Briefs RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
COASTAL EFFORTS
UCF recently launched the National Center for Integrated Coastal Research, which will focus on finding solutions to threats facing our coastal communities. By bringing together experts from disciplines ranging from biology to emergency management, UCF aims to find longterm solutions for problems such as sea-level rise, coastal erosion and ecosystem restoration.
“With economic constraints, environmental threats and extreme weather events becoming more and more common, now is the time to look at how we develop resilient communities that aren’t constantly in expensive recovery mode.”
GRAHAM WORTHY UCF BIOLOGY PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR INTEGRATED COASTAL RESEARCH
SMARTER PROSTHETICS
MOLDING MARS
NASA
Amount UCF engineers will receive from the U.S. Department of Energy to research how rocket science technology will allow coal-powered energy systems to produce less harmful emissions.
The same material used for ceramics and pottery on Earth is also found on Mars, and now we think it may have formed beneath a thick steamy atmosphere just after the planet formed.” Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Kareem Ahmed is exploring technology for fueling energy systems.
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— KEVIN CANNON, a postdoctoral researcher at UCF, whose research sheds light on the planet’s early climate conditions. The study was recently published in Nature.
UCF launched a new area of interdisciplinary focus charged with finding new ways to make implantable devices, such as artificial hips and knee replacements, interact more dynamically with the human body. The Prosthetic Interfaces faculty research cluster is being led by UCF Professor of Medicine Melanie Coathup, an internationally recognized specialist in bone regeneration and implant design.