Accolades, Facts & Figures

ECE ‘star Gator’ Farimah Farahmandi wins 40 Under 40 alumni award

Farimah Farahmandi, Ph.D., Walden C. Rhines Endowed Professor for Hardware Security and associate director of the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity, has received UF’s 40 Under 40 alumni award. In April, Farahmandi will also receive the Distinguished Young Alumni Award from UF’s Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering.

Three ECE faculty members awarded new Malachowsky professorships

The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering awarded three faculty members with endowed professorships this month thanks to Nvidia co-founder and University of Florida engineering graduate Chris Malachowsky.  

Porras Selected as a 2026 Emerging Leader by AIMBE

Ana Maria Porras, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, has been named a 2026 Emerging Leader by the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).

Ramirez-Salgado honored with AI Educator award

Andrea Ramirez-Salgado, Ph.D., recently won the University of Florida’s Al Educator of the Year 2025 award at the UF’s AI Days.

CISE emeritus professor Sumi Helal among three 2025 National Academy of Inventors Fellows at UF

The National Academy of Inventors welcomed three new Gators as NAI Fellows this month: Abdelsalam (Sumi) Helal, Ph.D., Chris Malachowsky, M.S. and Mark Sheplak, Ph.D.

UF nuclear engineering professor named 2025 ANS ‘40 Under 40’

University of Florida Associate Professor Kyle C. Hartig, Ph.D., has been named to the American Nuclear Society’s (ANS) Nuclear News  40 Under 40 list. This recognition celebrates innovative young professionals advancing the field of nuclear science and engineering.  

UF’s Douglas Spearot Honored with Prestigious Brimacombe Medal by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society

Douglas Spearot, Ph.D., the Newton C. Ebaugh Professor, has been recognized by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), the largest professional society for materials science and engineering.

UF ESSIE professor to deliver prestigious National Academy lecture

Prevatt is among 206 faculty nationwide to serve as a Jefferson Science Fellow since the program’s founding in 2003 — a rare distinction among tens of thousands of STEM faculty at U.S. universities. Through the fellowship, he works with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, also know as OBO.