UCF Trustee Chairs
The UCF Trustee Chair Professorships were established to both retain outstanding UCF faculty and attract exceptional faculty to UCF.
Name | College |
Mohamed Abdel-Aty | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
Sudipta Seal | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
Stella Sung | College of Arts and Humanities |
Mubarak Shah | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
Subith Vasu | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
Aristide Dogariu | College of Optics and Photonics |
Alain Kassab | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
Jayanta Kaypat | College of Engineering and Computer Science |
Deborah Beidel | College of Sciences |
Peter Delfyett | College of Optics and Photonics |
Peter Hancock | College of Sciences |
Talat Rahman | College of Sciences |
Jeff Rupert | College of Arts and Humanities |
Kathleen A. Richardson | College of Optics and Photonics |
Shin-Tson Wu | College of Optics and Photonics |
Ayman Abouraddy | College of Optics and Photonics |

UCF Pegasus Professors
The Pegasus Professor award recognizes excellence in the three primary areas of academic endeavor: teaching, research and service.
UCF Reach for the Star Awardees
The UCF Reach for the Stars Award honors and rewards highly successful research and creative activity accomplished by early-career university professionals.
UCF Reach for the Stars 2023 Honorees Are Unleashing the Potential of People, Ideas.
