News from Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

A portrait of leadership: Corporate trailblazer Linda Parker Hudson remains a guiding force at her beloved alma mater

Linda Parker Hudson is a Distinguished Alumnus, a UF Foundation board member and, among other UF affiliations, a member of UF’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Hall of Fame. She also serves on the college’s Dean’s Advisory Board and roots for every Gator sport on the roster.

2026 CAREER Awardees

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering is proud to share that several of our faculty members have received the prestigious 2026 National Science Foundation (NSF) Early CAREER Awards.

‘An opportunity to honor’: How a lifelong friendship sealed an ESSIE endowed professorship

The Robert Thieke Endowed Professorship was established in 2025 to honor Thieke upon his retirement after 35 years at UF.

Engineer develops innovative approach to designing safer streets for cyclists

Xiang Jacob Yan, Ph.D., is developing a tool to help designers incorporate cyclists’ perspectives with the help of LLMs.

Inside The Pit: How UF engineers turn concrete, steel and sweat into championships

UF’s Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering is home to two national champion design teams: Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge.

ECE Chair Mark Tehranipoor selected as College of Engineering dean

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering has a new dean, and he is a familiar face on the University of Florida campus.