For the first time in the United States, a gene editing tool has been used to treat advanced cancer in three patients and showed promising early results in a pilot phase 1 clinical trial.
Engineering Research Deepens Understanding of Glucose-Insulin Interaction
UF biomedical engineer Edward Phelps, Ph.D., discovers alternate mode of GABA release from pancreatic beta cells.
UF Engineering Hopes to Curb Harmful Chemicals in Landfills With EPA Grant
Timothy Townsend, Ph.D. and his team from the Sustainable Materials Management Research Lab at UF, are spearheading research to study PFAS at landfills and our waste stream as a whole.
iCoast- A Multidisciplinary Approach to Creating Resilient Coastal Communities
The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, in collaboration with several other colleges, is piloting a project that could serve as a model for collecting and analyzing data from real-time monitoring of coastlines globally using the living laboratory of Florida’s own 8,436 miles of coastline. Using advanced sensors, including new technology in development at UF, the multidisciplinary team will develop a …
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS AT UF HAVE OSTEOARTHRITIS PAIN ON THE RUN
The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering receives more funding from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases’ than any other biomedical engineering department nationally.
Hardware Security Research and Education Centers of Excellence open at University of Florida and Ohio State
The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida and The Ohio State University College of Engineering are collaborating as a close-knit team in two Centers of Excellence sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and Nimbis Inc., a developer of collaborative cloud communities. Their dual goals are to advance the area of hardware-enabled cybersecurity through innovation and development of new Analog and Mixed Signal (AMS) domain security and to provide a comprehensive workforce training and education program in areas related to microelectronics design and security.
UF Research Team Aims to Reduce Cost of Drug Development Using 3D-Printed Living Tissues
Recently published paper confirming that basic principles of engineering apply to micro-beam mechanics provides solid foundation for new research.
Olabarrieta Receives the PECASE Award
The PECASE award is described as the highest honor given by the U.S. Government to exceptional new scientists and engineers who contribute to the advancement of the STEM fields through scientific leadership, community outreach and public education. Dr. Olabarrieta was one of four University of Florida faculty members to receive the PECASE award. “I am very honored,” Dr. Olabarrieta said. …
31 Faculty Awarded University Term Professorships
The University Term Professorship was established in 2016 and is presented to 250 eligible faculty members annually. Selection of University Term Professorships is based on an assessment of academic accomplishment by either a faculty advisory committee and/or the department chair and approved by the dean. Each award runs for 3 years and provides a $5,000/year salary supplement to the awardee. …
UF Engineer Explores Virtual Interactions to Manage Mental Health Recovery
This article is written by Zack Savitsky and originally published on University of Florida News. Humans are social creatures, but some things are just hard to talk about. For many people, mental health is one of those things. But what if you can’t talk about something where the leading treatment is talk therapy? Maybe try speaking to someone who’s not …