Research

Two UCF researchers have received U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Awards supporting separate engineering research projects focused on how complex systems sense, adapt and respond to changing environments. The awards were presented to Chinwendu Enyioha, an assistant professor in UCF’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mohiuddin Quadir, an associate professor in UCF’s Department of…

UCF technology that improves the longevity and durability of vibratory sensors was awarded a $1.1 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The research project, titled “Self-assembled-monolayer Hafnium Interfaces for Enhanced Longevity and Durability”, or SHIELD, focuses on improving sensors that measure the frequency and strength of vibrations in various systems, including…

As spacecrafts venture farther and operate longer in orbit, one of the biggest threats they face is invisible: bursts of radiation that can disrupt or damage the electronics that keep them running. Testing those effects on Earth, however, has required massive particle accelerators with limited availability, creating a bottleneck for researchers and industry. At UCF, researchers working in…

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 gamified…

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 AI…

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…

UCF researchers are developing powerful possibilities for industrially aligned research to support advances in healthcare with organ-on-a-chip (OOC) technology. OOC is built on a miniature glass wafer with human cells that mimics the function of human organs. The chips contain tiny channels lined with living cells, allowing researchers to study how tissues respond to medications, infections…

Pavan Senthil was inspired walking through a convention hall and seeing the technology that doctors and engineers had created for people with disabilities. Wheelchairs that worked even if a person couldn’t use their arms and legs. AI-assisted robots that provided 24/7 care at home and reported any emergencies to the patient’s healthcare team. Training tools…

Three UCF faculty were named 2025 U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award winners while two recent faculty hires transferred their CAREER projects to continue their work at Florida’s Premier Engineering and Technology University. All five awardees teach and conduct research through UCF’s College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS), and together their funding…

A student engineering project that began with using artificial intelligence (AI) to track cafeteria forks transformed into a system that will help Orlando Health surgeons perform robotic surgeries more efficiently. Laura Brattain, a UCF biomedical engineer, mentored six College of Engineering and Computer Science seniors, who developed the AIMS (AI for Medical Surgery) system that keeps track of…