Reza Abdolvand

When students head off to Arizona, it’s usually to enjoy sun and fun in the great outdoors. For four standout UCF engineering students, a trip to the Grand Canyon State was the culmination of months of training for the opportunity to intern for a global leader in semiconductor manufacturing. Electrical engineering majors Arianna Balsamo and…

UCF researchers are known worldwide for their innovative studies, groundbreaking discoveries and contributions to patented technologies that have impacted society and influenced other leaders in the field. Two College of Engineering and Computer Science professors and a three-time UCF alum-turned-courtesy faculty appointee are now being recognized for their achievements that have advanced the quality of life for…

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 has…

The walls in Reza Abdolvand’s office are mostly bare. A few dozen books sit indiscreetly on the lower shelves of a bookcase. There is no evidence of Abdolvand’s induction into the National Academy of Inventors or of his 15 U.S. patents for micro- and nano-devices — they’re literally and figuratively invisible. Abdolvand would rather turn…