Reposted from the Gainesville Sun By Ariana Figueroa, Correspondent A team of Gators have added yet another national title to the University of Florida’s trophy haul. The school is now the home of the best steel bridge builders in the country, maybe even the world. The group of civil engineering students who make up the UF steel bridge team took …
Engineering Faculty Honored University-Wide
Jose Principe and Hans van Oostrom are two of four professors around campus being recognized for their distinguished achievements.
UF one of 10 schools named in White House STEM initiative
The #uifresh campaign aims to attract and retain more freshman STEM students.
2014 AAAS Mentor Award Winner, Juan Gilbert
UF CISE professor recognized for helping underrepresented minority computer science students to earn doctoral degrees.
Dr. Jill Biden visits Gator Engineering @ Santa Fe
Her community college tour will include first-of-its-kind engineering pipeline program
NSF’s Epicenter selects Gator Engineering students as fellows
Two Gator Engineering students have been selected for University Innovation Fellows, a program of the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter), which is funded by the National Science Foundation and housed at Stanford University. Natalie DeVarona and Daniel Kleinman – both mentored by Erik Sander, director of UF’s Engineering Innovation Institute – were among 123 student leaders from …
Gators’ first 2015 enrollee will be a Gator Engineer
The first enrollee for the 2015 Florida Gators football team will also be a Gator Engineer. Daniel Imatorbhebhe (pronounced “EE-mat-tor-beh-beh”) is planning to study Industrial & Systems Engineering, in addition to being a tight end under the direction of new head coach Jim McElwain. In a recent interview with a Scout Recruiting reporter, Imatorbhebhe – who had several offers to …
Engineers’ Week: Celebrating our contributions to society
Engineers’ Week (eWeek) at the University of Florida is an annual two-week celebration, hosted by the Benton Engineering Council, that celebrates the contributions engineers make to society. It coincides with the national eWeek event, started by the National Society of Professional Engineers in 1951. A series of events and festivities will highlight what engineers do – including the Engineering & …
Intelligent Machines Design Lab hosts “Robot Day”
“The projects get more impressive every year. They’re using more integrated systems, and there’s all these new developments in technology, in what’s called the maker movement, using 3-D printers in making parts.” – William Patterson current doctoral student and 2010 winner of the robot competition, speaking at the 2014 Robot Day Read about and see photos of this year’s dozen …
UF helps teach 1,000 Eastside High School students to code
UF Computer & Information Science & Engineering professor Christina Gardner-McCune, who was recently hired under the UF Preeminence Plan to work on Human Centered Computing, collaborated with the Gainesville Chamber of Commerce and CommunityCode to challenge approximately 1,000 students at Eastside High School to embark on their first computer programming experience – an “Hour of Code.” A degree in computer science currently …