Project List
About Project Listings
The Knight Research Scholars Program follows a rolling recruitment model. Research projects may begin accepting team members at any point during the academic year, regardless of how far along into the semester. Projects remain open until the team leader’s desired team size is reached.
Each project listing includes:
- Description of the research study
- The semester recruitment will begin
- The number of available spots for prospective team members
- Requirements to join as a team member
Undergraduate students should contact the listed team leader directly to ask questions and to apply as a team member.
Once a team leader has filled all available spots, it will be moved to the “Full Teams” section below.
For more information or questions, contact us at knightresearch@ucf.edu.
Available Projects
Spring 2026: Secure and Fault-Tolerant Large Language Models for Embedded Systems
3 Spots Open
Spring 2026: Experiments in Digital Theatrical Production
4 Spots Open
Spring 2026: Design, Fabrication, and Human Evaluation of an Active Ankle–Foot Orthosis
1 Spots Open
Spring 2026: Gait Event Detection and Torque Adjustment for Multi-Terrain Locomotion
5 Spots Open
Spring 2026: Interpenetrated Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications
1 Spots Open
Spring 2026: 3D Animated Short Film
11 Spots Open
Spring 2026: AI-Assisted Lens Design and Optimization Web Platform
1 Spots Open
Spring 2026: An Adaptive AI System that Detects Early Physiological and Behavioral Stress Signals and Dynamically Reallocates Task Load in Space Missions
2 Spots Open
Spring 2026: Trends in Burnout Among Veterans Health Administration Employees
4 Spots Open
Spring 2026: Development of a Smart Low-Profile Variable-Stiffness Ankle-Foot Prosthesis
2 Spots Open
Spring 2026: “Who is Mermaid” – Art-Driven Anthology of the Mermaid Myth
3 Spots Open
Spring 2026: Smart-Twin-PM: A Real‑Time, Cyber‑Aware, Physics‑Informed Digital Twin for Predictive Maintenance of CNC Machines
2 Spots Open
Projects with Full Teams
Transfer Matrix Solver for Plasmonic Systems
Full Team
Hope Card Laws and Regulations Across the United States
Full Team
Children’s Activity and Movement Prescription (CAMP) Study
Full Team
Lived Experiences of Students with Disabilities
Full Team
Near Neutral Adjuvant for Antibiotic Compound Trunk Injection
Full Team
Hemispheric Lateralization: A Comparative Analysis of Left and Right Brain Activation Patterns
Full Team
Physiologically Responsive AI for Detecting Driver Impairment in Semi-Autonomous Vehicles
Full Team
Neural and Autonomic Re-sponses to Linguistic Mirroring in Conversational AI
Full Team
How Should AI Explain?
Full Team
Compound Flood Hazard Modeling
Full Team
Accent Processing as Parallel Phonological Systems and Cognitive Dissonance
Full Team
Driving While Augmented
Full Team
Development and Validation of Dynamic Balance Metrics to Predict Fall Risk
Full Team
Writing with Why
Full Team
Algorithmic Cities: The Sociological Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Urban Life
Full Team
Assessing Bioimpedance and Body Composition in Humans
Full Team
Advancing the Technology Readiness of Vigor+: A Buffering Adjuvant for Enhanced Compatibility of Active Ingredients in Agricultural Injections
Full Team
Biodiversity Monitoring with Camera Traps
Full Team
A Spatial Analysis: Food Insecurity Among University students and Access Barriers to Food Assistance Programs After a Natural Disaster
Full Team
Narrative Exploration: Effects of Positive Psychological Self-Regulation Strategies on Neurodivergent College Students
Full Team
Emotional Support Friends: Experiencing the Spectrum of Mental Health through Art and Polite Humor
Full Team
Exploration of Nozzle Design’s Influence on Plume Surface Interactions (PSI) Physics
Full Team
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Prescribing Interventions on Opioid Use in Dental Settings
Full Team