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  UCF electrical engineering alum Joe Sleppy ’18 started his first company in high school — an adaptative equipment for exercising, inspired by his mother’s bout with carpal tunnel. When it came time to decide on where to further his education, he wanted to be where the action was. “There’s a lot of places that say, ‘Hey, look…

  Professor Reza Abdolvand has built a career defined by invention, impact and daring ideas. Among them is a system that converts radio waves into electricity, capable of powering small electronic devices or measuring signal strength. Breakthroughs like these have earned him 15 patents and, most recently, national recognition among the world’s leading innovators. Abdolvand…

UCF graduate students who need help navigating their educational journey now have a new resource to turn to: The Graduate Enrichment Mentoring Initiative, also known as GEMiNi. The goal of GEMiNi is to create impactful mentorships that support the personal, professional and academic growth of students in master’s or doctoral programs. The initiative was created…

  Three students from the UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering were awarded scholarships from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power and Energy Society (IEEE PES). Electrical engineering students Isabella Figoni, Andre Llanos and Elvis Rodriguez were among the 244 awardees nationwide who received this year’s scholarship. The honor is awarded to…

  A UCF electrical engineering professor has been honored with a fellow designation by an international engineering society. Professor Xun Gong has been recognized for his impactful contributions to the electrical engineering field by being selected as a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The global institution boasts nearly a half…

UCF computer science major Julia Moras knows firsthand about living with epilepsy. Now, through a new interdisciplinary education and research effort, she’s examining through her undergraduate honors thesis how artificial intelligence (AI) might help fellow patients better predict an epileptic seizure. Moras is part of new UCF research and educational opportunities created by Laura Brattain, a biomedical engineer…

Every 90 minutes or so, an Acadia satellite designed by Capella Space completes another orbit of our planet. From 400 miles up, it could theoretically locate a frying pan lost at a campsite. If you had the same visual capability as the satellite’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR), you’d be able look up and see all…

  In the age of artificial intelligence (AI), complex photo editing can be done with the click of a button. Whether you want to remove an object from the background, change the color of your shirt or make your face appear flawless, AI can transform your pictures with simple text-to-image commands. Editing videos with those same…

The use of an artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model like ChatGPT may be free for the end user, but it doesn’t come without an economic or environmental cost. One run of an AI model can cost up to $500,000 on the cloud and produce emissions that equate to the burning of more than 11,400 pounds of…

  Electrical engineering alumna Megan Driggers ’19 ’22MS has been selected for one of UCF’s most elite recognitions: the 30 Under 30 Award. Honored for their outstanding achievements in their careers and ongoing dedication to their alma mater, these awardees represent the best and brightest of UCF. “I’m so grateful for the people and programs…