New federal research funding makes Florida universities national hub for hurricane mitigation research

In Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, News, Research & Innovation

Original story published 9/24 on UF News The National Science Foundation today announced grants to Florida International University and University of Florida totaling nearly $8 million that will position the state to become a national hub for research into making homes and businesses safer in hurricanes and tornadoes. FIU’s Wall of Wind and UF’s Powell Family Structures and Materials Laboratory …

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In Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, News, Research & Innovation

With their development of a smart mouth guard that dentists can use to diagnose and treat teeth grinding, a team of University of Florida students representing the United States took a second-place prize in the 2015 International Contest of Application in Nano-micro Technology (iCAN). The technology is patent-pending under the guidance of UF’s Office of Technology and Licensing. Its design …

Jon Dobson Named AIMBE Fellow

In Honors & Awards, News, Research & Innovation

Jon Dobson, a joint professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, has been inducted as a Fellow into the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). This honor is reserved for the top 2% of bioengineers who have excelled in their field. AIMBE’s mission is to provide …