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- UF’s Gatr2 Vex Robotics Team Wins The Texas VexU Qualifier May 28, 2021UF’s Gatr2 Vex Robotics Team Wins The Texas VexU Qualifier
- Groundswell Startups Partners with UF to Bring AI Supercomputer Access to the Space Coast May 20, 2021Groundswell Startups is proud to announce a collaborative partnership with the University of Florida Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering that will bring companies on Florida’s Space Coast access to the most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer in academia.
- Expanding Access to K-12 AI Education One State at a Time April 10, 2021Expanding Access to K-12 AI Education One State at a Time
- Orchard Tech, founded by UF Engineering alumna, helps seniors be savvy January 4, 2021Ming Yang, a UF computer engineering alumna, got backing from the UF Engineering Innovation Institute and won second place in its “Big Idea” competition to found Orchard Tech.
- Carlson Presented With Clyde Nixon Business Leadership Award December 15, 2020During its post-election Economic Outlook event on December 4, the Economic Development Council of Sarasota presented the 14th Annual Clyde Nixon Business Leadership Award to Allen Carlson, regional director of the University of Florida Innovation Station in Sarasota.
The award is given annually to an individual in Sarasota County who embodies the personal and business values ...
- The loss prevention researchers like Dr. Hayes, a FLEX research scientist, are reporting an uptick in the theft of necessities like food and hygiene products. December 14, 2020The loss prevention researchers like Dr. Hayes, a FLEX research scientist, are reporting an uptick in the theft of necessities like food and hygiene products.
- Virtual K-12 Sarasota GO hosted middle school students interested in the medical field November 19, 2020McIntosh Middle School students enrolled in FSU’s SSTRIDE course participated in our virtual K-12 Sarasota Gator Outreach (Sarasota GO) event hosted by Dr. Furtney of Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Students learned about the career path, benefits of a degree in biomedical engineering and were walked through the Cellular Engineering Lab via a webcam ...
- UF Innovation Station Sarasota County and UF STRIDE Introduce Sarasota County Students to Transportation Engineering October 14, 2020
The Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development, and Education (STRIDE) Center teamed up with Julee Breehne, K-12 Coordinator at Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering’s UF Innovation Station in Sarasota County, to introduce students at Booker Middle School in Sarasota County to transportation engineering.
A student from Booker Middle School in Sarasota County works on an activity related to reaction ...
- HWCOE’s researcher Honored at Virtual Standing InnOvation Event September 25, 2020Mark Tehranipoor, Ph.D., Intel Charles E. Young Preeminence Endowed Chair Professor in Cybersecurity in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and director of FICS, leads a team of hardware and software engineers who have developed a superior reputation for securing electronics for government and industry. Dr. Tehranipoor received recognition at the virtual Standing InnOvation Awards for ...
- Measuring, communicating and mitigating negative coastal impacts July 30, 2020GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida and Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, in concert with North Carolina State University, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University and UF’s Innovation Station Sarasota County, recently convened a five-session virtual summit on “Innovating Coastal Resilience.” Thought leaders and industry experts gathered online to help envision new technologies and applications, ...