News

In recognition of his scholarly research and significant contributions to the Department and College of Engineering and Computer Science, Prof. Juin J. Lious is today named the Lockheed Martin St. Laurent Professor. This professorship is one of the four endowed professorships in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at UCF.

At the IEEE 56th International Midwest Symposium on Circuit and Systems (MWSCAS) held at Columbus Ohio in August 2013, Prof. Wasfy Mikhael received an award that recognizes his sustained contributions to the success of MWSCAS.

Haitao Cheng, a Ph.D. student working with Professor Xun Gong, is part of a UCF engineering team that has developed an antenna capable of surviving a record temperature of 1,300 degrees Celsius, a potential boon to manufacturers of high-performance turbine engines. Read the UCFTODAY article by clicking here.

Congratulations to Prof. Kalpathy Sundaram for being elected as a Fellow of The Electrochemical Society (ECS). His citation will be announced at the Plenary Session of The Electrochemical Society’s 224th Meeting in San Francisco, California, USA, on October 28, 2013.

ECE Ph.D. students Kalyan Karnati and Tianjiao Li (both advised by Xun Gong) received the student paper competition honorable mention award (out of 139 participants) in 2013 IEEE AP-S International Symposium. Congratulations!

In the 2014 US News & World Report rankings, UCF’s Electrical Engineering program was ranked 55 out of 134 ranked programs, and UCF’s Computer Engineering program was ranked 58 out of 94 ranked programs.

ECE Ph.D. student Ya Shen (Co-advised by Xun Gong and Parveen Wahid) was selected in the top 26 finalists (out of 351 participants) of the student paper competition in 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium which was held at Montréal, Canada, 17-22 June, 2012. During the conference, she competed with other excellent finalists and won the Honorable Mention Award (1 first place, 1 second place, 1 third place, and 7 honorable mention). Congratulations!

The University of Central Florida will host more than 7,000 students, educators and parents from all 50 states during the 28th Annual Science Olympiad National Tournament on May 18-19, 2012. For the full article on UCFTODAY, click here.

Congratulations to Ph.D. student Ya Shen for receiving the best student research presentation award in 2012 IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON) held at Cocoa Beach, FL on April 16-17, 2012. She is co-advised by Drs. Xun Gong and Parveen Wahid.

Prof. Donald C. Malocha was selected as Pegasus Professor, the highest UCF honor. President Hitt presented the award at the Founder’s Day celebration. Congratulations!