UCF College of Engineering & Computer Science

Join us tomorrow as we welcome Sid Mair, retired president and board chair of Penguin Computing, Inc. and managing member/president of EcoPower LLC, to the Leaders Up Close series! He'll share his expertise, perspective on leadership principles, how he has handled challenges and what has been most valuable in his career journey. The seminar will be held tomorrow, March 28, in Eng II, Rm. 102 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. The Leaders Up Close seminar series is a zero-credit course presented by the Engineering Leadership & Innovation Institute at UCF. The course gives students the opportunity to hear from industry leaders and hear about their leadership journeys.

UCF's Day of Giving is April 10. Your gift to the College of Engineering and Computer Science empowers students and faculty to soar to new heights. ? Join us in making a difference! #UCFDayofGiving

As we look forward to our annual Founders' Day celebration next week, we'd like to recognize some incredible students: those who have been selected for UCF's highest student honor, the Order of Pegasus, and those who have been selected for prestigious college and research awards: https://bit.ly/4l07W1Q Congratulations to: ? Order of Pegasus awardees ? Frances Aguayo, industrial engineering Liana Alvarez Garcia ‘24, industrial engineering Julia Going, environmental engineering Aneesha N., computer science Nicole Parker ’24, electrical engineering Justin Phelps ’19 '22MS ‘24PhD, electrical engineering Chloe Pinkston, aerospace engineering ? College Founders Award winner ? Mariana Sorroza ? Outstanding Dissertation ? Furkan Lüleci ’19MA ’24PhD ? Outstanding Master’s Thesis ? Aaditya Bhatia ’24MA

Way to represent CECS! Eric Bissell, a master's student at the UCF Department of Materials Science and Engineering, won the Best Poster Award at the 2025 Florida Semiconductor Summit for his research, “Atomic Layer Deposition on Powders for Precisely Engineered Microstructure and Composition Control of Sintered Ceramics.” Learn more about his work: https://bit.ly/4hLLRkW

“I was thrilled to create an opportunity to enable people to have the education to live the life they want to live.” We're so inspired by UCF Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering alum Corey Frazier, Ph.D., PE ’04 ’07MS, who is empowering first-generation college students and encouraging the next generation to pursue STEM careers through the Dr. Corey A. Frazier First Generation Endowed Scholarship Fund: https://bit.ly/4iJp5ey

Join us on April 10 for UCF's Day of Giving! Support CECS in empowering our faculty and students to innovate and address global challenges. Your donation fuels advancements in AI, aerospace, cybersecurity, sustainability and more! ???? #UCFDayofGiving

Congratulations to Professor Roger Azevedo from the School of Modeling, Simulation, & Training! He has been named a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association. Azevedo’s work looks to develop adaptive learning systems that model and enhance human-machine collaboration, with applications in a variety of fields: https://bit.ly/3DRwJEF

We're looking for a few good judges ?? See innovation in action and support our talented students at the Spring 2025 Senior Design Showcase! Judges review projects virtually and/or in person at our live finalist showcase. Virtual judging opens at 8 a.m. on April 14 and closes at 6 p.m. on April 15. Volunteer judges are free to review projects online anytime during this window. In-person judging for the finalist round is on April 18. Sign up today: https://bit.ly/3DAUGA9

Happy Pi Day to all who celebrate! Did you know that the UCF campus is set up as a series of three concentric circles? Here's the radius for each of those circles. Calculate the circumference for some Pi Day fun! Mercury Circle: 400 ft. Apollo Circle: 800 ft. Gemini Boulevard: 1200 ft.

UCF has ranked among the top U.S. universities on the National Academy of Inventors' list for utility patents granted! We're proud to share that CECS researchers helped contribute to this stellar ranking. See a selection of the innovations that led to patents in 2024: https://bit.ly/3XU03Bd