UF leads with innovative processes to stimulate effective new teaching methods for K-12 educators.
UF Engineering Undergrad Named Navy/ROTC Student of the Year
Jennifer Fillebrown, Navy/ROTC Student of the Year Jennifer Fillebrown, Navy/ROTC Student of the Year One of UF’s Gator Battalion Midshipmen has been selected as the 2019 Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU) All American NAVY ROTC Student of the Year. Midshipman 1/C Jennifer Fillebrown competed against a national field of 58 other ROTC students and made the final 12. Now NFCU …
Hibbitts Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
David Hibbitts, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has been named a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award winner.
Aim for Reform, Not Just Relief
Rethinking how to rebuild after hurricanes
UF Engineer Examines CRISPR Technology in CANCER Therapy
For the first time in the United States, a gene editing tool has been used to treat advanced cancer in three patients and showed promising early results in a pilot phase 1 clinical trial.
UF Engineering Hopes to Curb Harmful Chemicals in Landfills With EPA Grant
Timothy Townsend, Ph.D. and his team from the Sustainable Materials Management Research Lab at UF, are spearheading research to study PFAS at landfills and our waste stream as a whole.
UF Engineer Explores Virtual Interactions to Manage Mental Health Recovery
This article is written by Zack Savitsky and originally published on University of Florida News. Humans are social creatures, but some things are just hard to talk about. For many people, mental health is one of those things. But what if you can’t talk about something where the leading treatment is talk therapy? Maybe try speaking to someone who’s not …
UF Professor Teams With Google To Present Phishing Insights At Black Hat
This article is written by Rob Pegoraro and originally published on Fast Company. You should feel cranky about all the phishing emails you get. Because getting your brain in a grumpy gear will elevate the odds of your not getting fooled by the next phony invitation to log into your account. At a briefing Wednesday evening at the Black Hat …
Computer Engineering Alumna Helps Older Adults With New Technology
How UF grad Ming Yang created tech repair Orchard.
Rocket Engineer Recalls Role In Apollo 11 Mission
William Van Duyn, once a student in the UF Department of Chemical Engineering, became an engineer on the Saturn rockets that took Apollo astronauts to the moon