2026

Akash Hari Bharath is the first student to be selected for the Student Professional Activities Service Award for Region 3 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.   The motto of the UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is “Charged to Empower and Serve.” Doctoral student Akash Hari Bharath has exemplified that motto…

  For computer engineering major Kamalakkannan Ravi ’20MSCpE ’25PhD, the goal was never to just earn a doctorate — it was to build artificial intelligence (AI) systems people could trust in the moments that matter most. That bold vision found its momentum at UCF. As a student, Ravi was drawn to a university that encouraged big questions and…

  UCF electrical engineering alum Joe Sleppy ’18 started his first company in high school — an adaptative equipment for exercising, inspired by his mother’s bout with carpal tunnel. When it came time to decide on where to further his education, he wanted to be where the action was. “There’s a lot of places that say, ‘Hey, look…

  Professor Reza Abdolvand has built a career defined by invention, impact and daring ideas. Among them is a system that converts radio waves into electricity, capable of powering small electronic devices or measuring signal strength. Breakthroughs like these have earned him 15 patents and, most recently, national recognition among the world’s leading innovators. Abdolvand…

UCF graduate students who need help navigating their educational journey now have a new resource to turn to: The Graduate Enrichment Mentoring Initiative, also known as GEMiNi. The goal of GEMiNi is to create impactful mentorships that support the personal, professional and academic growth of students in master’s or doctoral programs. The initiative was created…

  Three students from the UCF Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering were awarded scholarships from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power and Energy Society (IEEE PES). Electrical engineering students Isabella Figoni, Andre Llanos and Elvis Rodriguez were among the 244 awardees nationwide who received this year’s scholarship. The honor is awarded to…