Research

At the heart of every electronic device is a semiconductor chip. These tiny circuits can improve fuel efficiency in your car, allow your computer to process and store data, or enable you to download the latest apps on your phone. But the process of manufacturing semiconductor chips is tricky and ripe for improvement. One small…

For people with upper extremity disabilities — such as a stroke, multiple sclerosis or other conditions — assistive robotics can help restore their independence in performing everyday tasks like eating, grooming and grasping objects. But much like old dogs, these devices have a hard time learning new tricks. “They need a lot of demos to…

UCF and the University of Florida are receiving $1.2 million over two years from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a miniature system capable of levitating a large mass with exceptional stability. The funding comes from DARPA’s Trapped Accurate microSystems (LeviTAS) program, which aims to explore the feasibility of replacing a spring anchor…

Autonomous systems, such as self-driving cars and unmanned aircraft, learn from modeling and simulation. However, the training process can take months to years, and it doesn’t account for the uncertainty found in the real world. In the world of robotics, this is known as the simulation-to-real gap. To improve this gap, the Defense Advanced Research Projects…

Di Wu, an assistant professor in the UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was one of 12 new faculty who came to the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) last year as part of the largest cohort of members to join the department. He specializes in computer architecture, or how computer systems are…

Communicating unimpeded at distances near and far is a dream Murat Yuksel is hoping to realize. His ongoing research, titled “INWADE: INtelligent Waveform Adaptation with DEep Learning,” and funded by the U.S. Air Force Research, aims to get us closer to that dream by improving the quality of high frequency wireless networks using machine learning…