Category: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Robert Pitzer (BSME ’97) and Scott Jantz- (BS ’95, MS ’98 ECE) co-founded Harvest CROO Robotics to develop an autonomous strawberry-picking machine.

AFOSR selected the UF-led team as the single winner of this prestigious Center of Excellence from among several elite groups competing across the nation.

UF honors 40 successful alumni at Orange & Blue football game, including three engineers.

Three UF engineering alumni are among the 12 new “Faces of Technology” recognized by the Florida High Tech Corridor Council in 2019. Their selection underscores the innovative work being done by graduates from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Sean Dotson (’97 BSME, Mechanical Engineering), President and CEO, RND Automation & Engineering masterminds the advancement […]

Dr. Chelsey Simmons, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Affiliate faculty of the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, at the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering has been awarded a $1.8 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to study models of scar-free healing in mammals.

The University of Florida student team captured the top spot in the Student Design competition.

Alumni Spotlight: Shanna Amster (BSME’17, MSME’18) Shanna Amster is a double Gator graduate, earning both her B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering in Spring 2017 and Fall 2018, respectively. During her time at UF, Amster was actively involved both inside and outside of the classroom. Within […]

NASA launched a UF satellite that could help improve the accuracy of timing-sensitive satellites, such as GPS.

UF Engineer Dr. Z. Hugh Fan leads team to make Zika virus detection faster and cheaper.

Spotlights on UF doctoral graduates who are now NSF CAREER faculty.