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CECS Faculty Honors, Society Fellowships, Editorial Positions

National Fellowships

(Societies of highest distinction for the college and departments)

  • National Academy of Engineering

Carolina Cruz-Neira
Department of Computer Science

 

James Baker (CS), Carolina Cruz-Neira (CS), Peter J. Delfyett (ECE – joint), Nicholas Garber (CECE), Deborah Nightingale (IEMS), Gavriel Salvendy (IEMS), Marwan Simaan (ECE), Elaine Weyuker (CS)

  • National Academy of Inventors

Alexander N. Cartwright
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Alexander Cartwright (ECE), Issa Batarseh (ECE), Peter J. Delfyett (ECE-joint), Guifang Li (ECE-joint), Sudipta Seal (MSE), Mubarak Shah (CS-CRCV), Marwan Simaan (ECE), M.J. Soileau (ECE-joint)

 

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science

Issa Batarseh (ECE), Alexander Cartwright (ECE), Ni-Bin Chang (CECE), Narsingh Deo (CS-Emeritus), Charles Reilly (IEMS), Debra Reinhart (CECE-Emeritus), Sudipta Seal (MSE), Mubarak Shah (CS-CRCV), Marwan Simaan (ECE), Zhihua Qu (ECE)

 

  • American Society for Engineering Education

Marwan Simaan (ECE)

 

Issa Batarseh (ECE), Ni-Bin Chang (CECE), Carolina Cruz-Neira (CS), Peter J. Delfyett (ECE-joint), Narsingh Deo (CS-Emeritus), Avelino Gonzalez (CS-Emeritus), Kien Hua (CS), W. Linwood Jones (ECE), Guifang Li (ECE-joint), Abhijit Mahalanobis (CS), Donald Malocha (ECE – Emeritus), Wasfy B. Mikhael (ECE), Zhihua Qu (ECE), Mubarak Shah (CS-CRCV), Marwan Simaan (ECE), Yan Solihin (CS), M.J. Soileau (ECE-joint), Elaine Weyuker (CS)

 

  • American Society of Civil Engineers

Mohamed Abdel-Aty (CECE), Necati Catbas (CECE), Ni-Bin Chang (CECE), Essam Radwan (CECE-Emeritus), Debra Reinhart (CECE-Emerit)

 

Ali Gordon (MAE), Alain Kassab (MAE), Ranganathan Kumar (MAE), Yoav Peles (MAE)

 

  • ASM International

Sudipta Seal (MSE), Yongho Sohn (MSE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Association of Computing Machinery

Narsingh Deo (CS – Emeritus), Elaine Weyuker (CS)

 

  • Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers

Waldemar Karwowski, Charles Reilly

 

Additional Society Fellowships

(Expertise areas within departments)

 

  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Subith Vasu (MAE) **Associate Fellow**

 

  • American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)

Sudipta Seal (MSE)

  • American Society for Engineering Management

Timothy Kotnour (IEMS)

  • American Society for Quality

Ahmad Elshennawy

 

  • American Vacuum Society

Sudipta Seal (MSE)

 

  • The Electrochemical Society

James Fenton (MSE), Sudipta Seal (MSE), Kalpathy Sundaram (ECE)

 

  • Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Waldemar Karwowski (IEMS)

 

  • Institute of Combinatorics and Its Applications

Narsingh Deo (CS – Emeritus), Ron Dutton (CS – Emeritus)

  • Institute of NanoTechnology

 

Sudipta Seal (MSE)

 

  • International Air and Waste Management Association

David Cooper (CECE – Emeritus)

 

  • International Association of Pattern Recognition

Mubarak Shah (CS-CRCV)

 

  • International Ergonomics Association

Waldemar Karwowski (IEMS)

 

  • SPIE (International Society for Optics and Photonics)

Alexander Cartwright (ECE), Mubarak Shah (CS-CRCV), Ni-Bin Chang (CECE)

  • Wessex Institute of Technology

Alain Kassab (MAE)

 

  • World Academy of Ceramics

Sudipta Seal (MSE)

 

Florida-Wide Honors

 

  • Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL) – Mohamed Abdel-Aty (CECE) – 2020 inductee, James Baker, NAE (CS), Alexander Cartwright (ECE) – 2022 inductee, Carolina Cruz-Neira, NAE (CS), Peter J. Delfyett, NAE (ECE – joint), Nicholas Garber, NAE (CECE), Waldemar Karwowski (IEMS) – 2020 inductee, Deborah Nightingale, NAE (IEMS), Gavriel Salvendy, NAE (IEMS), Sudipta Seal (MSE) – 2021 inductee, Mubarak Shah (CS-CRCV) – 2020 inductee, Marwan Simaan, NAE (ECE), Elaine Weyuker, NAE (CS)
  • Florida Academy of Inventors Hall of Fame – Issa Batarseh (ECE), Sudipta Seal (MSE)

 

 

Early Career Faculty Honors

 

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program Award – Mainak Chatterjee (CS), Gita Sukthankar (CS)
  • DARPA Computer Science Study Group or Panel – Kenneth Stanley (CS), Gita Sukthankar (CS)
  • DARPA/MTO Young Faculty Award – Abhijit Mahalanobis (CS), Yoav Peles (MAE), Subith Vasu (MAE)
  • of Energy Young Investigator/Early Career Award – Jun Wang (ECE)
  • NAE Frontiers of Engineering Selections – Necati Catbas (FOE-U.S.-Europe), Niels da Vitoria Lobo (CS), Sudipta Seal (MSE), The late Alareza Sayedi (selected for 2015)
  • NSF CAREER Awards – George Atia (ECE), Hyoung Jin Cho (MAE), Yaser Fallah (ECE), Paul Gazzillo (CS), Ranajay Ghosh (MAE), Xun Gong (ECE), Mark Heinrich (CS), Haiyan Nancy Hu (CS), Helen Huang (MAE), Tengfei Jiang (MSE), Yeonwoong “Eric” Jung (MSE), Kelly Kibler (CECE), Brian Kim (ECE), Akihiro Kushima (MSE), Kawai Kwok (MAE), Joseph LaViola, Jr. (CS), Mingjie Lin (ECE), Fei Liu (CS), Ryan McMahan (CS), Nina Orlovskaya (MAE), Shawn Putnam (MAE), Junjian Qi (ECE), Mehdi Razavi (COM/ MSE joint), Yongho Sohn (MSE), Yan Solihin (CS), Gita Sukthankar (CS), Sharma Thankachan (CS), Jayan Thomas (MSE/NSTC), Rajan Vaidyanathan (MSE), Azadeh Vosoughi (ECE), Thomas Wahl (CECE), Jun Wang (ECE), Liqiang Wang (CS), Pawel Wocjan (CS)
  • Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Awards – Sudipta Seal (MSE), Yoav Peles (MAE)
  • S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency Young Investigator Award – Subith Vasu (MAE)

 

Journal Editorships

 

Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering

 

Mohamed Abdel-Aty; Editor-In-Chief:  Accident Analysis & Prevention

Haitham Al-Deek: Assoc. Editor: Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems

Ni-Bin Chang: Associate Editor: Journal of Environmental Informatics, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Steven Duranceau; Associate Editor: Desalination and Water Treatment

Nikos Makris: Editor: Earthquakes and Structures

Debra Reinhart: Associate Editor: Waste Management

Omer Tatari: Subject Editor: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, Springer

Kelly Kibler: Associate Editor: Journal of Hydrology

 

 

 

Computer Science

 

Ladislau Bölöni: Member of editorial board: International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing (Inderscience)

Mainak Chatterjee: Member of Editorial Board: Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal (Elsevier), Member of Editorial Board: Computer Communications Journal (Elsevier)

Carolina Cruz-Neira: Chief Editor: Frontiers Journal, VR in Industry

Associate editor: Computers and Graphics

Damian Dechev: Associate Editor: Cluster Computing (Springer)

Haiyan (Nancy) Hu: Member of editorial board: The International Journal on Bioinformatics and Biotechnology

Kien A. Hua: Associate Editor: ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications, Associate Editor: International Journal of Advanced Information Technology

Associate Editor: International Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications

Charles Hughes: Associate Editor: Entertainment Computing, Review Editor: Frontiers in Virtual Reality (Industry section), Member of Scientific Board: Journal of Cybertherapy and Rehabilitation

Joseph J. LaViola, Jr.: Associate Editor: ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems, Associate Editor: International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (Elsevier)

Gary T. Leavens: Editorial Board Member: Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development (Springer-Verlag), Associate Editor: Journal of Object Technology (online), Assistant editor: Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM) (published by Springer-Verlag)

Fei Liu: Standing Review Committee: Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics, Associate Editor: ACM Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing

Abhijit Mahalanobis: Associate Editor: Applied Optics journal (Optical Society of America)

Ryan McMahan; Associate Editor: International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Associate Editor: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

David Mohaisen: Associate Editor: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Associate Editor: Computer Communication (Elsevier), Area Editor: ETRI Journal (Wiley), Co-Editor-in-Chief: EAI Transactions on Security and Safety

Yogesh Singh Rawat: Associate Editor: Machine Vision and Applications (Springer)

Dirk Reiners: Associate editor: Frontiers Journal, VR in Industry, Associate editor: Frontiers Journal, Technologies for VR

Mubarak Shah: Series Editor: Video Computing, International Book Series (Kluwer Academic Publishers)

Yan Solihin: Associate Editor: IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Damla Turgut: Associate Editor: Ad Hoc Networks (Elsevier), Associate Editor: Wiley’s International Journal of Communications Systems, Associate Editor: International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, Associate Editor: Infocommunications Journal, Associate Editor: Guest Editor of the special issue on Cognition in Software Defined Sensor Networks for the Next Generation Cellular Services special issue in Elsevier Cognitive System Research Journal

Sharma V. Thankachan: Guest Editor: Special Issue of IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics for the BIOKDD 2019 Workshop

Pamela Wisniewski: Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Social Computing

Annie S. Wu: Editorial Board Member: Evolutionary Computation Journal (MIT Press), Editorial Board Member: Memetic Computing Journal (Springer)

Shibu Yooseph: Editorial Board Member: Microbiome Journal

Shaojie Zhang: Associate Editor: Frontiers in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Specialty Section of Frontiers in Genetics, Editor: Frontiers in Non-Coding RNA

 

 

Industrial Engineering and Management Systems

 

Waldemar Karwowski: Editor:  Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing and Service Industries, Editor-in-Chief:  Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Tim Kotnour: Associate Editor, Journal for Enterprise Transformation

Michael Proctor: Associate Editor, Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation

Petros Xanthopoulos: Associate Editor, Optimization Letters, (Springer); Associate Editor, International Journal of Biomedical Data Mining (Omics Online)

Qipeng Zheng: Associate Editor, Energy Systems

 

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

 

Jan Gou: Associate Editor, International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials

Alain Kassab: Associate Editor, Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering

Engineering Analysis, Advances in Boundary Elements

Ranganathan Kumar: Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Thermal Sciences and Engineering Applications

Faissal Moslehy: Associate Editor, Journal of Management and Engineering Integration

Yoav Peles: Associate Editor, Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering (NMTE)

Editorial Board member, Interfacial Phenomena and Heat Transfer

 

University Honors

 

  • UCF Pegasus Professors – Mohamed Abdel-Aty (CECE), Issa Batarseh (ECE), Michael Georgiopoulos (ECE), Avelino Gonzalez (CS- Emeritus), Kien Hua, Charles Hughes (CS), Jayanta Kapat (MAE), Waldemar Karwowski (IEMS), Alain Kassab (MAE), Ranganathan Kumar (MAE), Donald Malocha – (ECE – Emeritus), Debra Reinhart, Sudipta Seal, Mubarak Shah, Yongho Sohn, Martin W. Wanielista (CECE – Emeritus), Zhihua Qu, Jiann-Shiun Yuan
  • UCF Trustee Chair Professorship – Mohamed Abdel-Aty, Sudipta Seal, Mubarak Shah

 

CS PhD Admission Requirements
• A strong undergraduate background in Computer Science or closely related areas (e.g. Software Engineering, IT, Computer and Electrical Engineering) • 3.0 GPA • GRE: No minimum but preferably Q:160, V:150 or above • TOEFL80/IELTS 7 (only for international students) • Duolingo English Test is acceptable. You must score a 120 for the test to be accepted. • Three letters of recommendation
ECE PhD Admission Requirements
• Hold a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) or Computer Engineering (BSCpE) with 3.0 or Greater GPA • GRE at Least 308 on the Quantitative & Verbal Sections: (Q+V)>=308 • Three Letters of Recommendation for PhD – from your professors • Résumé • A Statement of Educational, Research, & Professional Career Objectives
Industrial PhD Admission Requirements
• Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering or a closely related field with GPA of 3.0 or greater • Official transcript • An official, competitive GRE score taken within the last 5 years • Three letters of recommendations • Resume • Goal Statement
Materials Science PhD Admission Requirements
• Earned a bachelor’s or master's degree • Earned a 3.0 GPA or better • GRE is not required • Application form • Official Transcript • Resume • Personal statement • Three recommendation letters
MAE PhD Admission Requirements
• Resume • Personal Essay • 3 Letters of Recommendation • Transcripts • WES/Josep Silny Evaluations • TOEFL (>=80) and IELTS (>=6.5) for International Applicants • Duolingo English Test is acceptable. You must score a 120 for the test to be accepted.
CECE PhD Admission Requirements
3.0 GPA – can submit 2 applicants with < 3.0 per program (domestic only). • 3.0 GPA – absolute for international applicants. • GRE required. • International transcripts evaluation by WES or Josef Silny required. • TOEFL 80, IELTS 6.5, or via UCFs ELI for international students from non-English speaking countries. • Duolingo English Test is acceptable. You must score a 120 for the test to be accepted. • Essay: 1.5 pages at most including why do you want to obtain the degree and what will it make you capable of that you can’t do with your current knowledge/credentials. • 3 Letters of Recommendation.
CECE PhD Admission Requirements
3.0 GPA – can submit 2 applicants with < 3.0 per program (domestic only) • 3.0 GPA – absolute for international applicants • No GRE required for admission; is required for some fellowships • Spring 2024 Admission: GRE will be required and the WES evaluation will not be required. • International transcripts evaluation by WES or Josef Silny required • TOEFL 80, IELTS 6.5, or via UCFs ELI for international students from non-English speaking countries • Screening Process for International Students delays admission process weeks or, sometimes, a month or two • Essay: 1.5 pages at most including why do you want to obtain the degree and what will it make you capable of that you can’t do with your current knowledge/credentials • 3 Letters of reference
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CS MS Admission Requirements
• A strong undergraduate background in Computer Science or closely related areas (e.g. Software Engineering, IT, Computer and Electrical Engineering) • 3.0 GPA • GRE: No minimum, but preferably Q:160, V:150 or above • TOEFL 80/IELTS 7 (only for international students) • Duolingo English Test is acceptable. You must score a 120 for the test to be accepted. • Lacking the background, a prospective applicant can take the following prerequisite courses as non-degree seeking and scoring “B” or better in all of these course: • EEL 4768C Computer Architecture • COP 4020 Programming Languages I • COP 4600 Operating Systems • COT 4210 Discrete Computational Structures • and/or related industry experience. • 2 Letters of Recommendation
CECE MS Admission Requirements
• 3.0 GPA – can submit 2 applicants with < 3.0 per program (domestic only)
• 3.0 GPA – absolute for international applicants
• GRE is not required
• International transcripts evaluation by WES or Josef Silny required
• TOEFL 80, IELTS 6.5, or via UCFs ELI for international students from non-English speaking countries College of Engineering and Computer Science MS Admission
• Duolingo English Test is acceptable.  You must score a 120 for the test to be accepted.
• Essay: 1.5 pages at most including why do you want to obtain the degree and what will it make you capable of that you can’t do with your current knowledge/credentials
• 3 Letters of Recommendation.
ECE MS Admission Requirements
• Hold a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) or Computer Engineering (BS-CpE) with 3.0 or Greater GPA • Two Letters of Recommendation • No GRE is required • Résumé • A Statement of Educational, Research, & Professional Career Objectives • Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc. only.
Industrial MS Admission Requirements
• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering or a closely related field with GPA of 3.0 or greater • Mathematics through Calculus II (MAC 2312 or equivalent) • An undergraduate course in engineering probability and statistics • Familiarity with at least one programming language (such as Python, C, C++, Visual BASIC, Java, etc.) • Official transcripts • Two letters of recommendations • Resume • Goal Statement
Materials Science MS Admission Requirements
• A bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering or a closely related discipline. • The GRE is not required for admission to this program. Résumé. • Statement of educational, research, and professional career objectives. • Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc. only. • No Letters of Recommendation Required.
Computer Vision MS Admission Requirements
• The GRE is not required for admission to this program. • Résumé. • 1 Letter of recommendation • Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc. only.
Cyber Security MS Admission Requirements
• An earned Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in a field related to cyber security, or have taken several basic computer or cyber security courses in Bachelor study, or have obtained one or two cyber security related professional certificates. • A minimum GPA of 3.0 (on a scale of 4.0) in all work attempted as an undergraduate student or in the last 60 attempted hours for the Bachelor's degree. • A personal statement (essay) not exceeding 500 words describing the applicant's academic and professional experiences and goals. • One letter of recommendation assessing the applicant's potential to do master's-level work. • Résumé. • GRE is NOT required.
Digital Forensics MS Admission Requirements
• An earned Bachelor's degree from an accredited university. • A minimum GPA of 3.0 (on a scale of 4.0) in all work attempted as an undergraduate student or in the last 60 attempted hours for the Bachelor's degree, or, a graduate degree or professional degree or equivalent from a regionally accredited US institution in a field related to digital forensics • A personal statement (essay) not exceeding 500 words describing the applicant's academic and professional experiences and goals. • One letter of recommendation assessing the applicant's potential to do master's-level work. • Résumé.
Modeling and Sim MS Admission Requirements
• The GRE is not required for admission to this program. • Résumé or Curriculum Vitae • Goal statement: The goal statement should discuss all relevant professional background and any previous academic, research, and/or teaching experience. • Two letters of recommendation: The letters of recommendation should: 1. Address the educational and career goals of the applicant. 2. Clearly address the applicant’s ability to perform graduate-level study and research. 3. The letter writers should also know the applicant well enough to discuss the applicant’s capacity to perform, excel and succeed in a graduate program. • Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation.
Modeling and Sim PhD Admission Requirements
• A competitive score on the GRE, taken within the past five years. • Résumé or Curriculum Vitae • Goal statement: The goal statement should discuss all relevant professional background and any previous academic, research, and/or teaching experience. • Three letters of recommendation: The letters of recommendation should: 1. Address the educational and career goals of the applicant. 2. Clearly address the applicant’s ability to perform graduate-level study and research. 3. The letter writers should also know the applicant well enough to discuss the applicant’s capacity to perform, excel and succeed in a graduate program. • Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation.
Trasportation Engineering Admission Requirements
In addition to the general UCF graduate application requirements, applicants to this program must provide:
  • One official transcript (in a sealed envelope) from each college/university attended.
  • A Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering or another closely related engineering degree.
  • Résumé.
  • Statement of educational, research, and professional career objectives.
  • Three letters of recommendation.
  • Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc. only.
The GRE is not required, however, taking the GRE is highly recommended for students wishing to pursue a thesis. In order to be considered for any fellowships, a GRE score is required. 

For international students interested in UCF Global Pathway Program (immersive English-language learning), please contact Dr. Ali P. Gordon for guidance.

Healthcare Systems Engineering Admission Requirements
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering or a closely related field with GPA of 3.0 or greater
  • Mathematics through Calculus II (MAC 2312 or equivalent)
  • An undergraduate course in engineering probability and statistics
  • Familiarity with at least one programming language (such as Python, C, C++, Visual BASIC, Java, etc.)
  • Official transcripts
  • Two letters of recommendations
  • Resume
  • Goal Statement

For international students interested in UCF Global Pathway Program (immersive English-language learning), please contact Dr. Ali P. Gordon for guidance.


Computer Forensics Admission Requirements

Admission is open to those with a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution recognized by UCF. An application to the graduate certificate program and official transcripts must be submitted. Applicants must apply online. All requested materials must be submitted by the established deadline.

Admission to the program is competitive on a space-available basis. Final admission is based on evaluation of the applicant's abilities, past performance and the applicant's potential for completing the certificate.

• No Letters of Recommendation Required.

For international students interested in UCF Global Pathway Program (immersive English-language learning), please contact Dr. Ali P. Gordon for guidance.

Project Engineering Admission Requirements
Admission is open to those with a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering or a closely related discipline from an accredited institution recognized by UCF. An application to the graduate certificate program and official transcripts must be submitted. Applicants must apply online. All requested materials must be submitted by the established deadline.

Applications are accepted for the fall and spring terms only.

• No Letters of Recommendation Required.

For international students interested in UCF Global Pathway Program (immersive English-language learning), please contact Dr. Ali P. Gordon for guidance.
Quality Assurance Admission Requirements
Admission is open to those with a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering or a closely related discipline from an accredited institution recognized by UCF. An application to the graduate certificate program and official transcripts must be submitted. Applicants must apply online. All requested materials must be submitted by the established deadline.

Applications are accepted for the fall and spring terms only.
• No Letters of Recommendation Required.

For international students interested in UCF Global Pathway Program (immersive English-language learning), please contact Dr. Ali P. Gordon for guidance.
Systems Engineering Admission Requirements
Admission is open to those with a bachelor's degree in engineering or a closely related discipline from an accredited institution recognized by UCF. An application to the graduate certificate program and official transcripts must be submitted. Applicants must apply online. All requested materials must be submitted by the established deadline.

  • In addition, applicants to this certificate must provide: Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc only.
Applications are accepted for the fall and spring terms only.

• No Letters of Recommendation Required.

For international students interested in UCF Global Pathway Program (immersive English-language learning), please contact Dr. Ali P. Gordon for guidance.
Mixed Reality Engineering Admission Requirements
Admission is open to those with a bachelor's degree in computer science or a closely related discipline from an accredited institution recognized by UCF with a minimum GPA of 3.0. An application to the graduate certificate program and official transcripts must be submitted. Applicants must apply online. All requested materials must be submitted by the established deadline.

In addition, applicants to this certificate must provide:

  • Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation.
  • Applications are accepted for the fall and spring terms only.
• No Letters of Recommendation Required.

For international students interested in UCF Global Pathway Program (immersive English-language learning), please contact Dr. Ali P. Gordon for guidance.
Guidance Control and Dynamics Admission Requirements
For information on general UCF graduate admissions requirements that apply to all prospective students, please visit the Admissions section of the Graduate Catalog. Applicants must apply online. All requested materials must be submitted by the established deadline.
In addition to the general UCF graduate application requirements, applicants to this program must provide:
  • One official transcript (in a sealed envelope) from each college/university attended.
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related discipline with a minimum GPA 3.0
  • Résumé.
  • Statement of educational, research, and professional career objectives.
  • Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc. only.
  • No Letters of Recommendation Required.
For international students interested in UCF Global Pathway Program (immersive English-language learning), please contact Dr. Ali P. Gordon for guidance.
Travel Technology and Analytics Admission Requirements
  • The GRE/GMAT is required
  • A goal statement. This is your opportunity to outline in 500 words why you wish to join the program, what you think you will contribute to the program, and how you feel the program will enhance you both personally and professionally in the future.
  • Updated résumé.
  • Three letters of recommendation.
  • Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc. only.
  • A computer-based TOEFL score of 220 or 80 on the internet-based TOEFL is required if an applicant is from a country where English is not the official language, or if an applicant’s degree is not from an accredited U.S. institution, or if an applicant did not earn a degree in a country where English is the official language or a university where English is the official language of instruction. Although we prefer the TOEFL, we will accept IELTS scores of 6.5.
  • Duolingo English Test is acceptable.  You must score a 120 for the test to be accepted.
Systems Engineering Admission Requirements
  • The GRE is not required for admission to this program.
  • Resume or Curriculum Vita
  • Goal statement
    • The goal statement should discuss all relevant professional background and any previous research and/or teaching experience. The statement should explain the motivation behind the pursuit of an MSSE. Future educational and career goals after the completion of the applicant’s master study should be discussed.
    • If the applicant is interested in completing a Master thesis, then the applicant must clearly describe the particular area of research interest. The applicant should identify at least one UCF faculty member who shares a similar research focus and is believed to be best suited to serve as a potential thesis advisor. 
    • The goal statement should between 500 and 1,000 words.
  • Two letters of recommendation
    • The letters of recommendation should be from faculty members, university administrators, and employers with a supervisory role of the applicant. The letters, which must be current to the application and must not be for another degree program, should address the educational and career goals of the applicant. The letter writers should also know the applicant well enough to discuss the applicant’s capacity to perform, excel and succeed in a graduate program. Letters for Master’s thesis students must discuss the applicant’s ability to perform graduate-level research.
  • Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc. only.
Data Analytics Admission Requirements
    • The GRE is not required for admission to this program.
    • Résumé.
    • 2 Letters of recommendation
    • Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc. only.

An undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Information Technology, or Computer Engineering is desirable but not required. Applicants without a strong undergraduate background in Computer Science and Statistics must demonstrate an understanding of the material covered in upper-division undergraduate courses listed under the Articulation Section of the Curriculum Information. Applicants may choose to demonstrate their knowledge of these courses by taking these courses as non-degree seeking and scoring “B” or better in all of them.

Biomedical Engineering Admission Requirements
  • A bachelor’s degree in Biomedical, Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, or a closely related discipline. 
  • The GRE is not required for admission to this program.
  • Résumé.
  • Statement of educational, research, and professional career objectives.
  • Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc. only.
  • No Letters of Recommendation Required.
Aerospace Engineering Admission Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or closely related discipline.
  • The GRE is not required for admission to this program.
  • Résumé.
  • Statement of educational, research, and professional career objectives.
  • Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc. only.
  • TOEFL 80, IELTS 6.5
  • Duolingo English Test is acceptable.  You must score a 120 for the test to be accepted.
  • Letters of Recommendation (Optional)
Mechanical Engineering Admission Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or closely related discipline.
  • The GRE is not required for admission to this program.
  • Résumé.
  • Statement of educational, research, and professional career objectives.
  • Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc. only.
  • No Letters of Recommendation Required.
Biomedical Engineering PhD Admission Requirements
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering or closely related discipline.
  • Official, competitive GRE score taken within the last five years.
  • Résumé.
  • A written statement of experience and research, areas of current and future potential research interests, and future career goals.
  • Three letters of recommendation.
HEC 101A&B
  • Camera
  • Multiscreen
  • Projector/Screen
  • Touch Screen
  • Microphone
  • Food Allowed*
  • Projector Panel
  • Document Camera
*Room users should leave the room clean and ready for any groups meeting after them. Food and trash must be placed in cans outside of the room.
Master in FinTech Admission Requirements
• A Bachelor’s degree in a STEM-related discipline or business discipline from an accredited institution recognized by UCF. • The GRE is not required for admission to this program. • Completed coursework in statistics, econometrics, computer science (Artificial Intelligence) is preferable. • A goal statement. This is your opportunity to outline in 500 words why you wish to join the program, what you think you will contribute to the program, and how you feel the program will enhance you both personally and professionally in the future. • Updated résumé. • Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc. only. • Test of English as a Foreign Language for Non-U.S. Citizens: A TOEFL or IELTS is required of all applicants who do not have a degree from a U.S. institution or English instruction institution. A minimum score of 577 paper-based; 233 computer-based; 91 Internet-based; or 7.0 IELTS is required. For more information on exams and locations, go to www.ets.org/toefl.
• Duolingo English Test is acceptable.  You must score a 120 for the test to be accepted.
• No Letters of Recommendation Required.
Masters in Engineering Management Admission Requirements
• General UCF graduate application requirements • One official transcript (in a sealed envelope) from each college/university attended • Résumé or Curriculum Vita • Goal statement • Two letters of recommendation • Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc. only.
Big Data Analytics PhD Admission Requirements
  • A Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in statistics, data analytics or a related field from an accredited U.S. institution recognized by UCF or its equivalent from a foreign institution.
  • The GRE is not required for admission to this program.
  • A current curriculum vitae.
  • A personal statement identifying the area of research interest and a description of the applicant’s academic and professional experiences.
  • Three letters of recommendation.
  • The student should have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 for all bachelor’s level work completed.
  • Applicants to this program, except those that have earned or will earn a Masters or Doctoral degree from an accredited U.S. institution recognized by UCF, who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc. only.
Robotics and Autonomous Systems MS Admission Requirements
• The GRE is not required for admission to this program. • Résumé. • Two Letters of recommendation • Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc. only.
Engineering Management - Professional Project and Systems Engineering MS Admission Requirements
• A bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a closely related discipline. • A letter of recommendation from the corporate sponsor. • Résumé. • Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) or Josef Silny and Associates, Inc. only.
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