Since 2010, the Cade Museum Foundation held an annual competition to encourage Florida’s burgeoning inventors and entrepreneurs. This year, two products that originated in Gator Engineering research laboratories have made their way to the Final Four: Green Liquid & Gas Technologies The Green Pyrolyzer Gasifier (GPG) is a self-fueled oven system that generates energy by burning waste. Instead of emitting …
Outstanding Young Alumni
GAINESVILLE, Fla. –- College of Engineering graduates William L. “Trey” Lauderdale, III, and Agapitus “Augi” Lye were recipients of the University of Florida’s Outstanding Young Alumni Awards on Saturday at Emerson Alumni Hall. The Outstanding Young Alumni Award, established by UF’s Alumni Association, recognizes alumni ages 35 or younger who have distinguished themselves in their profession and community. William L. …
Gator Engineer Selected as Winner of FICE/ACEC $5,000 Scholarship
Industrial and Systems Engineering undergraduate student, Michelle Gauthreaux, was selected as the winner of the $5,000 scholarship awarded by The Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers/American Council of Engineering Companies of Florida (FICE/ACEC of Florida). Since 2004, FICE/ACEC of Florida scholarships honor Florida college students expressing interest and commitment to the business and management of the engineering profession. To qualify, a …
UF Programming Team Heads to Russia for World Finals
Imagine you’re locked in a room somewhere in Russia, with 360 programmers from six continents. You and your two best friends have five hours and one computer to solve the world’s greatest problem: Where is the nearest bathroom? Actually, you have to solve several problems, and finding the bathroom might not be one of them. But being asked to program …
COE Faculty Member Awarded 2013 CTSI Pilot Project Grant
Josephine Allen, Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was recently awarded a 2013 Pilot Project grant from UF’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute. The UF CTSI’s most recent round of one-year intramural pilot grants provides approximately $250,000 in support of 14 projects led by investigators from six colleges. CTSI Pilot Project Awards support the growth of interdisciplinary and …
Gator Engineering Students Win UF Presidential Service Awards
Congratulations to the two outstanding engineering students who won the Presidential Service Award: Akua Oppong-Anane, a PhD candidate in the department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, volunteered over 60 hours of her time to help library patrons strengthen their computer skills and literacy. As a science fair judge at a local middle school, she also mentored students on their research processes …
Car and Driver Make Pit Stop on Campus to Promote STEM Education
GAINESVILLE, FLA – Amid a sea of bicycles and pedestrians, a racecar and its driver made a pitstop on the North Lawn yesterday afternoon. The #78 Nuclear Clean Air Energy car and its IZOD IndyCar driver Simona De Silvestro were on campus promoting STEM education and careers in the energy industry. The College of Engineering and race team sponsor AREVA, …
Gator Engineering to Provide Talent for Sears Holdings’ Technology Pipeline
March 18, 2013 – “Today’s announcement has exactly the kind of impact on our students, faculty, citizens, and state that our college aspires to foster. If you look around the country at those regions which are known for being the focal point for job creation and innovation – the Bay Area, Austin – you will invariably find a strong college …
Large Number of Gator Engineer Inventors Recognized at UF’s 2013 Technology Showcase
Gator Engineering will be well represented at the University of Florida’s Office of Technology Licensing’s (OTL) 2013 Technology Showcase on March 14. UF inventors who had technology licensed in 2012 will be honored with a plaque – created by Fracture, a local Gator Engineering start up company – at a recognition ceremony following the showcase. Of the 84 inventors being …
He writes ‘small checks to big ideas’
‘Whit’ Whitney helps entrepreneurs build prototypes that can be taken to market David “Whit” Whitney came to Gainesville to further his career in real estate investment and ended up drawing on his experience in venture capital to get involved in local technology startup companies as mentor and investor. Through his Energent Ventures company, he has invested in six technology companies that …