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Top Stories 2023

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Six UF Engineering graduate programs reach higher in U.S. News & World Report rankings

Aerospace Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida made significant moves in the latest U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) rankings among public graduate engineering programs, joining four others that climbed in the list of top schools for graduate engineering study.

Six UF Engineering graduate programs reach higher in U.S. News & World Report rankings


UF engineers create viable artificial blood vessels by stretching the science of silicone 3D printing

Thomas Angelini, Ph.D., associate professor in MAE, and Senthilkumar Duraivel, a graduate from MSE working out of Angelini’s Soft Matter Lab, have collaborated on an approach to 3D print soft silicone structures like miniscule vascular bodies by turning the conventional process on its head.

Thomas E. Angelini, Ph.D., associate professor in MAE


UF Engineering Graduate Programs Take Significant Leap in U.S. News & World Report Rankings and Rate High Among Industry Recruiters

Building on an already strong reputation as one of the top public universities in America, the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering is now ranked No. 23 overall among public universities by U.S. News & World Report (USNWR), moving up one spot since the magazine’s assessment of “Best Graduate Schools” last year, and has earned high marks from industry leaders looking for top-shelf engineering talent.

Six Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering graduate programs ranked in the top 15 by U.S. News & World Report


Florida Semiconductor Institute to help lead state in critical chips sector

The University of Florida’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering announced today the establishment of the Florida Semiconductor Institute, a campus- and state-wide coordinating hub to provide intellectual and technological leadership for semiconductors in the 21st Century.  

Volker J. Sorger, Ph.D.


Timing is everything for UF team creating hyper-accurate synchronization for DoD readiness

Funded by a $4.5 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), UF researchers, including Roozbeh Tabrizian, Ph.D., principal investigator and associate professor and Alan Hastings Faculty Fellow in ECE, are leading the project to produce a microchip-sized tactical-grade clock that maintains accuracy on the magnitude of billionths of a second over time.


UF will spearhead DARPA mission to pioneer crucial biomanufacturing in space

With the goal of creating a resilient supply chain for a sustained presence in space, researchers at the University of Florida (UF) are bioengineering microbes for experimentation on the International Space Station (ISS) they hope will reliably produce biopolymers, nutraceuticals, and antibiotics in variable gravity conditions.

The International Space Station on a dark background, with photos of Amor Menezes, Sam Niemi and the DARPA B-SURE project seal

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