants to present their work and share their experiences in a clear, engaging format. Each submission offered a concise look at the ideas, questions, and impact driving graduate research across campus. […]

Pegasus Professor Gregory Welch’s decades of service have had a sustained impact, helping to strengthen the global virtual reality community and earning recognition from the IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Community. Highlights AdventHealth Endowed Chair in Healthcare Simulation Gregory Welch has made countless contributions to the fields of virtual, augmented and mixed reality as an […]

Associate Professor Brian Peach’s research examines how to help the more than half of the 5.7 million Americans admitted to an ICU each year who develop at least one post‑intensive care syndrome (PICS) condition, which is similar to PTSD. Whether it’s solving the world’s biggest problems or investigating the potential of novel discoveries, researchers at […]

In 2025, UCF’s College of Nursing launched a brighter future. Fueled by excellence, innovation and partnerships, UCF’s College of Nursing continued an upward trajectory of impact by preparing Knight nurses to address Florida’s nursing shortage and fostering collaboration and research to ensure a healthier future. Learn more about the stories featured here and our impact. […]

Meet some of the future Knight nurses pursuing independent research through UCF’s Honors Undergraduate Thesis program, a unique opportunity that supports student success and contributes to nursing science.  I’ve always been deeply passionate about understanding how to care for patients beyond their physical needs,” says Allyson Crighton, an undergraduate student in UCF’s Traditional BSN program […]

The honor recognizes some of UCF’s brightest stars who reflect the best of the university’s research and impact efforts. UCF honored seven faculty members as shining examples of excellence, dedication and inspiration during the 2025 Luminary Awards. Established in 2017, the annual awards recognize faculty whose achievements reflect the university’s highest standards in advancing knowledge, […]

The collaborative interdisciplinary study is investigating how harmful blooms of blue-green algae and red tide in Florida are influencing human health. Harmful algal blooms do more than disappoint beachgoers with a do not swim advisory. Excessive growths of blue-green algae, known as cyanobacteria, and Karenia brevis, which creates red tide, release toxins into the surrounding air […]

With her second doctoral degree in nursing from UCF, Eunice Oladepe Ojo ’21DNP will address the shortage of nursing faculty and the leading cause of injury-related deaths among older adults in the U.S.   When Eunice Oladepe Ojo ’21DNP walks across the stage at Addition Financial Arena on Saturday she will be positively impacting two major […]

Endowed Professor Ladda Thiamwong is among 47 experts honored for their outstanding contributions and selected as 2025 fellows of the Gerontological Society of America. Florida Blue Endowed Professor for Healthy Communities Ladda Thiamwong has been selected as a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, the nation’s oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization focused on aging. […]