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The Senior Design capstone courses allow senior-level students to put their newfound knowledge and skills into practice. As teams, they develop innovative ideas to solve real-world problems, and then bring those ideas to life. After judging, the top projects are selected for in-person judging and are eligible for awards in their discipline, including Best in Show. 

Help our student unleash their innovations – and their potential – by sponsoring a project, judging the showcase or shining a spotlight on our Senior Design stories. In return, you have the valuable opportunity to build a workforce pipeline with CECS, network with other industry partners and alumni at the event, and enhance your connections with UCF. 

RECENT WINNERS

Congratulations to the Fall 2025 Senior Design winners!

NEWS

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UCF Engineering Students Place 3rd in NASA Tech Challenge
A group of UCF Knights took home two awards from the NASA MINDS challenge, a collegiate-level competition that encourages students to create new technologies that…
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UCF Students’ AI System Assists Orlando Health Robotic Surgeries
A student engineering project that began with using artificial intelligence (AI) to track cafeteria forks transformed into a system that will help Orlando Health surgeons perform…
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Senior Design Project Helps Alumnus Launch Engineering Career
The Senior Design Showcase is the pinnacle of a UCF engineering student’s academic journey. It’s a chance for students to develop, design and present innovative…
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Youth Suicide Prevention App Wins ‘Best in Show’ at Senior Design Showcase
A potentially life-saving mobile application for youth, designed by computer science students at the University of Central Florida, was awarded “Best in Show” by College…
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From a Farm to Boeing
You can detect a mix of disbelief and excitement in Dale Wagner’s voice as he describes the senior design project he just completed as part…

IMPORTANT DATES

Events
Sign Up Now! Spots are limited. No prior experience necessary. Discover the magic of Risograph printing at UCF! Join us for a hands-on, three-hour workshop at the School of Visual Arts & Design (SVAD), where you’ll learn how to design, layer,…
The UCF softball team hosts Baylor in a three-game series in Big 12 Conference play at the UCF Softball Complex on March 13–15. March 13: 6 p.m.March 14: 4 p.m.March 15: Noon For more information, including tickets, please visit ucfknights.com/sports/softball.
The UCF baseball team hosts Oklahoma State in its Big 12 Conference opening series March 13–15 at John Euliano Park.  March 13: 6 p.m.March 14: 6 p.m.March 16: 1 p.m. For more information, including tickets, please visit ucfknights.com/sports/baseball.