Category: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

UF’s Patrick Musgrave, Ph.D., has received the prestigious Air Force Young Investigator Award and $450K in research funding to develop adaptive aircraft structures that sense, decide, and respond on their own. His work could lead to lighter, faster, and more responsive aircraft by using structural vibrations instead of traditional sensors and computers.

Jing Pan Ph. D., a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida, is pioneering an innovative approach to enzyme engineering. By combining artificial intelligence (AI) with molecular simulations, his team is developing nanoscale enzyme machines with unprecedented precision and functionality. 

UF mechanical engineering graduate Diego Acevedo’s grand life – from kite surfing in his Aruba neighborhood to three engineering degrees from three countries – stems from curiosity and a bit of restlessness.

MAE professor John Conklin’s research is being harnessed by UF’s Astraeus Space Institute to give scientists unprecedented insights into universe-shaping events.

On this Fourth of July, UF MAE professor Jacob Chung, Ph.D., stands as the epitome of the American Dream.

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.

NASA has selected a team of University of Florida aerospace engineers to pursue a groundbreaking $12 million mission aimed at improving the way we track changes in Earth’s structures, such as tectonic plates and oceans.

University of Florida engineers have developed a novel method for 3D printing that allows manufacturers to create custom-made objects economically and sustainably.

University of Florida mechanical engineering students received real-world training last year when they partnered with peers at Georgia Institute of Technology and the Civil-Military Innovation Institute, or CMI2, to design and produce an easier, faster, and safer way for soldiers to camouflage their vehicles on the battlefield.

Few celestial events capture the imagination quite like a total solar eclipse, and the one on April 8 promises to be particularly remarkable. Alicia K. Petersen, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida, is shedding light on the significance of this upcoming cosmic phenomenon.