Category: Research & Innovation

A team of engineers at the University of Florida has developed a new form of CRISPR technology that could make diagnostics and treatments safer, more precise and more affordable, while opening the door to entirely new ways of controlling disease.

University of Florida researchers, in collaboration with Princeton University, have developed a new genome-editing technology called CODE that enables more precise DNA modifications without cutting both strands of DNA. The system could help expand the possibilities of gene-editing therapies for genetic diseases, agriculture and developmental biology.

UF engineers are sending photonic semiconductor chips to the International Space Station to test performance in harsh space conditions. 

A University of Florida engineering research team is working to optimize communications among autonomous units — drones and self-driving vehicles, for example — in a project funded by an Air Force Research Lab University Center of Excellence Award.  

HiPerGator the supercomputer has changed the face of engineering research at the University of Florida. 

Researchers at the University of Florida are advancing new technologies to detect nuclear activity from space, positioning the university at the forefront of a rapidly evolving area of national security and space research.

UF researchers are developing AI models that combine satellite imagery, soil data and weather patterns to detect early indicators of sinkholes and improve risk prediction across Florida.

The UF Center for Engineering Human Performance and Wellness brings together experts from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering and the College of Health and Human Performance to study how wearable sensors, robotics and advanced data analysis can be used to monitor, understand and optimize how people move, recover and live. 

In a $5 million project funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, a team of researchers from UF, Rutgers University, Oregon State University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology are exploring the viability of using steel slag as an ingredient in cement and concrete. ESSIE associate professor Christopher Ferraro, Ph.D., is one of the project’s principal investigators. 

As thermal cameras become commonplace on autonomous drones and vehicles, a University of Florida engineering professor is working to make sure they can’t be maliciously tricked into “seeing” things that aren’t there.