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Award-winning UF engineers take on ‘transfer shock’

September 9, 2025

Thanks to a grant and a national best-paper award, Engineering Education professor Sindia M. Rivera-Jimenez, Ph.D., will dig deeper into the challenges faced by engineering transfer students during a three-year research project.

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From left, Professor Piyush Jain, surgeon Rushi Shah, Santosh Rananaware and Venkata Vijaya Karthik Narisetty are shown next to a normothermic pump in their CasNx lab in UF Innovate. Photo courtesy of Rushi Shah. 

UF researchers ‘rewriting organ biology’ with revolutionary transplant technology 

August 12, 2025

The goal: Healthier organs ready for transplant. The UF-developed process stands to revolutionize organ transplants and post-surgical treatment.

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UF researchers making virtual reality accessible to all eyes

August 1, 2025

A recent study led by a University of Florida engineering professor is challenging long-held assumptions in virtual reality design, particularly the belief that all users see the world the same way.

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Just last month, a powerful solar storm lit up skies across the northern hemisphere, producing vivid auroras visible as far south as parts of the northern United States.

Forecasting the final frontier: How research prepares U.S. for the next solar storm

July 2, 2025

At the University of Florida, space physicist Alicia Petersen, Ph.D., is working on solutions that could help shield the nation from the next big solar storm.

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Enzymes as nanoscale machines: The intersection of AI, biochemistry, and engineering

June 17, 2025

Jing Pan Ph. D., a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida, is pioneering an innovative approach to enzyme engineering. By combining artificial intelligence (AI) with molecular simulations, his team is developing nanoscale enzyme machines with unprecedented precision and functionality. 

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Charting a path forward with artificial intelligence

June 9, 2025

The University of Florida is no stranger to AI, as it is home to HiPerGator, one of the world’s fastest supercomputers. In fact, UF is one of the first universities to offer AI curriculum, integrating AI into its core mission in an ambitious quest to become an AI university.   

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UF water researchers develop prediction system for harmful algae

May 20, 2025

University of Florida researchers are collaborating with North Carolina State University and University of South Florida scientists on a next-day prediction model to warn and inform water managers about harmful algal blooms.

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Eight UF engineering students awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships 

May 20, 2025

This year’s National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP) program only awarded 1,000 grants, nearly half as many as in the past, and yet eight University of Florida Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering students were selected to receive awards for their exemplary work and contributions to their departments.

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