October 24, 2025
Mystery Design is an engineering outreach event geared towards middle school girls. It is taking place on Saturday, November 15th at the University of Central Florida in the Business Administration 1 building. It will roughly run from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM and admission is free of cost. We (SWE) will be hosting a Hand…
August 15, 2025
The Center for Initiatives in STEM has officially moved to Technology Commons I Room 202. Our team looks forward to assisting you this fall!
March 10, 2025
Dr. Melissa Dagley, Executive Director of Initiatives in STEM, and students from our GEMS mentoring program had the pleasure to sit down and discuss the state of women in STEM with WFTV’s Kirstin Delgado. Follow the link below to hear their interview and how they are helping to inspire the next generation of STEM leaders!…
February 12, 2025
The UCF Physics Department is pleased to announce the “Physics Career Exploration Day 2025,” which will be held on Saturday, February 22, 2025, approximately two weeks from now, at the University of Central Florida. The Physics Career Exploration Day comprises of a few short presentations, a panel discussion on career prospects, interactive demonstrations on energy…
November 8, 2024
The PressPlay Conference will be taken place on Saturday, January 18, 2025! K-12 STEAM educators will have the opportunity to get hands-on experience in game design and development tools such as Zbrush, Maya, Unreal Engine, and Python. Visit https://fiea.ucf.edu/pressplay2025/ or view the flyer below for more information!
September 5, 2024
The LaunchIT Youth Program is a free virtual web development program for Florida students age 14+ with IEPs/504s! No coding experience needed Classes start October 2nd Apply now, space is limited! Review flyer below for details. To apply, visit bacemploy.com/launchit and select the Youth application button. If you or any of the families having any…
August 26, 2024
Are you a motivated high school student interested in engineering? Join Dr. Urso and Dr. Vasu at UCF on Tuesday evenings for the 3rd year of the NASA MUREP Aerospace Academy! This year’s capstone project involves Power Management and Distribution, with students learning how to build a solar-tracking panel, how energy is generated and stored…
May 17, 2024
Researchers at UCF’s Institute for Simulation and Training and Indiana University are looking for parents and their children (age 11-13 years) to take part in a study exploring perspectives on family social media sharing. Our goal is to better understand how families feel about online photo sharing and identify the conversations they would like to…
March 26, 2024
The SHPE Jr Conference is for high school students in the local Orlando area with a focus on projects and mentorship. The conference will be held on April 13th from 10am to 3pm on the UCF main campus. Activities will include: – Paper Rocket building in collaboration with UCF Knights Experimental Rocketry – MakeCode programming…
February 26, 2024
Calling all 7th and 8th graders! AIAA’s Space Systems Technical Committee (SSTC) is back with their 2024 middle school essay contest. This year’s topic relates to the effects of space observation on any chosen industry. Students must submit their essay by April 30th. For more information, please view the attached flyer.