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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.

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Dynamic Doppelganger: Developing Florida’s Digital Twin

In ICYMI, In the Headlines, News, President's Initiative, Research & InnovationBy Giovanni SantanaStory originally published on UF News

Imagine a virtual Jacksonville, viewable through an augmented reality headset, that shows the intricate aspects of the city in 3D. This is the future of sustainable urban planning, and the University of Florida is leading a project that will leverage artificial intelligence and digital twin technologies to make it happen.

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UF engineering professor elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

In Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Featured, Honors & Awards, In the Headlines, NewsBy Drew BrownStory originally published on UF News

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected University of Florida computer science professor and National Medal of Technology and Innovation (NMTI) laureate Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D. as a 2024 Academy member.

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Making advances in space engineering

In Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Featured, ICYMI, In the Headlines, News, Research & InnovationBy Eric HamiltonStory originally published on UF News

UF has launched the Space Mission Institute, an interdisciplinary hub for space research. The institute helps bring together researchers like Tori Miller, Ph.D., and Christopher Petersen, Ph.D., both in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, who are partnering to imagine the future of space exploration, where self-guided satellites repair and upgrade one another and where we can build structures in space far too big to launch from Earth.

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UF researchers evaluate academic performance of chatbots

In AI University, Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, In the Headlines, NewsBy Leah BulettiStory originally published on UF Health News

A study by UF researchers highlights the need for more evaluation for trustworthiness and accuracy before OpenAI’s ChatGPT responses can be used as reference resources. Kiley Graim, Ph.D., an assistant professor in CISE, was a coauthor.

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Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering to play key role in groundbreaking Laser Interferometer Space Antenna mission

In Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, ICYMI, In the Headlines, NewsBy Simon Barke and Emily HindsStory originally published on UF News

Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, in partnership with NASA, is making a significant contribution to the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission. UF is the only academic institution in the United States to be awarded a contract to develop hardware that will fly on the LISA mission.