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Doctoral Candidate is First in Florida to Earn Student Service Award

March 10, 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…

Electrical Engineering Students Place Second in Hardware Challenge

May 19, 2025
Students from the UCF student branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) excelled at IEEE Southeast Con 2025, coming away with a second-place finish at a hardware competition that tested their ability to build and program an autonomous robot. Kate Archibald, UCF IEEE conference chair, says that among the boundless opportunities for…

Electrical Engineering Students Earn Scholarships from IEEE

April 4, 2024
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,…