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As sporting events like the Olympics evolve, UF takes the lead in athletic innovation

In Featured, In the Headlines, NewsBy Abby WeingartenStory originally published on UF News

UF is already known internationally for its sports prowess. But, in the past year, it has grown into even more of an athletic think tank, with a slew of sports-related strategic initiatives coming to life across campus. These projects – covering everything from enhancing performance in para-athletes to using AI to collect sports-related health data – are helping shape the evolution of events like the Olympics and the Paralympic Games.

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Steel Bridge completes historic four-peat at Nationals

In Engineering Education, Featured, NewsBy Reba LiddyStory originally published on ESSIE News

The University of Florida’s Eckhoff Steel Bridge team has made history. For the fourth year in a row, the team has won at the American Institute of Steel Construction’s 2024 Student Steel Bridge Competition National Finals.  No other team has won national championships for three consecutive years, let alone four. The UF team claimed its latest championship earlier this month …

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Eight UF engineering faculty honored with prestigious NSF CAREER Awards 

In Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Featured, Honors & Awards, In the Headlines, J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, News

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering proudly announces that eight of our faculty members have been honored with the 2024 National Science Foundation (NSF) Early CAREER Awards.