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.
Project Listings
For more information or questions, contact us at knightresearch@ucf.edu.
Available Projects
Fall 2027: Individual Differences in High-Stakes Security Decision-Making
5 Spots Open
Spring 2027: Enhancing Fruit Tree Crops Health Using Probiotic Targeted Delivery System
1 Spots Open
Fall 2026: Development of a Bilingual Digital Health Intervention to Support Healthy Aging in Hispanic/Latino Older Adults
3 Spots Open
Fall 2026: 3D/2D Hybrid Animated Short Film – Soul Ties
5 Spots Open
Fall 2026: The Impact of AI on College Students with Trauma History and Self-Disclosure
5 Spots Open
Fall 2026: PhyroProtect: Material Science Exploration to Combat Forest Fires
1 Spots Open
Fall 2026: Captin: Sustainable Biopolymer Encapsulation for Biomedical and Agricultural Applications
1 Spots Open
Fall 2026: Engineering Next-Generation Materials to Solve Real-World Problems
4 Spots Open
Fall 2026: LVL CARL
3 Spots Open
Fall 2026: NEON SOUL (3D Animated Short Film)
8 Spots Open
Fall 2026: Development of Optoelectronic Materials for Synapse Devices
2 Spots Open
Fall 2026: 10,000 Boats (2D animated short film)
1 Spots Open
Fall 2026: Evolutionary Insights into the Anatomical Basis of Regeneration from Leaf Cuttings in Scilloideae
2 Spots Open
Fall 2026: A Community-Informed Cyber-Physical Simulation Framework for Aging-Related Caregiving Interaction
1 Spots Open
Fall 2026: Development of a Smart Low-Profile Variable-Stiffness Ankle-Foot Prosthesis
1 Spots Open
Fall 2026: Secure and Fault-Tolerant Large Language Models for Embedded Systems
1 Spots Open
Projects with Full Teams
Improving Older Adult Mobility through the Development and Evaluation of Ambient Assistive Devices
Full Team
Lived Experiences of Students with Disabilities
Full Team
Accent Processing as Parallel Phonological Systems and Cognitive Dissonance
Full Team
Constructing Domestic Violence Through Arresting Officer Narratives
Full Team
Creating Web Apps That Limit Attention Harm Based on the A.S.M. Models
Full Team
Hope Card Laws and Regulations Across the United States
Full Team
Deep Multimodal Terrain Recognition for Safe Robotic and Wearable Mobility
Full Team
Enhanced Supervisory Control of Autonomous, AI-enabled Systems
Full Team
Development and Evaluation of a Wearable Smart Insole for At-Home Gait Monitoring
Full Team
Insurgent Groups’ Innovation and Adaptation
Full Team
Intention-Behavior Gap in Postpartum Women
Full Team
Physical Activity and Health Behaviors Across the Menstrual Cycle
Full Team
Transfer Matrix Solver for Plasmonic Systems
Full Team
Preventing Falls Using a Person Centered Approach
Full Team
Exploration of Nozzle Design’s Influence on Plume Surface Interactions (PSI) Physics
Full Team
From Wildfires to Clouds: Understanding How Smoke Particles Influence Climate and Air Quality
Full Team
The ACCESS Study
Full Team
Evaluating the Protective Role of Lactobacillus Postbiotic Metabolites Against Bile Acid-Induced Genotoxic Stress in Esophageal Disease Progression
Full Team
Exploring Campus Sensory Experiences of College Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder Through Participant-Driven Photo-Elicitation
Full Team
Developing Expert Consensus for Sensory-Supportive Campus Spaces for College Students with Autism: A Modified Delphi Study
Full Team
Exploring AI-Supported Accessibility for Students with Chronic Physical Disabilities in Higher Education
Full Team
Understanding Digital File Organization Among Neurodivergent Users
Full Team
How Should AI Explain?
Full Team
Hemispheric Lateralization: A Comparative Analysis of Left and Right Brain Activation Patterns
Full Team
Neural and Autonomic Re-sponses to Linguistic Mirroring in Conversational AI
Full Team
From Faculty Intentions to Student Impact: Understanding Writing Feedback, Self-Efficacy, and Learned Helplessness
Full Team
Development of SafeFall Coach Mobile Application for AI-Based Fall Prevention and Safe Movement Training in Older Adults
Full Team
Children’s Activity and Movement Prescription (CAMP) Study
Full Team
Assessing Bioimpedance and Body Composition in Humans
Full Team