The UF chapters of the national organizations Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) both received awards for their outstanding performance this year. SWE’s mission is to be the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women. SWE-UF won three chapter awards this year: the 2014 Outstanding Collegiate Section Award, Silver Level; …
Gator Engineer to help design disaster resilient infrastructure
In 2003, fifty-five million people in the northeastern United States were affected by a widespread power outage and subsequent cellular service overload, attributed to some untrimmed foliage and a faulty alarm. A few weeks later, a storm took out a single powerline in Italy and another fifty-five million people lost electricity and train service. This year, a lone train in …
Gator Engineer improves access for disabled
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida researcher’s desire to provide citizens with disabilities the same opportunity to vote as everyone else could serve as the catalyst for revolutionizing voter access nationwide. Juan Gilbert’s Prime III, an electronic voting machine a decade in the making, has debuted in primary elections in several states. Officials in New Hampshire were so impressed with Prime III’s …
Engineering lab featured on CNN’s Vital Signs
Aysegul Gunduz, director of UF’s Brain Mapping Laboratory, was highlighted on CNN’s monthly health program Vital Signs with Dr. Sanjay Gupta. The show featured the collaborative work that is going on in the UF Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration. Gunduz is an assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering. She works on closed-loop deep …
Biomedical Engineer brings $4.9M to UF for diabetes research
Gator Engineering professor Cheri Stabler, an expert in diabetes research, will play an integral role in the new UF Diabetes Institute. Stabler, a professor at the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, together with her team, recently won a $4.9 million NIH grant to engineer a microchip that will serve to house islets that produce beta cells. Beta …
Engineer Named as UF’s 12th President
Gator Engineering, together with the rest of the University of Florida, is very proud to announce the appointment of Dr. W. Kent Fuchs as president-elect of the university.
Gator Engineering welcomes fellow engineer as the 12th president of the University of Florida
Gator Engineering, together with the rest of the University of Florida, is very proud to announce the appointment of Dr. W. Kent Fuchs as president-elect of the university. Dr. Fuchs comes to us from Cornell University where he served as provost and Chief Operating Officer. His engineering career includes service as the Joseph Silbert Dean of the Cornell University College …
Announcing Your 2014 Gator Engineering Homecoming King & Queen
The last time they watched at football game at the University of Florida, the Gators had never played the Seminoles, J. Wayne Reitz was the president, and the only television set they knew of was in the laundry room at the Florida Veterans Village (also known as Flavet). And just like this year’s Gator Growl, that old laundry room was …
UF’s MIST Center to lead research of smart electronics for emerging “Internet of Things”
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Multi-functional Integrated System Technology (MIST) Center will play a leading role in researching the next generation of “smart” electronics funded by a National Science Foundation program that combines federal money with industry investments in strategic research. As a designated Industry/University Cooperative Research Center, the MIST Center will receive over $880,000 from the NSF and upwards …
Mindtree chairman and spouse give $1 million to College of Engineering
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida College of Engineering’s future Innovation Nexus Building will add to its list of distinguished underwriters Subroto and Susmita Bagchi, who have announced a $1 million gift to UF. Their gift will be used to support the Engineering Innovation Nexus Building, a new facility to be located at the heart of UF, directly across …