The University of Central Florida College of Engineering and Computer Science is an academic

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of the

University of Central Florida The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university whose main campus is in unincorporated Orange County, Florida. UCF also has nine smaller regional campuses throughout central Florida. It is part of the State University ...

located in

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, United States. The college offers degrees in

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and

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, and houses UCF's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The

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of the college is Michael Georgiopoulos, Ph.D. UCF is listed as a university with "very high research activity" by

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. With an enrollment of over 7,500 undergraduate and graduate students as of Fall 2012, the college is one of the premier engineering schools in the United States. The college is recognized by '' U.S. News & World Report'' as one of the nation's best Engineering schools, and as one of the world's best in the

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rankings. The university has made noted research contributions to modeling and simulation, digital media, and engineering and computer science.

History

The College of Engineering and Computer Science was one of the four original academic colleges when UCF began classes in 1968 as Florida Technological University. The

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approved the creation of a college of engineering on September 16, 1966. The college was launched as the university's College of Engineering and Technologies on March 28, 1969. The college saw the completion of a third Engineering Building which was designed in 2000-2002 for the School of EECS with a $15 million allocation from the State of Florida. In 2005,

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donated $3 million to the College of Engineering & Computer Science, causing the building's name to be the Harris Corporation Engineering Center.

Academics

Housing some of the university's showcase majors, the College of Engineering and Computer Science is made up of the following departments: * Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering (CECE) * Computer Science (CS), and Information Technology (IT) * Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) * Industrial Engineering & Management Systems (IEMS) * Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) * Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) The college has 13

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programs, 14

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programs, and eight

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programs. UCF has been classified as a research university (very high research activity) by the

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. The Graduate School of the College of Engineering & Computer Science is ranked #70 in the Top 100 engineering schools by the U.S. News & World Report. It also featured/features in the Top 100 Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences schools in the world in the ARWU by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The college consists of the Department of

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& Computer Science (EECS), the

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, and Construction Engineering (CECE) Department, the Industrial Engineering and Management Systems (IEMS) Department, and the Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering (MMAE) Department. The ROTC Division consists of the Aerospace Studies Department (

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) and the Military Science Department (

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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science was founded in 1999 as a result of the merger of the School of Computer Science with the Department of Electrical and

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. In 2005, Computer Science and ECE programs were truly merged (administratively and curriculum-wise) as one unified School of EECS. In the summer of 2010, the School of EECS was renamed to the Department of EECS. The Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department has had many major accomplishments in their history. The Computer Science Programming Team participates in the Association of Computer Machinery's International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC) and placed 1st in the fall 2016 and 2017 Southeast

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Regional Programming Contests. Since 1982, the college has placed in the 'Top 3' of the 5 state region. The team finished 13th in the spring 2017 World Finals (Top U.S. team and 2nd in North America). The team improved their ranking in the Spring 2018 World Finals, held in Beijing, China. The team placed 10th overall out of 140 teams, earning a Bronze Medal and North America Champion title. The Programming Team has qualified for and attended 29 Finals since 1983, placing as high as 2nd in the competition. The Computer Science department is also home to the UCF Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Team. Although the

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was established in 2005, it wasn't until January 2013 that UCF entered a team in this competition. In their inaugural season, the UCF CCDC Team finished in 1st Place in the Southeastern Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition and placed 10th at the

. The UCF CCDC Team came back stronger in 2014 and once again won the Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition and placed 1st at the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition to become the reigning National Champions of Cyber Defense. UCF maintained its winning traditions in 2015 finishing in 1st Place at the Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition and claiming the National Championship at the National Collegiate Cyber Defense competition for the second consecutive year.

Rankings

* The Electrical Engineering graduate program is ranked 57th nationally in the 2010 U.S. News & World Report America's Best Graduate Schools. * Computer Science was ranked in the top 100 departments worldwide in 2010 by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. * The CS Doctoral Program was ranked in the top 20 programs by NAGPS in 2001.

Research

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, which is one of the largest research parks in the nation. Providing more than 10,000 jobs, the Research Park is the largest research park in Florida, the fourth largest in the United States by number of companies, and the seventh largest in the United States by number of employees. Collectively, UCF's research centers and the park manage over $5.5 billion in contracts annually. The university fosters partnerships with corporations such as

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, and

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, and through partnerships with local community colleges. UCF also houses a satellite campus at the

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, Florida. UCF is also a member of the

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References

External links

UCF College of Engineering and Computer ScienceUCF Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceUCF Industrial Engineering and Management SystemsUCF Materials, Mechanical, and Aerospace EngineeringUCF Civil, Environmental, and Construction EngineeringUniversity of Central Florida Official Website
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