Starting Feb. 3, Gainesville residents will be able to board an autonomous shuttle for test rides between downtown Gainesville and the University of Florida campus. The pilot project is part of the I-STREET real-world testbed, a partnership between the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI), the Florida Department of Transportation, and the City of Gainesville.
Florida Teachers get Excited about STEM Education
UF leads with innovative processes to stimulate effective new teaching methods for K-12 educators.
UF Engineer Testifies Before U.S. House Committee about Election Security
Engineering plays a big role in securing our votes
UF online programs see new gains in 2020 U.S. News & World Report rankings
Engineering Online Graduate Programs are now ranked No. 15.
UF Online Ranked No. 4 Among Nation’s Best Online Bachelor’s Programs
The University of Florida sets a new standard as a modern research university with national recognition for both traditional classroom programs and online pathways. UF Online, UF’s online undergraduate experience, has now risen to No. 4 in the country for best online bachelor’s programs according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 rankings. With foresight and investment from the State …
A Look Back at Top Stories from 2019
As we wrap up the end of the year, here’s a look at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering’s accomplishments.
Hibbitts Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
David Hibbitts, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has been named a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award winner.
Aim for Reform, Not Just Relief
Rethinking how to rebuild after hurricanes
UF Engineering Hopes to Curb Harmful Chemicals in Landfills With EPA Grant
Timothy Townsend, Ph.D. and his team from the Sustainable Materials Management Research Lab at UF, are spearheading research to study PFAS at landfills and our waste stream as a whole.
NVIDIA Founder Chris Malachowsky Inducted Into Florida Inventors Hall Of Fame
Chris Malachowsky, an alumnus of UF’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, was selected for inventing the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) that transformed the visual computing industry by creating a consumer-oriented 3D graphics market. Under Malachowsky’s leadership, NVIDIA has evolved the GPU into a computer brain that intersects virtual reality, high performance computing and artificial intelligence. He holds 35 U.S. patents. …