The Best Graduate Research in the State
Some of the state’s best graduate students came together April 22 for the third Statewide Graduate Student Research Symposium at the University of Florida. The University of Central Florida had eleven students present their research, with two of our students taking top honors in Life Sciences and Engineering categories.
The symposium, an initiative of the Florida Council of Graduate Deans, aims to promote the important role graduate education plays in driving new knowledge and the economy in Florida and beyond.
Those who participated were able to earn bragging rights for their top research projects in the state. The symposium also provided them with opportunities to share scholarly research and to network and discuss possible research collaborations with other students and faculty in the state of Florida.
Nearly 70 graduate students representing eight universities from across Florida displayed their research through poster presentations. Students had already earned top marks in their category from their own respective university graduate research competitions. First and second place certificates were awarded in each of the seven categories: Arts and Humanities, Biological Sciences, Education, Engineering, Health Sciences, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences.
UCF graduate students that competed in the symposium were all winners from this year’s Graduate Research Forum. Abigail Woltering in Life Sciences and Khurram Soomro in Engineering were awarded as first place winners.
Congratulations to all of our students who represented UCF at the Statewide Research Symposium, and congratulations to our winners.
![]() |
From left to right: The Statewide Graduate Student Research Symposium UCF Participants, Craig Neal, Rocky Brighton, Jennifer Miller, Abigail Woltering, Naomi Wheeler, Sara Gitto, Sara Bryson, Zeinab Sanjabieznaveh, Khurram Soomro, Alyssa Varanoske and James Padgett. |
Share This Article

UCF Student Research Week 2023 Kicks Off with the Academic Exhibition of the Year
UCF students will share their findings with the university community during Student Research Week, March 27-31. Compiling and condensing all their work on one poster each, students will present their work...
Latest News

UCF Researcher Creates World’s First Energy-saving Paint – Inspired by Butterflies
University of Central Florida researcher Debashis Chanda, a professor in UCF’s NanoScience Technology Center, has drawn inspiration from butterflies to create the first environmentally friendly, large-scale and multicolor alternative to pigment-based...

A World of Possibilities is Right Here
The requests come regularly to the research teams at UCF’s Institute of Simulation and Training (IST). The change leader of a company or with a government agency wants to know how they can take...

UCF Researcher Receives DOE Funding to Advance Human Understanding of AI Reasoning
A University of Central Florida researcher has received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to enhance the current understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) reasoning. The project focuses on...

UCF Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship Drives Excellence, Provides Aid
As the cost of living has risen dramatically over the past several years, financial assistance has become a vital component of student success. There is no doubt that completing a...