Published: April 29th, 2014 GAINESVILLE, Fla. —Three engineering students whose company developed a portable water purification device that uses ultraviolet light to sterilize water were awarded $25,000 for winning the UF Big Idea Business Plan Competition on Friday. Daniel Blood, Rob Damitz and Erica Gonzaga, co-founders of aqUV, outlasted a field of 140 entrants to claim the grand prize. The …
Congratulations Gator Engineering Class of 2014!
The Class of 2014 had a personalized commencement experience, unprecedented in college history. Their speaker, Subroto Bagchi, co-founder and chairman of Mindtree, created an interactive address, based on feedback he solicited from students earlier this year. Following Mr. Bagchi’s commencement speech, both the female and male student speakers – chosen to represent the student body – addressed the class. Click …
Mindtree chairman and co-founder to speak at commencement
This Saturday at 7pm, the Class of 2014 will have a personalized commencement experience, unprecedented in college history. Their speaker, Subroto Bagchi, co-founder and chairman of Mindtree, has created an interactive address, based on feedback he solicited from students earlier this year. Mr. Bagchi – who is a best-selling author in his native India – asked students to share …
Water treatment expert wins Excellence Award for Assistant Professors
Dr. Treavor H. Boyer, from the Department of Environmental Engineering & Science, will receive the 2014 Excellence Award for Assistant Professors. The award is presented by the Provost’s Office and nominees must display excellence in research. This year’s selection committee said it focused on the quality and innovativeness of research, and sought to balance the diverse intellectual streams that the …
Three Gator Engineering professors among those honored by UF Research Foundation
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Research Foundation has named 33 faculty members as UFRF Professors for 2014-2017. The recognition goes to faculty who have a distinguished current record of research and a strong research agenda that is likely to lead to continuing distinction in their fields. The UFRF Professors were recommended by their college deans based on nominations …
Gator Engineering honors Distinguished Alumnus awardees
Two Gator Engineering alumni are among four from the University of Florida to receive this year’s Distinguished Alumnus award. Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi, a renewable energy pioneer, and George L. Kirkland, vice chairman of the board of directors for Chevron Corporation and executive vice president of its largest business segment Upstream, will be honored for their respective achievements in the …
Biomedical Engineering Graduates Its First Undergraduate Class
The College of Engineering is making history this May as it graduates its first class of undergraduate students from the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering. Generous gifts from the Pruitt family helped to grow a thriving biomedical engineering (BME) department on the UF campus over the course of a decade. Then in 2012, after several years of …
Baby Gator class concludes engineering is cool after UF students visit
The University of Florida’s American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and Engineering Ambassadors (EA) partnered with Baby Gator Child Development Center this week to inspire the next generation of Gator Engineers. With the guidance of AIAA and EA, forty 4-to-5-year-olds enrolled at the Lake Alice campus participated in hands-on experiments –including egg drops, slime observation and model rocket launches …
Gator Engineering among nation’s leaders in graduate degrees and diversity
The University of Florida continues to lead the nation as one of the top 10 colleges awarding graduate degrees in engineering, and this week the Gator Engineering alumni base will expand significantly. According to the latest Engineering Workforce Commission figures, UF is ranked #9 in it’s awarding of engineering doctoral degrees, and #5 in master’s degrees. By the end of …
UF’s dean of engineering featured in MIT magazine
Most MIT alumni apply lessons learned during their time at the Institute, but Cammy Abernathy does it in service to a rising generation of engineers.