Category: Research & Innovation

The funding includes almost $80 million for research at College of Engineering.

Engineering professors Traynor and Butler speak out about vulnerabilities in mobile money apps

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 […]

Dr. Rizwan Bashirullah, ECE, hopes to develop new neural interface technology so that patients can operate a prosthetic limb almost as naturally as a real one.

UF was recently named a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research, and our cybersecurity experts just developed a “polygraph machine” for machines.

“For the engineers and scientists that study hurricanes at UF, it’s personal.” – Dr. Forrest Masters

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. […]

Bruce Wheeler, professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been inducted as a Fellow into the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering. The prestigious fellowship is comprised of inductees who are nominated, screened and selected for their outstanding contributions to the profession of medical and biological engineering. The academy […]

Two Gator Engineering professors are among 170 new Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, which recognizes the contributions of researchers from universities and non-profit organizations who are named inventors on U.S. patents. Brij M. Moudgil, a distinguished professor of materials science and engineering and W. Gregory Sawyer, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The dean of the UF College of Engineering and an engineering faculty member have been inducted as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers based on their distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. Congratulations to: Cammy […]