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Location, Location, Location
Florida Tech is located along the Atlantic coastline of Central Florida in Brevard Country, better known as the Space Coast. Situated within Florida's High Tech Corridor, the area is home to more than 5,000 technology companies and the nation's fifth largest high-tech workforce.
The area's attractive business climate is matched only by its natural resources, many of which are ideal for scientific study and research: the estuarine habitats of the Indian River Lagoon; the Atlantic Ocean marine ecosystem; area beaches, marshes and wetlands; thousands of acres of protected wildlife habitats; and a variety of tropical/subtropical Gulf Stream weather phenomena.
With the Indian River and Atlantic Ocean less than give miles from campus, water sports sch as swimming, sailing, surfing, diving, fishing, and boating are popular year-round activities. Central Florida attractions such as Walt Disney World, Sea World, and Universal Orlando are within an hour's drive and three hours to the south is Miami.
Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate reseach is becoming a required part of each undergraduate program at Florida tech. Our faculty and students are continually involved in redefining our perceptions and enhancing our knowledge of the world through scientific research.
- James William Thomas - Co-founder, MapQuest.com, Inc.
- Joan Higgenbotham - Astronaut
- Kathryn Hire - Astronaut
- Larry Clark - Commerical airline pilot and private astronaut, Canadian Arrow
- Lisa Malone - Voice for most of the shuttle lift-offs at NASA
- Richard Hatch - Original CBS survivor
- Scott Douglas - Highest ranking non-commissioned officer in the military
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Florida Tech started with a donation of 37 cents. Florida Tech's history pre-dates even that of NASA. The university's founder, Dr. Jerome P. Keuper, created Florida Tech when he saw a need for further ducation for scientists at Cape Canaveral. Keuper worked for RCA, and was one of many pioneers behind the scenes in America's Cold War-era race for space. He translated the entrepreneurial spirit found abundantly at the Cape into a drive to build one of the world's best science and engineering universities. He succeeded in building his dream, starting with a first donation of 37 cents.
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