2024 News Awards UCF’s Issa Batarseh Joins National Academy of Inventors Ambassadors Program The Pegasus Professor is one of 17 ambassadors who are deployed to speak at a variety of engagements to showcase a variety of inventors, build… Faculty From Microns to Mentorship: The Human Side of Innovation Reza Abdolvand approaches his work as an engineer, inventor and professor with the intent to make a lasting impact. The walls in Reza Abdolvand’s office… Faculty UCF Researcher Refining Magnetic Levitation Technology UCF Assistant Professor Jaesung Lee is collaborating with the University of Florida to develop and refine a magnetic levitation system that could help improve the… Events Students and Faculty Advance Their Semiconductor Knowledge at UCF Summer Workshop In July, UCF’s College of Engineering and Computer Science partnered with Intel to provide a hands-on experience for students and local teachers interested in semiconductors.… Faculty CECS Welcomes 17 New Faculty Members for the Fall Semester The UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science is making an impact in areas such as hypersonic technology, nanomedicine and biomedical engineering, and robotics… Faculty UCF Researchers Receive $1.2M DARPA Grant to Improve Autonomous Systems Training The AI technologies developed will allow autonomous systems, such as drones and self-driving cars, to navigate unexpected variables. Autonomous systems, such as self-driving cars and… Faculty ECE Faculty Receive Promotion and Tenure UCF faculty members across the university, including several from the College of Engineering and Computer Science, achieved significant career milestones in earning promotions and tenure… Faculty UCF Assistant Professor is Charged to Unleash Student Potential A year into his career at UCF, Assistant Professor Di Wu shares what drew him to Knight Nation, what he’s working on and how ducklings… Faculty UCF Researcher Clearing the Way for Smart Wireless Networks Professor Murat Yuksel is pioneering the use of machine learning to enhance high frequency wireless networks and efficiently navigate environmental obstacles to provide better coverage… News College of Engineering and Computer Science Graduate Programs Climb in the U.S. News Rankings Computer engineering, electrical engineering and aerospace engineering all rose in the 2025 rankings. The UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science has ranked within… News UCF Partners with NASA on New Engineering Graduate Certificate The certificate program will train students to evaluate and test the electrical and electronic components of devices and equipment used in the harsh environment of… News UCF’s New Master’s Degree Creates Pathway to Careers in Robotics for Students Students who enroll in the program will learn to analyze, design and develop the robotics and autonomous systems that are used in society. TapeMeasure, UCF’s… Awards UCF Researcher to Investigate Microarchitectural Attacks Through NSF CAREER Award The websites you frequently visit and the software programs you use could leave behind clues that make your computer vulnerable to a cyberthreat known… News Doctoral Graduates Begin Careers in Academia While the majority of the new graduates at commencement will be leaving a college campus for good, a select few will head to a… News Electrical Engineering Students Earn Scholarships from IEEE Two electrical engineering seniors, Nicole Parker and Maria Bonina Zimath, have won scholarships from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power and Energy Society… Awards ECE Faculty, Staff, Students Honored at Founders’ Day Ceremonies Every year on the first Wednesday of April, UCF honors the outstanding accomplishments and contributions of our people on Founders’ Day, our annual celebration… News ECE Students Awarded for Research, Academic Excellence at Student Research Week Events Faculty are always recognized for their research, but during Student Research Week, UCF turns the spotlight toward students. At the Student Scholar Symposium, the main… News Electrical Engineering Department Awards Inaugural Northrop Grumman Undergraduate Scholars A new partnership with one of the world’s foremost aerospace and defense companies is opening doors for UCF electrical and computer engineering students. Four undergraduate… News Silicon Design Company to Use Student Research on Encryption Acceleration Two students from the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science will have the opportunity to apply their research at one of the world’s foremost… 2023 News News Innovation Abounds at Fall 2023 Senior Design Showcase From training simulations for military personnel and an optimization plan for a luxury boat company to a toaster that crisps bread according to your… Faculty Six Papers by UCF Electrical and Computer Engineering Researchers Presented at ICCAD’23 Six papers by UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering researchers were presented at the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), held from… Faculty UCF Receives 3 Minority Serving Institution Awards to Promote Collaborations with NASA The funding is designed to foster long-term partnerships between NASA and MSIs and to give eligible research projects the chance to pursue larger grants in… News High-Tech Hardware Gift Elevates Learning for UCF Electrical and Computer Engineering Students Reza Abdolvand, Ph.D., chair of UCF’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, couldn’t be happier about the new advanced electrical engineering equipment that arrived… News Northrop Grumman Undergraduate Research Scholarships Available The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is seeking applicants for four inaugural Northrup Grumman (NG) Undergraduate Scholarships positions starting in Spring 2024. These… Faculty UCF Receives $1.5M NSF Grant to Improve Energy Efficiency of Wireless Communications The award, provided through the National Science Foundation’s Addressing Systems Challenges through Engineering Teams program, aims to address problems surrounding engineering systems and networks. … News NSF CAREER Awardee Kenle Chen Leads Advancements in Wireless Communication UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering assistant professor Kenle Chen has been named a 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development… News Intel Undergraduate Scholarship Position Available for ECE Students The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is seeking three undergraduate students to assist the UCF cleanroom staff for the Fall 2023 and Spring… Faculty UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Hires 12 New Faculty Twelve new faculty members are joining the UCF Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science for the 2023-2024 academic year. This highly-qualified group of… Faculty UCF Awards Six ECE Faculty with Promotions and Tenure One-hundred-forty-three UCF faculty members, including six from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, recently achieved significant career milestones in earning promotions and tenure… News ECE Student Awarded Department of Defense SMART Scholarship Electrical and computer engineering student Alexander Green is soaring to new heights thanks to a coveted scholarship that gives him the opportunity to work for… News ECE Faculty Advance in Department of Energy Competition A team of UCF researchers in collaboration with Duke Energy has won an inaugural Department of Energy competition designed to illuminate new ways of processing… News Texas Instruments Scholarship Opportunity The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is seeking one undergraduate student who will be assisting the UCF cleanroom staff for the Fall 2023 and… News AMD Graduate Fellowship Announcement Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at UCF is now accepting applications for the inaugural “AMD Graduate Research Fellowship”. This fellowship is made possible… News AMD Undergraduate Research Fellowship Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at UCF is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 “AMD Undergraduate Research Fellowship”. This scholarship is made… News The SWEet Life Meet computer engineering student and UCF Society of Women Engineers president Jordan Threlfall Engineering was a natural fit for Jordan Threlfall, a Clermont, Fla. native… Awards Raj Mittra Receives USNC-URSI Distinguished Radio Science Award Raj Mittra, a courtesy professor in the UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was awarded the Distinguished Radio Science Award by the U.S. National… Faculty Ronald DeMara Named AAAS Fellow Ronald DeMara, Pegasus Professor at the UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of… News New AMD Partnership Provides Undergraduate Research Fellowship to ECE Students Inaugural AMD undergraduate research fellows John Gierlach and Chase Szafranski High-performance computing giant AMD has partnered with the UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering… Awards Kenle Chen Receives NSF CAREER award Congratulations to assistant professor Kenle Chen! He has received an NSF CAREER award for his research, Non-Reciprocally-Coupled Load-Modulation Platform for Next-Generation High-Power Magnetic-Less Fully-Directional Radio… 2022 News Awards ECE Faculty Member Honored Among 2022 UCF Luminary Awardees Six faculty members were lauded for being leaders and making impacts in their fields during UCF’s annual Luminary Awards. The Luminary Awards are designed to… Awards UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Alumni Honored for Career Achievements To understand a university’s role in shaping the future of the world, a closer look at the 16 University of Central Florida alumni who were… Awards Lockheed Martin Awards Research Grant to Rickard Ewetz Lockheed Martin Awards Research Grant to Rickard Ewetz Lockheed Martin Corporation has awarded a $150K research grant to UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering… Faculty ECE Associate Professor Arthur Weeks Retires After 35 Years at UCF ECE Associate Professor Arthur Weeks Retires After 35 Years at UCF Art Weeks receives an award of appreciation for his years of service to UCF,… Awards Marc Jean and Ashkan Farhangi Receive ECE’s Inaugural Best Graduate Teaching Assistant Award Congratulations to Ashkan Farhangi! Where would we be without our graduate teaching assistants? The grads our faculty rely upon to prepare lectures, teach classes and… Awards Muhammad Rashed Receives David T. and Jane M. Donaldson Memorial Graduate Scholarship Muhammad Rashed has been selected to receive the prestigious David T. and Jane M. Donaldson Memorial Graduate Scholarship for the 2022-2023 academic year. The scholarship… Events Dr. Reza Abdolvand Appointed as Chair of UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is pleased to announce that professor Reza Abdolvand, Ph.D., has been appointed chair of the department. His… News ECE Research Selected as Design Automation Conference (DAC’22) Publicity Paper From left to right: Rodolfo Valiente Romero, Kurt Wilson, Owen Burns, Megan “Miché” Moraes, Nitish Gupta, Zhishan Guo, Yaser P. Fallah, Mahdi Razzaghpour, Nicholas Gray,… Awards UCF Awards Five ECE Faculty with Promotions and Tenure UCF Awards Five ECE Faculty with Promotions and Tenure Consideration for promotion and tenure takes nearly an entire academic year as faculty are evaluated on… Awards ECE Researcher Receives NSF CAREER Award Brian Kim, an assistant professor in the UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been recognized by the National Science Foundation with a Faculty… Awards ECE Alumnus Receives UCF’s Highest Student Honor Recent graduate Christopher Clifford ’21 was one of 26 students honored by UCF with the Order of Pegasus. Awarded each spring, the distinction is the… Awards Zhihua Qu Honored by ECEDHA Zhihua Qu, Pegasus Professor and former chair of the UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received the Outstanding Leadership and Service Award from… Awards ECE Alumni Selected for UCF’s Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Awards Alumni from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering received university-level research excellence awards at the annual Founders Day Convocation. The honors are awarded to… Awards Rahnavard Honored by UCF for Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students Electrical and computer engineering professor Nazanin Rahnavard, Ph.D. received UCF’s Award for Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students at this year’s Founders Day Honors Convocation.… Awards Dr. Zhishan Guo Wins Reach for the Stars Award Assistant professor Zhishan Guo was one of five UCF faculty honored with UCF’s Reach for the Stars award. The honor recognizes early-career professionals with highly… Awards UCF Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Programs Rise in National Rankings All nine eligible programs in the College of Engineering and Computer Science ranked in the top 50 for public institutions, and top 75 overall. UCF… Awards Jun Wang and Greg Welch Elected as IEEE Fellows for Career Achievements Two UCF professors are being honored as 2022 fellows by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a prestigious national distinction. The IEEE announced… 2021 News Faculty Congratulations to Dr. Jun Wang Dr. Jun Wang is being recognized as an IEEE Fellow for his contributions to low-power disk storage system design! IEEE Fellow is “a distinction reserved… Awards RTSS 2021 Best Industry Solution Award Congratulations to Assistant Professor Zhishan Guo on receiving the Best Industry Solution Award at RTSS 2021 for the work entitled “Toward Real-Time Guaranteed Scheduling for… Faculty Congratulations to Dr. George Atia Dr. George Atia has been recently appointed to serve on the Editorial Board of the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (TSP) as an Associate Editor. News FPL, GE Digital Launch New Lab for UCF Engineering Students Microgrid Control Lab Launch November 9, 2021 The Microgrid Control Lab simulates a modern grid control room and will serve as a hands-on learning and… Awards Congratulations to Drs. Brian Kim and Mingjie Lin Congratulations to Drs. Brian Kim and Mingjie Lin October 19, 2021 Dr. Kim and Dr. Lin has received a Defense University Research Instrumentation Project (DURIP)… Awards Congratulations to Dr. Brian Kim Congratulations to Dr. Brian Kim October 19, 2021 Dr. Kim has received an NSF award from the Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS)… Awards Congratulations to Dr. Murat Yuksel Dr. Yuksel has received an NSF award from the Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) to investigate techniques to realize 3D mesh networks composed… Awards Congratulations to Dr. George Atia Dr. Atia has received an NSF award from the Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) to explore new ways to design learning and inference… Awards Congratulations to Professor Qifeng Li Congratulations to Prof. Qifeng Li for his NSF award under the Environmental Sustainability program. News Brain Stimulation Research Published at Nature Biomedical Engineering ECE Assistant Professor Yuxiao Yang recently published a paper at Nature Biomedical Engineering, titled “Modelling and prediction of the dynamic responses of large-scale brain networks… 2020 News Awards Congratulations to Professor Wei Sun Congratulations to Wei Sun for his $4,750,000 award under DOE SETO FY20 Funding Program. Awards 1st Place Award in IEEE MTT-S Student Design Competition ECE students, Haifeng Lyu and Yuchen Cao, advised by Prof. Kenle Chen won 1st Place in IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) the 16th… Awards Congratulations to Professor Ron DeMara Congratulations to ECE Professor Ron DeMara (PI) and his UCF collaborators Laurie O. Campbell and Florencio Eloy Hernandez for receiving their NSF grant. Awards EMSOFT2020 Best Paper Award Congratuations to Assistant Professor Zhishan Guo on receiving the best paper award at EMSOFT 2020 for the work entitled “Efficient Feasibility Analysis for Graph-based Real-Time… Faculty Congratulations to Dr. Fan Yao Assistant Professor Fan Yao has recently received two research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Awards Congratulations to Murat Yuksel, Xun Gong, and Azadeh Vosoughi Congratulations to Murat Yuksel, Xun Gong, and Azadeh Vosoughi for their new NSF award! Awards First Place Best Student Paper Award at IEEE IMS 2020 ECE Ph.D. student, Yuchen Cao and his advisor, Prof. Kenle Chen, won the 1st Place award out of 30 finalists in Student Paper Competition at… Awards Congratulations to Dr. Qun Zhou Congratulations to Qun Zhou for her $3,750,000 award under DOE’s BENEFIT (Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies) funding program. 2019 News Awards Congratulations to Dr. Issa Batarseh Congrats to Issa Batarseh for receiving the R. David Middlebrook Achievement Award from IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS). Awards Congratulations to Dr. Junjian Qi Congratulations to Dr. Junjian Qi for receiving the NSF CAREER Award. His CAREER project, entitled “Deciphering LargeScale Real Outage Data for Cascading Failure Analysis, Prevention,… Awards RTSS 2019 Outstanding Paper Award RTSS 2019 just announced its program (http://2019.rtss.org/program/). The paper “Mixed-Criticality Multicore Scheduling of Real-Time Gang Task Systems”, lead by ECE Ph. D student Ashikahmed Bhuiyan… Awards ECE/RISES Receives Two Awards Today the Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office announced the outcomes of fiscal year 2019 funding program. ECE/RISES received two awards Awards Congratulations to Jun Wang This three-year half-million project aims to develop disruptive learned I/O architectures for today’s big learning applications. The research will use the testbed of a big-data… Awards IMS 2019 Student Design Competition 1st Place Award ECE Ph.D. students, Yuchen Cao and Haifeng Lyu (advised by Prof. Kenle Chen), won the 1st Place award in Student Design Competition “Carrier Aggregation: BAW… News 2020 USNWR Rankings US News and World Report published 2020 ranking of Best Graduate Programs. Our EE and CpE programs are ranked 53 and 52, respectively. Awards New DARPA/SPAWAR Award to Amro Awad and Mingjie Lin Congratulations to Amro Awad and Mingjie Lin for their new grant from DARPA/SPAWAR to investigate novel secure processor architectures. This three-year $1.12M project aims to… 2018 News Awards Congratulations to Murat Yuksel Congratulations to Murat Yuksel for his two new research awards from National Science Foundation (NSF). The first award (https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1836741) aims to design and build multi-element… Awards UCF wins DOE’s 2018 Cyberforce Competition The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the University of Central Florida’s Cyber Defense Team as the national winner of DOE’s 2018 CyberForce CompetitionTM.… Research Dedication of Mittra ARMI Laboratory With generous support of Dr. Raj Mittra, the Mittra Antenna, RF and Microwave Integrated Systems Laboratory is dedicated today. Dr. Mittra, a Courtesy Professor in… Awards Congratulations to Qifeng Li for his NSF project Congratulations to Qifeng Li for his NSF project entitled “Stability, Security and Emergency Control for Reconfigurable Networked Microgrids.” Faculty Big Data Collaboration Focused on Advancing Smart Infrastructure Technologies UCF and Siemens unveiled a new collaboration around smart infrastructure. In addition to the existing Siemens’ Digital Grid Lab, the newly expanded partnership establishes the… Awards CpE Students winning top prizes at Duel Factor Capture the Flag Competition. Our CpE students won the top prizes at Duel Factor Capture the Flag Competition at 2018 Florida Cyber Conference. The Capture the Flag competition was… Awards Online Learning Consortium’s Effective Practice Award Congratulations to Ronald F. DeMara and his collaborators Baiyun Chen and Richard Hartshorne for receiving the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Effective Practice Award for “Elevating… Awards Congratulations to Dr. Fallah Congratulations to Dr. Fallah whose work on connected and automated vehicle technologies has been recognized and featured in the IEEE ITS magazine’s “ITS people” column.… Research Smart Infrastructure Data Analytics Laboratory is opened as the newest research lab in the ECE Department. Smart Infrastructure Data Analytics Laboratory is opened as the newest research lab in the ECE Department. It focuses upon real-time data analytics, learning and control… Awards Congratulations to Nazanin Rahnavard and Ronald DeMara Congratulations to Nazanin Rahnavard and Ronald DeMara for their new NSF project entitled “Cross-layer Adaptive Rate/Resolution Design for Energy-Aware Acquisition of Spectrally Sparse Signals Leveraging… Awards The Collegiate Cyber Defense Club @ UCF won 1st Place in the 2018 Department of Energy Cyber Defense Competition A team of 6 UCF students from the Collegiate Cyber Defense Club @ UCF won 1st Place in the 2018 Department of Energy Cyber Defense… News UCF in partnership with EPRI is hosting an OpenDSS workshop UCF in partnership with EPRI is hosting an OpenDSS workshop on July 26-27. OpenDSS is an open-code power distribution system simulator developed by EPRI (Electric… Awards Congratulations to Amro Awad Congratulations to Amro Awad for his two new research grants on tackling security, privacy and isolation in future computer systems. The first award is from… News Qorvo PhD Fellowship The department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is accepting applications for Qorvo PhD Fellowship. The fellowship is awarded to the top PhD applicant who… 2017 News Awards Dr. Issa Batarseh Received Florida, International Recognition Dr. Issa Batarseh Received Florida, International Recognition November 21, 2017 Dr. Issa Batarseh received Florida, International Recognition. He was recognized by both the Florida Inventors… Awards Professor Wasfy Mikhael Received a Lifetime Service Award Professor Wasfy Mikhael received a lifetime service award for his leadership as the chair of the MWSCAS Steering Committee and for the success of IEEE… Awards WIEC Selected Parveen Wahid as The Winner of The 2017 WIE Inspiring Member Award! IEEE Women in Engineering Committee (WIEC) has selected Parveen Wahid as the winner of the 2017 WIE Inspiring Member Award! The purpose of this award… Awards UCF ECE Won an Award From The Department of Energy’s Energise Program The team consists of researchers from UCF ECE, NREL, HNEI, Siemens, GE, Duke and OPAL-RT, and it is led by Professor Zhihua Qu. 2016 News Awards Congratulations to Yier Jin For His DOE Early Career Award Congratulations to Yier Jin for his DoE Early Career Award. News Congratulations to Heather Lawrence The research aspirations of University of Central Florida engineering student Heather Lawrence, who wants to discover ways to teach computers to analyze and fend off… Faculty Congratulations to Mingjie Lin Congratulations to Mingjie Lin for receiving an NSF CAREER award. News Congratulations to ECE Ph.D. Student Ricardo Lovato (Advised by Xun Gong) ECE Ph.D. student Ricardo Lovato (advised by Xun Gong) received the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for a 3-year period. Congratulations! For the 2016 competition, NSF… Awards Congratulations to Dr. Yuan! Congratulations to Dr. Yuan! At the founders’ day, he has received the 2016 Pegasus Professor Award, highest academic honor of excellence at UCF. News Congratulations to ECE Ph.D. Student Ricardo Lovato ECE Ph.D. student Ricardo Lovato (advised by Xun Gong) received the Student Paper Competition Honorable Mention award (as well as $1,000 travel funds) in 2016… News Congratulations to ECE Ph.D. Students TianJiao Li And Mahmoud Shirazi ECE Ph.D. students Tianjiao Li and Mahmoud Shirazi (advised by Xun Gong) received the best student paper award in 2016 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna… Awards Congratulations to Dr. Xun Gong! Congratulations to Dr. Xun Gong on receiving the Research Initiative Award (RIA) and Reach for the Star Award in 2016 Awards Congratulations to Dr. George Atia Congratulations to Dr. George Atia for receiving an NSF CAREER award for his proposal entitled “Inference-Driven Data Processing and Acquisition: Scalability, Robustness and Control.” 2015 News News Cyberseed IOT Security Competition The IoT Security competition in the CyberSEED was a research challenge that focused on the “Internet of Things.” Faculty Dr. Linwood Jones Featured on WFTV Dr. Linwood Jones is featured on the WFTV 2015 hurricane special. Awards Congratulations to Dr. Xun Gong Dr. Xun Gong receives a DoD DURIP award of $400,000 to purchase equipment for studying and measuring microwave components and antennas. Awards Congratulations to Dr. Ronald DeMara, Steven Pyle, Vignesh Thangavel, and Stephen Williams Congratulations to Dr. Ronald DeMara, Steven Pyle, Vignesh Thangavel, and Stephen Williams, whose paper “Self-Scaling Evolution of Analog Computation Circuits with Digital Accuracy Refinement” received… Awards Congratulations to Dr. Yier Jin Congratulations to Dr. Yier Jin, whose team’s paper titled “HAFIX: Hardware-Assisted Flow Integrity Extension” was selected as a recipient for the Design Automation Conference (DAC… Awards Kalpathy Sundaram Receives Dielectric Science and Technology Award Congratulations to Dr. Kalpathy Sundaram, who will soon be awarded the 2015 Dielectric Science and Technology Division Thomas D. Callinan Award at the ECS 227th… News ECE Senior Design Project Featured on Smithsonian.com Congratulations to Amanda Ross, Mariah Kenny, Benjamin Gafoor, and Phillip Dunlop, whose ECE Senior Design Team’s project about Pressure Reactive Stepping Stones was featured on… Awards Congratulations to Dr. Jiann-Shiun Yuan Congratulations to Dr. Jiann-Shiun Yuan on receiving the College Excellence in Research at the full Professor level and UCF TIP Award this year. Events Congratulations to ECE Ph.D. Student Michael Trampler ECE Ph.D. student Michael Trampler (advised by Xun Gong) received the best student research presentation award in 2015 IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON)… Faculty Congratulations to Dr. Jun Wang Congratulations to Dr. Jun Wang, who received a 2015 UCF Reach for the Stars award. In order to receive the Reach for the Stars award,… 2014 News News Coherence Multiplexed Saw Sensor System The Coherence Multiplexed SAW Sensor system developed at UCF made the 2014 list of NASA’s hot 100 technologies. More information can be found here: http://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/29-ntb/features/technologies/21143-nasa-s-hot-100-technologies-sensors?start=1. Awards Congratulations to Dr. Kalpathy Sundaram Congratulations to Dr. Kalpathy Sundaram, who has been selected as the winner of 2015 Thomas Callinan Award given by the Dielectric Science & Technology Division… Awards Embedded Security Challenge 2014 Congratulations to Yier Jin and the rest of the UCF Team for their performance in this year’s Embedded Security Challenge at NYU-Poly. This is the… Faculty Congratulations to Dr. Juin J. Liou Congratulations to Dr. Juin J. Liou, the recipient of this year’s IEEE Education Award for promoting and inspiring global education and learning in the field… News In Memory of Professor Alireza Seyedi It is with great sadness that we report Professor Alireza Seyedi, Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, October 4, 2014. Faculty Congratulations to Professor Alireza Seyedi Prof. Alireza Seyedi has been selected as one of seventy-seven of the nation’s most innovative, young engineering educators to take part in the National Academy… Awards Congratulations to Ahmed Aldhahab, George Atia, and Wasfy Mikhael Congratulations to Ahmed Aldhahab, George Atia, and Wasfy Mikhael for receiving a Top 10 Student Paper Award for presentation of the paper, “Supervised Facial Recognition… Awards Congratulations to Charna Parkey And Dr. Wasfy Mikhael Congratulations to Charna Parkey and Dr. Wasfy Mikhael for receiving the Best Paper award for their paper, “Linearized Adaptation of Non-Linear Post Conversaion Correction for… News Student Featured on CNN UCF undergraduate Grant Hernandez is featured in an interview that may air on CNN talking about the security of the Nest thermostat, which can be… Awards Congratulations to Dr. Wasfy Mikhael At the IEEE 57th Midwest Symposium on Circuit and Systems (MWSCAS) held at College Station, Texas in August 2014, Prof. Wasfy Mikhael received an award… Faculty Mist Center On August 7th 2014, NSF awarded a new Industry/University Collaborative Research Center (I/UCRC) on Multi-functional Integrated System Technology (MIST). Awards Congratulations to Dr. Kalpathy Sundaram Congratulations to Dr. Kalpathy Sundaram for receiving the “IEEE 2013 Outstanding Student Branch Counselor Award” for outstanding commitment to the educational, personal, professional, and technical… Faculty Congratulations to Dr. Liou Dr. Juin J. Liou received $600,000 from Analog Devices Inc. for his innovative research on the subject of electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection. News Congratulations to Mr. Kevin Joslyn Congratulations to Mr. Kevin Joslyn, a senior BSEE student, who received a 2013-2014 IEEE Power and Energy Systems Scholarship. Faculty Dr. Marwan A. Simaan Elected to The 2014 College of Fellows of the American Institute For Medical And Biological Engineering Marwan A. Simaan, Florida 21st Century Chair and Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science has been elected to the 2014 College of Fellows… Awards Congratulations to Dr. Xun Gong Dr. Xun Gong received $655,937 from DARPA for his innovative research of developing reconfigurable slot-ring antennas. News Volunteer For Science Olympiad National Tournament Each year, the Science Olympiad National Tournament is hosted by a major university, and this year UCF is taking the lead! And we need volunteers! 2013 News News 2013 CSAW ESC Finalists Team UCF Knights, comprised of ECE Undergraduate students Dean Sullivan, Brandon Frazer, Jeff Biggers, Ryan Dixon, Henry Chan, and Victor Medina, received second place at… News Advancing U.S. Renewable Energy And Electric Grid UCF has been awarded $3.2 million to lead one of four national consortia to develop distributed technologies, to increase engineering capacity, and to prepare for… Awards Department of Energy Has Awarded a Total of $12M to 4 National-Network Distributed Technology Training Centers( DTTCS) and 1 National Network Administrator (NNA) Through the Grid Engineering for Accelerated Renewable Energy Deployment (GEARED) program, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at Department of Energy has… News 2013 Selections of National, Regional, and Tier-1 University Transportation Centers (UTCS) Today, the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) announced the 2013 selections of National, Regional, and Tier-1… Faculty In Recognition of Professor Juin J. Liou 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… Awards IEEE 56th International Midwest Symposium 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… News UCF Student Crafts Record-Setting Antenna 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… Faculty Congratulations to Dr. Sundaram 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… News Congratulations to ECE Students Kalyan Karnati And Tianjiao Li 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)… News 2014 USNWR Rankings 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… 2012 News News Congratulations to ECE Ph.D. Student, Ya Shen 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… News 28th Annual Science Olympiad National Tournament 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… Awards Congratulations to Ph.D. Student Ya Shen 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… Faculty Congratulations to Dr. Donald Malocha 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! News Congratulations to Ph.D. Student Zhao Wang Congratulations to PhD student Zhao Wang (advised by Aman Behal) for winning the 2011-2012 University Award for the Outstanding Master’s Thesis. He will be honored… News 2013 Rankings of Best Graduate Schools The US News and World Report published its 2013 rankings of Best Graduate Schools. Our CpE program is ranked #57 out of 99 schools, and… News TI Workshop The Texas Instruments (TI) workshop, recently held at UCF, was an excellent way for our students to learn from and interact with practicing engineers at… News Congratulations to Ph.D. Student Ya Shen Congratulations to Ph.D. student Ya Shen (Co-advised by Xun Gong and Parveen Wahid) for being selected in the top 26 finalists (out of 300+ participants)… News 2012 Science Olympiad National Tournament The Dept. of EECS is proud to support UCF as it hosts the 2012 Science Olympiad National Tournament on May 18-19, 2012. Science Olympiad has… Faculty Congratulations to Dr. John Shen Congratulations to Dr. John Shen, who was selected as the winner of the IEEE Region 3 Outstanding Engineer Award. Region 3 encompasses over 30,000 IEEE… News Congratulations to Justin Luther Congratulations to Justin Luther (advisor: Xun Gong) on receiving the student paper competition 2nd place award in 2012 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS) held… 2011 News News Congratulations to The IEEE PES Scholarship Winners Congratulations to the IEEE PES Scholarship Winners: David Wade, Homa Amini Manesh, Fevri Tokouete, and Jing Zou. Faculty Congratulations to Dr. John Shen Congratulations to Dr. John Shen on receiving the 2011 IEEE Florida Council Outstanding Engineer Award. News Congratulations to Shuyu Chen Congratulations to Shuyu Chen (advised by Dr. Jiann-Shiun Yuan), Haitao Cheng and Ya Shen (advised by Dr. Xun Gong) on receiving 2011 IEEE Orlando Section… Faculty Congratulations to Dr. John Shen Congratulations to Dr. John Shen on receiving the 2011 IEEE Orlando Section Outstanding Engineer Award News Congratulations to Dr. Jia Di Dr. Jia Di, a UCF graduate in 2004, has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering… News Congratulations to Dr. Anwar Sadat Dr. Anwar Sadat, a UCF graduate in 2004, has been promoted to Analog Design Manager at Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas. Anwar Sadat received his Ph.D.… Faculty Invitation to Dr. Wu Dr. Thomas Wu was invited to teach a short course on Synchronous Machine at the Air Force Research Laboratory from July 11 to 13, 2011″ Uncategorized Congratulations Congratulations to Dr. Thomas Wu on his promotion to Professor, and to Drs. Xun Gong and Jun Wang on their promotions to Associate Professor.” News UCF Robot Lands Second Place in Competition Speeding past 53 other schools, the University of Central Florida’s Robotics Club placed second in the 19th Annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition last weekend. More… News Congratulations Prof. Don Malocha is an invited speaker at the June 21st National Academies Symposium on NASA’s SBIR Community.” News UCF Computer Engineering Student Turns Cell Phone Into Mobile Microscope UCF Computer Engineering grad student developed a software that turns a smart phone into a mobile microscope to detect malaria from a digital photo of… News Ph.D. Student Justin Luther Receives an Honorable Mention Ph.D. Student Justin Luther Receives an Honorable Mention in the 2011 IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symposium Student Paper Competition. Awards Dr. Linwood Jones Receives 2011 Award For Faculty Excellence Congratulations to Dr. Linwood Jones for receiving the 2011 award for Faculty Excellence in Menroting Doctoral Students Faculty IEEE Outstanding Service Award Congratulations to Dr. Kalpathy Sundaram for receiving the IEEE Region-3 Outstanding Service Award