Governor Rick Scott traveled to Gainesville on Thursday to announce the grand opening of software company Optym’s new corporate headquarters. The company has offices in four countries and currently provides 80 jobs in Gainesville. It plans to add 100 more jobs in the next five years. UF Industrial & Systems Engineering professor Dr. Ravindra K. Ahuja founded Optym in 2000 …
Gators’ first 2015 enrollee will be a Gator Engineer
The first enrollee for the 2015 Florida Gators football team will also be a Gator Engineer. Daniel Imatorbhebhe (pronounced “EE-mat-tor-beh-beh”) is planning to study Industrial & Systems Engineering, in addition to being a tight end under the direction of new head coach Jim McElwain. In a recent interview with a Scout Recruiting reporter, Imatorbhebhe – who had several offers to …
Engineers’ Week: Celebrating our contributions to society
Engineers’ Week (eWeek) at the University of Florida is an annual two-week celebration, hosted by the Benton Engineering Council, that celebrates the contributions engineers make to society. It coincides with the national eWeek event, started by the National Society of Professional Engineers in 1951. A series of events and festivities will highlight what engineers do – including the Engineering & …
Engineering Innovation Institute student’s startup secures funding
Last summer they were one of seven startups featured in the Office of Technology Licensing’s Celebration of Innovation. This year, Comm-n-Sense, founded by UF Engineering Innovation Institute student Adam Kinsey (BSEE ’12), is doing business with a new name, and has secured a new round of funding. “Verigo,” which the company website defines as “truth in transit,” has a business …
Alum honored with distinguished public service award
The Florida Engineering Society (FES) and Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers (FICE) honored State Representative Lake Ray, District 12, with the Governor A.W. Gilchrist Award at the Florida capitol this month. The award celebrates engineers who exemplify high standards by embracing the spirit of public service and bring honor to the engineering profession through their civil works. Ray earned his …
UF Engineering receives $1M gift to boost Innovation
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF College of Engineering will receive $1M from the Leo Claire & Robert Adenbaum Foundation to establish the Robert W. Adenbaum Professorship in Engineering Innovation. This gift is intended to bolster the efforts of the Engineering Innovation Institute on top of supporting the vital role the college plays in the larger ecosystem of innovation in the state …
University of Florida and Tampa-based Morphogenesis developing innovative device for capturing rare cells
TAMPA, Fla./PRNewswire/ — Senior engineering students and faculty at the University of Florida in Gainesville are partnering with biotech cell and gene therapy company Morphogenesis, Inc. in Tampa to design an advanced, fully automated cell separation system capable of capturing rare cells – such as stem cells – and circulating tumor cells. The device is based on Polymer Antibody Cell Separator …
UF center receives NSF award for innovative nanoparticle research
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A team of nanoparticle researchers at the University of Florida – who are studying ways to inhibit corrosion on various surfaces, improve antimicrobial coatings, and “green” a number of household products – was recently recognized by the National Science Foundation. UF’s Center for Particulate and Surfactant Systems (CPaSS) was awarded the 2015 Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize for Technological Innovation, …
UF cybersecurity expert Dr. Patrick Traynor featured on WCJB TV-20
UF College of Engineering professor Dr. Patrick Traynor, co-director of UF’s Southeastern Security for Enterprise and Infrastructure (SENSEI) Center, was highlighted in a WCJB TV-20 news report, Mobile Purchase Fraud on the Rise. The report featured clips from a College of Engineering cybersecurity livestream Q&A event held on October 30, 2014, in which professors Traynor, Daniela Oliveira and Kevin Butler answered questions from the …
Remembering the life and work of Kevin Powers
Professor Kevin W. Powers passed away on January 15, 2015. He was 63. Dr. Powers was the site director of the National Science Foundation’s Center for Particulate and Surfactant Systems (CPaSS) at UF, and the associate director for the R&D facilities at UF’s Particle Engineering Research Center (PERC). He also taught particle technology, thermodynamics, and engineering design and was a …