Department of EECS
Electrical & Computer Engineering Division
UCF’s ECE and Outreach Activities
Zhihua Qu, Professor and Chair
Bruce Furino, Director of CECS Outreach
Department of EECS
Electrical & Computer Engineering Division
EE & CpE Programs
EE programs: B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D.
CpE programs: B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D.
Educational programs:
• EXCEL program for STEM students (small-session and one-to-one tutoring)
• NSF – IRES (International Research for Experience for Students) on Energy
Conversion
• NSF – IRES (U.S.-France Research and Education on Contextual Reasoning
and its Application to Conversational Agents)
• NSF US-UAE Workshop on Energy Developments
• Joint Korea-USA Project on ESD Protection Solutions for Nanowire-Based
Integrated Circuits
Department of EECS
Electrical & Computer Engineering Division
EE/CpE Undergraduate Enrollment
Undergraduate
Program
Enrollment
EE
CpE
Total
Fall 2012
824
656
1480
Fall 2011
734
590
1324
Fall 2010
644
513
1157
Fall 2009
598
454
1052
Fall 2008
540
397
937
Fall 2007
525
407
932
Department of EECS
Electrical & Computer Engineering Division
EE Program Areas of Study - Required Coursework
• Electrical Networks and Systems
• Digital Signal Processing
• Electronics
• Electro-magnetics
• Digital Systems
• Communications (A&D)
• Linear Controls
• Semiconductor Devices
• Computer Organization
• Embedded Processing
Department of EECS
Electrical & Computer Engineering Division
CpE Program Areas of Study - Required Courses
• Electrical Networks and Systems
• Electronics
• Discrete Structures
• Computer Organization and Architecture
• Data Structures
• Digital Systems Design
• Software Engineering
• Embedded Processing
• Computer Networks
• Operating Systems
• Object Oriented Programming
Department of EECS
Electrical & Computer Engineering Division
R&D @ UCF: Cyber Physical Systems
Department of EECS
Electrical & Computer Engineering Division
R&D @ UCF: Passive Wireless RF Sensor Networks
Photo Micrograph
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SAW OFC Reflector Chip Code
Department of EECS
Electrical & Computer Engineering Division
R&D @ UCF: High-Performance Computing
Department of EECS
Electrical & Computer Engineering Division
R&D @ UCF: High-Temperature Sensor
High
Temperature
Antenna
Sensor
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High Temperature
Antenna
Sensor
Thermocouple
S11 after TD gating (dB)
25oC
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1300oC
-50
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Frequency (GHz)
Department of EECS
Electrical & Computer Engineering Division
STEM Outreach at Departmental Level
Open house events (5 or more per semester)
Information sessions (focused discussions)
Host for Science Olympiad: annual Florida competitions (middle/high schools
and elementary schools), as well as 2012 and 2014 National Competitions
UCF High School Programming Courses (Junior Knights Courses)
UCF High School Programming Tournament (Junior Knights Contests)
UCF High School Programming Summer Institute
NSF RET site on Engineering and Computer Science
Department of EECS
Electrical & Computer Engineering Division
STEM Outreach at College Level
Camp Connect
summer camps for underrepresented students (women, Hispanic, African
American, Latino, American Indian/Alaskan native) going into the 8th
through 10th grades.
Expanding Your Horizons Conference
Introduce girls of grades 6-8 to exciting careers in Science, Math and
Engineering fields
Hands-on experiments
Host for Florida First Regional Robotics Competition
Department of EECS
Electrical & Computer Engineering Division
8th Annual FEEC
Department of EECS
Electrical & Computer Engineering Division
Engineering Road Show
Goal is to help young
students learn about what
engineering is, what
engineers do and Information
on future career
opportunities.
Disney Ind. Eng., SAIC, PEO
STRI (US Army), NAVAIR (US
Navy), Boeing, NASA-KSC,
Student Chapters, PBS & J,
and Others
Department of EECS
Electrical & Computer Engineering Division
ISTF Competition
52.5% Taught me time management skills.
48.9% Learned how to work as part of a team.
39.9% Made me aware of the importance of a specific technical field.
38.6% Showed me that there are interesting careers in science and
technology.
Department of EECS
Electrical & Computer Engineering Division
SECME Regional Comp
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Mouse trap car competition,
Bridge building competition,
Glider competition,
Water bottle rocket competition, and
Egg drop competition