UCF Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

George Atia and Yue Wang were awarded $1.2 million from DARPA for their AI-based work on improving autonomous systems such as unmanned aircraft and self-driving vehicles. Their research will help autonomous systems better adapt to unknown variables: https://bit.ly/3SvTqCH

A year into his career at UCF, Assistant Professor Di Wu shares what drew him to Knight Nation, his latest research on computer architecture and how ducklings play a role in his daily routine. Learn more about how Dr. Wu has fully embraced the vision of unleashing potential in our students and faculty.

UCF Assistant Professor is Charged to Unleash Student Potential A year into his career at UCF, Assistant Professor Di Wu shares what drew him to Knight Nation, what he’s working on and how ducklings play a role in his daily routine.

Professor Murat Yuksel is using machine learning to enhance high frequency wireless networks and efficiently navigate environmental obstacles to provide better coverage and quality.

Learn more about his work, funded by the U.S. Air Force Research Lab: https://bit.ly/3W5LYQA

UCF Partners with NASA on New Engineering Graduate Certificate The certificate program will train students to evaluate and test the electrical and electronic components of devices and equipment used in the harsh environment of space.

2 Promising UCF Researchers Earn 2024 NSF CAREER Awards Early-career professors Fan Yao and Li Fang are receiving significant research funding to continue catalyzing their work as part of an annual NSF grant program.

We're so excited to announce an incredible brand-new program: a graduate certificate in electronic parts engineering! We are the only university in Florida partnering with NASA to give students the opportunity to work onsite at one of their facilities to gain real-world experience for this program. 🚀

UCF Partners with NASA on New Engineering Graduate Certificate The certificate program will train students to evaluate and test the electrical and electronic components of devices and equipment used in the harsh environment of space.

We're so excited to offer a new degree program this fall, a Master of Science in Robotics and Autonomous Systems! Students who enroll can take courses in computer vision, machine learning, autonomous vehicles, medical robotics and intelligent systems, and be well prepared to establish careers as robotics engineers across a variety of industries.

Learn more from the UCF Today story: https://bit.ly/45obSC5
See program specifics, including prerequisites, required courses and electives: https://bit.ly/45p8xmC

We're so excited to meet with some very special guests from NASA today as we continue our work on an incredible project. Stay tuned; we're "charging up" to share a big announcement next week! 📢🎓🚀

What a fantastic recognition for Fan Yao and his research: the most prestigious award given by NSF to early-career researchers!

UCF Researcher to Investigate Microarchitectural Attacks Through NSF CAREER Award - UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science 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 $...

As we prepare to celebrate our graduates this weekend, we want to highlight four standout individuals who will be starting their careers in academia this fall. Congratulations and all the best to future assistant professors Sahin Gullu, Muhammad Rashed, Jorge Manrique Castro and Mousam Hossain! Keep reaching for the stars! ✨

Learn more about the new doctoral graduates: https://bit.ly/3Us0aBH

Our students had an outstanding showing at the 2024 Spring Senior Design Showcase, sponsored by TI, Mitsubishi Power, L3Harris and Northrop Grumman. Out of the 180 projects submitted this semester, 45 were chosen to present their work live to the judges today.

Our department had six projects chosen for the live showcase. Congratulations to this semester's winning electrical and computer engineering project, Robotic Automated Platform for Item Delivery!

Thank you our sponsors and volunteer judges for making this showcase possible, and congratulations to all of our seniors for their hard work and dedication on their projects!

Congratulations to senior electrical engineering students Nicole Parker and Maria Bonina Zimath! They received scholarships from the IEEE Power and Energy Society for their outstanding academic achievements and their commendable work as officers of the university's IEEE PES chapter. Way to , Nicole and Maria! ✨ Learn more at https://bit.ly/3U0dRZn

A new partnership with one of the world’s foremost aerospace and defense companies is opening doors for UCF electrical and computer engineering students. Congratulations to our inaugural Northrop Grumman Undergraduate Scholars, Bao Ho, Joshua Joseph, Valentina Terry and Raul Graterol! https://bit.ly/3J7kLFO

To close out Women’s History Month, meet Liz Trader, one of our exemplary computer engineering Ph.D. students and an entrepreneurship coach at UCF’s Blackstone Launchpad. She is passionate about facilitating collaboration between academia and industry.

“One way to emphasize women's accomplishments in engineering is to dispel preconceived notions about how an engineer is supposed to look, talk and act. As a woman who like many others has, at times, felt like I wasn't smart enough, I strive to make sure my explanations are simple and easy to understand, in addition to trying to be bubbly and have good energy during my presentations so people feel welcomed. Because of this, I've been told that my presentations do not look or sound like typical technical presentations and I thought this made me less than. That feeling was reinforced by the MANY shocked faces telling me that I do not look like, sound like, or act like an engineer.

I soon began to realize that my communication style as well as the experiences that influenced it are an important part of the value I provide to any team and I have also had the joy of hearing from so many people who felt competent and capable just because I gave a technical presentation while not looking, sounding, or acting ‘like an engineer.’ I think by opening our minds about what an engineer is supposed to act like we will find that there are so many women who have engineering accomplishments that may not "look like engineering" as well as encourage others to cultivate useful skills.”

For our next Women's History Month spotlight, we are featuring one of our new assistant professors, Enxia Zhang! Dr. Zhang is an incredible role model for our students, faculty and staff. Her research interests include reliability and radiation response in advanced microelectronic devices, and the characterization of defects and their effects on the performance, reliability and radiation response of emerging materials and devices for space applications.

"Working in STEM has provided me with a lot of opportunities to mentor young engineers from many backgrounds. Seeing their growth and professional development is a source of pride."

Meet Maria Bonina Zimath, one of our stellar undergraduate students that we're spotlighting for Women's History Month! Maria is a senior majoring in electrical engineering and serves as president of the UCF student chapter of the IEEE Power and Energy Society.

"It makes me so happy to see the growth of women entering the engineering field and I will continue to encourage more women to pursue careers in engineering. I believe in amplifying women's voices, celebrating our achievements and being part of the story! Let's continue to honor and uplift the accomplishments of women everywhere."

Congratulations to assistant professor Di Wu's computer engineering student, Queenly Xie, for being awarded not one, but TWO travel grants for the International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA) 2024 uArch workshop, and International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems 2024 YArch workshop (ASPLOS).

These highly-selective grants are geared towards early-stage researchers in the computer architecture community. Way to , Queenly! ✨

We're so excited for such wonderful outcomes from the AMD undergraduate fellowship program! Learn how senior computer science major Parker Mcleod, junior computer engineering major Cory Brynds and other student researchers from assistant professor Di Wu's UNARY Lab will help apply their work on implementing fully homomorphic encryption for AMD: https://bit.ly/3TQADD4

UCF Ranks 21st in U.S. Public Universities for Patents with 57 New Inventions in 2023 | University of Central Florida News This is the 11th year that UCF has ranked in the top 100 universities in the world for patents.

We're so proud to share that our alumna Linnette Martinez '19 has been named a UCF Alumni 30 Under 30 awardee! Linnette is one of just seven honorees selected this year from the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science for excellence in career achievements and unwavering dedication to their alma mater. Congratulations, Linnette!

Read more about the honorees: https://bit.ly/3uPUIQ1

CONGRATULATIONS to graduate student Marc Jean! He received the Best Paper Award at the IFIP Internet of Things Conference for his work, "Reinforcement Learning Based Angle-of-Arrival Detection for Millimeter-Wave Software-Defined Radio Systems." We're so proud! ✨

See Marc's paper here: https://bit.ly/3SvqNWu

We're so proud! Congratulations to Pearl Guan!

How the Art of Listening has Fast-tracked a Dream Engineering Career | University of Central Florida News Pearl Guan could barely speak English a few years go. Now she’s about to graduate from UCF and make the kind of impact she envisioned even while she struggled.

Researchers from UCF electrical and computer engineering recently presented SIX papers at the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, the most first-authored papers among all U.S. institutions. Congratulations to our faculty and students! https://lnkd.in/g7yyfwfy

Join us at Lake Claire this Sunday, Dec. 3 at noon for our first-ever ECE social! It's the perfect time to unwind and connect before finals.

The department will have hot dogs and burgers on the grill, and we encourage you to bring a dish from your culture so that we can have a mini-food festival!

Please RSVP by noon on Friday, Dec. 1, to [email protected] or [email protected]. We hope to see you there!

We are so grateful to Rohde & Shwarz for a generous donation that will benefit our students immensely. Their gift, arranged by alumni Paul Shaffer '09 '13MS and Neil Ellenbeck '99, gives our students the opportunity to test and measure advanced components in mobile and wireless communication devices using the latest technology: https://bit.ly/47qNsIn

Congratulations to Kenle Chen! His work on improving the energy efficiency of wireless networks has been supported by NSF with a $1.5M grant.

UCF Receives $1.5M NSF Grant to Improve Energy Efficiency of Wireless Communications | University of Central Florida News The award, provided through the National Science Foundation’s Addressing Systems Challenges through Engineering Teams program, aims to address problems surrounding engineering systems and networks.

We're so proud! Congratulations to computer engineering student Alex Green, who received a Department of Defense SMART Scholarship! The scholarship provides full tuition, annual stipends, a summer internship and guaranteed employment after graduation. ✨

UCF Student Awarded Department of Defense SMART Scholarship | University of Central Florida News The scholarship provides full tuition, annual stipends, a summer internship and guaranteed employment after graduation.