Research Areas

Overview of Research in ECE at UCF

We have talented students, dedicated faculty, state-of-the-art facilities, and quality educational programs. Through delivering research-based education to our students and facilitating technology transfers, ECE faculty continue their research endeavors that generate new knowledge and support technology advances as well as economic growth.

ECE is home to the FEEDER Center, one of national-network centers funded by the US Department of Energy under the GEARED program. Also affiliated with ECE is the MIST Center, an NSF I/UCRC program. ECE research is categorized into the following four focus groups, each of which consists of several areas:

• Computer Systems and Architecture
Data-intensive High Performance Computing, Massive Storage and File System, I/O Architecture
Computer Architecture and Evolvable Hardware
Secure, Trusted, and Reliable Processor and ASIC Design; Cyber Security and Cryptography
• Cyber-Physical Systems (Communication, Controls, Signal Processing, and Energy Systems)
Networked Systems, Cooperative Control, Optimization and Games
Autonomous Robotic Vehicles, Medical and Assistive Robotics
Smart Grids, Distributed Generation and Optimization, Protection and Control
Biomedical Devices and Control
Digital Signal Processing, Detection and Estimation
Communication Theory, Cognitive Radios and Networks, Wireless Communication and Sensor Networks
Machine Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Distributed Decision
• Micro and Nano Systems
Microwave Sensors, Antennas, Phased Arrays and Integrated RF
Micro- and Nano- Electronics, MEMS devices, Device Modeling, Acoustic Wave Devices
Power electronics, Power Semiconductor devices and ICs
Optoelectronic Materials, Thin Films Micromachining
• Electromagnetics and Sensing
Microwave Sensors, Antennas, Phased Arrays and Integrated RF
Remote Sensing, Satellite Communications