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
Fall 2026: Effect of Fundraising on Elections Outcomes in Partisan Primaries
2 Spots Open
Fall 2026: Smart-Twin-PM: A Real‑Time, Cyber‑Aware, Physics‑Informed Digital Twin for Predictive Maintenance of CNC Machines
6 Spots Open
Summer 2026: Augmented Reality Perception and Cognition in Outdoor Applications
1 Spots Open
Summer 2026: Deep Multimodal Terrain Recognition for Safe Robotic and Wearable Mobility
3 Spots Open
Summer 2026: Transfer Matrix Solver for Plasmonic Systems
2 Spots Open
Summer 2026: Participatory Governance in Homelessness
2 Spots Open
Summer 2026: NEON SOUL (3D Animated Short Film)
9 Spots Open
Summer 2026: Lived Experiences of Students with Disabilities
1 Spots Open
Summer 2026: Development of a Smart Low-Profile Variable-Stiffness Ankle-Foot Prosthesis
1 Spots Open
Summer 2026: “Who is Mermaid” – Art-Driven Anthology of the Mermaid Myth
7 Spots Open
Summer 2026: Physiologically Responsive AI for Detecting and Managing Driver Impairment States in Semi-Autonomous Vehicles
4 Spots Open
Projects with Full Teams
Accent Processing as Parallel Phonological Systems and Cognitive Dissonance
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
10,000 Boats (2D animated short film)
Full Team
The Attention Safeguard Models (ASM)
Full Team
Development of SafeFall Coach Mobile Application for AI-Based Fall Prevention and Safe Movement Training in Older Adults
Full Team
Hope Card Laws and Regulations Across the United States
Full Team
Understanding Digital File Organization Among Neurodivergent Users
Full Team
Secure and Fault-Tolerant Large Language Models for Embedded Systems
Full Team
Development and Validation of Dynamic Balance Metrics to Predict Fall Risk
Full Team
Children’s Activity and Movement Prescription (CAMP) Study
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
A Spatial Analysis: Food Insecurity Among University students and Access Barriers to Food Assistance Programs After a Natural Disaster
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
How Should AI Explain?
Full Team
Driving While Augmented
Full Team
Writing with Why
Full Team
Exploration of Nozzle Design’s Influence on Plume Surface Interactions (PSI) Physics
Full Team