2017 News

Congratulations to Dr. Pamela Wisniewski on her UX Lab’s successful engagement with Bogen Inc. This was covered in the magazine “Sound and Video Contractor”. You can read the article at: http://www.mazdigital.com/webreader/49401?page=37.

Congratulations to the UCF Programming Team, “Badlands”, who solved 7 problems in the World Finals of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest and finished officially tied for 13th place in the contest! They were the best US team, and second in the North American region. An amazing performance from these Computer Science students: Timothy Buzzelli, Joshua Linge, and Alex Coleman.

Congratulations to Dr. Ali Orooji, who was named as a Distinguished Faculty Member at UCF by students living in the Tower III Community. Dr. Orooji’s name will be placed on a perpetual plaque in the Tower III Community lobby.

Congratulations to Dr. Sean Szumlanski who was named as a Distinguished Distinguished Faculty Member at UCF by students living in the Knights’ Circle community. Dr. Szumlanski’s name will be placed on a perpetual plaque in the Knights’ Circle Community lobby.

Congratulations to both Ken Stanley and Lotzi Boloni, who have been approved for promotion to (full) professor, effective August 8, 2017.

Congratulations to Drs. Shaojie Zhang, Damla Turgut, Mainak Chatterjee, and Mostafa Bassiouni for receiving Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) awards.

Congratulations to Dr. Joe LaViola for winning a Research Incentive Award (RIA).

Congratulations to Asfhin Dehghan and Mubarak Shah whose work on tracking multiple individuals was covered in an article in Science Magazine (published by the AAAS).

Congratulations to Dr. Annie Wu who won the College Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award. Her name is being forwarded to the UCF committee for consideration at the university level.

Congratulations to Dr. Damla Turgut who won the College Excellence in Professional Service award. Her name is being forwarded to the UCF committee for consideration at the university level.