2024 News

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 robotic dog used by students for research, became an instant sensation during the 2023 Space Game at FBC Mortgage Stadium, captivating the crowd as soon as it stepped onto the…

  The websites you frequently visit and the software programs you use could leave behind clues that make your computer vulnerable to a cyberthreat known as a microarchitectural attack. But one UCF researcher is investigating the cause of these attacks, and discovering ways to prevent them, through a $550,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.…

  While the majority of the new graduates at commencement will be leaving a college campus for good, a select few will head to a new campus. This time however, they’ll be teaching classes, starting their own labs and advising graduate students. Four students from the UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have earned…

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 (IEEE PES) in recognition of their academic excellence and their promising future careers. The IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Initiative is awarded to undergraduates majoring in electrical engineering with exceptional GPAs,…

  Every year on the first Wednesday of April, UCF honors the outstanding accomplishments and contributions of our people on Founders’ Day, our annual celebration of the employees, faculty and students who keep reaching for the stars. More than 150 faculty members were recognized across the university, including several from the College of Engineering and…

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 event of Student Research Week, more than 800 students with over 600 projects present their research to their peers, faculty, staff and judges who award the top poster presentations. This…

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 students have been chosen for the inaugural Northrop Grumman (NG) Undergraduate Scholars program, which provides the opportunity to in UCF research labs, receive mentorship from faculty and intern at Northrop…

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 leaders in high-performance computing. Senior computer science major Parker McLeod and junior computer engineering major Cory Brynds will help Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) investigate more ways to implement fully homomorphic…