Faculty

  Few researchers have recharged and revitalized the electric power industry as Pegasus Professor Zhihua Qu has. Through his efforts, the energy systems that power our everyday lives are smarter, cleaner and more resilient. In recognition of his influence, UCF will award Qu with the Medal of Societal Impact. This honor is bestowed upon faculty…

  For Professor Wei Sun, teaching goes beyond textbooks and exams. It’s about watching students grow, helping them find their passions, and preparing them for their future career paths. That philosophy is what led to his selection for the 2026 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award at the college level. “It is one of most rewarding…

  UCF researchers are partnering with Meta Platforms Inc. to study how people learn to control digital systems using muscle signals, work that could improve human-computer interaction in virtual and augmented environments. Supported by a gift from Meta, the two-year project uses electromyographic (EMG)-based human-machine interface technology as a platform for investigating motor learning through…

  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…

  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…

  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…

NASA’s senior technical executive for space electrical/power systems has come to UCF, bringing unparalleled expertise and a powerful vision for the engineers and researchers of SpaceU. The college’s first-ever professor of practice, three-time Knight Christopher Iannello ’94 ’99MS ’01PhD, has joined the UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering with a bold mission: to advance…