Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor Ana Maria Porras accepts her International Educator of the Year Award, Junior Faculty, on Monday at the University of Florida.

UF engineers make strong showing at UF International Center awards

November 20, 2025

Faculty members from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering took home some impressive hardware Monday during the University of Florida International Center’s 2025 Global Awards ceremony. 

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Joseph Hill, left, president of the Tau Beta Pi Florida Alpha chapter, poses with the chapter’s award with Josuan Hilerio Sanchez, Tau Beta Pi director for district 5. Photo submitted by Tau Beta Pi

UF Tau Beta Pi chapter wins top national honor. Again

November 18, 2025

The Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, University of Florida’s engineering honor society, was awarded the 2025 R.C. Matthews Outstanding Chapter Award this month at the Tau Beta Pi national convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  

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Weil Hall on UF campus

Gator Engineering faculty take home four inventions of year from UF Innovate 

November 10, 2025

Innovation was in the spotlight last week as UF Innovate | Tech Licensing celebrated the top six innovations of 2025 at its annual Standing InnOvation event. Four of the recognized technologies came from faculty researchers in the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. 

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UF's Century Tower with a foreground of trees and fuchsia azaleas in bloom.

Prestigious academy names three Rising Stars from UF engineering

November 7, 2025

The Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida has recognized three University of Florida assistant engineering professors as 2025 Rising Stars.

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UF Professor Kiley Graim, left, accepts the AI Research Excellence Early Career Award Wednesday from Alina Zare, director of the Artificial Intelligence and Informatics Research Institute.

AI Research Excellence Early Career Award: Meet Kiley Graim 

October 30, 2025

Kiley Graim, Ph.D., on Wednesday accepted the Artificial Intelligence Research Excellence Early Career Award, an honor recognizing her outstanding contributions to artificial intelligence research and her emerging leadership in advancing biomedical and computational discovery. 

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Amanpreet Kapoor, Ph.D. accepts the 2025 Florida Government Productivity Award

AI-enabled Edugator tool wins 2025 Florida Government Productivity Award  

September 18, 2025

A team of innovators from the University of Florida has created an award-winning tool that’s transforming the way students learn to code and saving them money in the process. 

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Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida inducts four UF engineering professors

September 18, 2025

In its biggest class of inductees to date, the prestigious Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL) welcomed four University of Florida engineering faculty members to its roster this year. 

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UF Interim College of Engineering Dean Warren Dixon, left, UF Professor Jing “Eric” Du, center, and Autodesk’s Steve Blum are shown on Sept. 11 during the presentation of Du’s Steve and Wendy Blum Endowed Professorship for Industrialized Construction Engineering.

Du appointed endowed professor for Industrialized Construction Engineering program

September 16, 2025

Engineering Professor Jing “Eric” Du, Ph.D., has been awarded the prestigious Steve and Wendy Blum Endowed Professorship for Industrialized Construction Engineering.

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Shaping What’s Next: 2025 NSF CAREER Awardees

September 5, 2025

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering is proud to share that several of our faculty members have received the prestigious 2025 National Science Foundation (NSF) Early CAREER Awards. Spanning a wide range of disciplines and specialties across the College, these exceptional faculty exemplify the highest standards of research and education. The NSF CAREER Award, the […]

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David O. Prevatt, Ph.D.

UF ESSIE professor to deliver prestigious National Academy lecture

August 14, 2025

University of Florida engineering professor and Jefferson Science Fellow David Prevatt will share his findings about safeguarding American diplomats from hurricanes and tornadoes at a prestigious National Academy of Sciences distinguished lecture series in Washington, D.C.

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