Accolades, Facts & Figures

MSE Chair Tonks awarded American Nuclear Society Fellowship

Michael Tonks, Ph.D., the newly appointed chair of Material Science & Engineering, is celebrating another honor: He was recently selected as a fellow of the American Nuclear Society, known as ANS.

Taylor and Waisome receive inaugural fellowships from UF’s Engineering Leadership Institute

University of Florida’s Engineering Leadership Institute, known as ELI, recently appointed Curtis Taylor, Ph.D., and Jeremy Macgruder Waisome, Ph.D., as inaugural Faculty Fellows.

UF BME faculty named Pruitt Family Endowed Faculty Term Fellows

Faculty members May Mansy, Ph.D., Ana Maria Porras, Ph.D., and Brittany Taylor, Ph.D., have been selected as Pruitt Family Endowed Faculty Term Fellows in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida.

MAE Chair Spearot honored as Distinguished Teaching Scholar

The prestigious University of Florida Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars (ADTS) has a notable new member: Douglas E. Spearot, Ph.D., the interim chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

CISE’s Slepian honored for going above and beyond

The Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) recently honored Research Administrator Michelle Slepian with its 2025 CISE Staff Excellence Award.

ChE’s Yeongseon Jang honored as outstanding junior faculty member

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering on Thursday awarded Yeongseon Jang, Ph.D., the 2025-2026 Pramod P. Khargonekar Award, which honors outstanding junior faculty members undergoing tenure and promotion review.