Four Gator Engineering researchers have identified a weakness in asphalt roof shingles, and have recommended that homeowners and roofing professionals check for shingle adhesion, especially around the edges of each shingle, and hand-seal loose edges as needed to manufacturer or industry specifications. Professional Roofing, a national trade publication for the roofing industry, featured the research related to this recommendation on …
Gator Engineering grad students build unmanned aircraft to survey wildlife
Working across disciplines with wildlife biologists at UF, graduate students in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering have developed a 14-pound aircraft with a high-resolution digital camera that can photograph and help document nests without disturbing bird populations. Read more about this and other specialty projects that the MAE department faculty and students have collaborated on in the Gainesville …
Biomedical engineering professor to receive Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award
Wesley Bolch, professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering , will be honored as the 2014 recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award by the Health Physics Society at its 59th annual meeting in Baltimore on July 15, 2014. The Health Physics Society (HPS), formed in 1956, is a scientific organization of professionals who specialize in …
Water treatment expert wins Excellence Award for Assistant Professors
Dr. Treavor H. Boyer, from the Department of Environmental Engineering & Science, will receive the 2014 Excellence Award for Assistant Professors. The award is presented by the Provost’s Office and nominees must display excellence in research. This year’s selection committee said it focused on the quality and innovativeness of research, and sought to balance the diverse intellectual streams that the …
Three Gator Engineering professors among those honored by UF Research Foundation
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Research Foundation has named 33 faculty members as UFRF Professors for 2014-2017. The recognition goes to faculty who have a distinguished current record of research and a strong research agenda that is likely to lead to continuing distinction in their fields. The UFRF Professors were recommended by their college deans based on nominations …
Environmental Engineering Researchers Reduce Odor Emissions in Landfills
University of Florida researchers in the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences (EES) have developed a framework for designing custom soil covers at landfills to reduce harmful emissions. There are more than 3,400 active landfills in the U.S. About half of them accept household wastes, while the other half accept debris from construction and demolition projects. The environmental conditions that naturally …
Biomedical engineers shine in 19th annual IPPD expo
Gator Engineering’s Integrated Product and Process Design program continues to spotlight innovation with its 19th annual Final Design Review and Prototype Demonstration Showcase on April 15. This exposition will be the first year undergraduate biomedical engineering students are participating. Team “Clean Cut” includes seniors from BME’s inaugural graduating class collaborating on a prototype system of recycling single-use medical equipment. They …
University Of Florida Researchers Say Lobster’s Sense of Smell Could Help Detect Explosives
As reported by First Bell on March 19, 2014: On its website, NBC News reports University of Florida researchers say that by studying a lobster’s sense of smell they may be able to develop technology that can protect soldiers from landmines and other explosives. The UF researchers have found that an olfactory neuron in lobsters “emits bursts of electrical pulses, …
Distinguished professor examines all angles of industrial disaster
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – It wasn’t just chemistry gone awry that resulted in thousands of deaths when a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, leaked tons of poisonous gases in a single evening 30 years ago. The recipe for the disaster also included ingredients of politics, economics, history and culture. So says Ranganathan “Ranga” Narayanan, a University of Florida chemical engineering professor who is …
Gator Engineering professor improves methods for estimating citrus crop yields
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Citrus crop-yield estimates may be more accurate, thus ensuring higher productivity and more revenue, if an algorithm proves as successful as it did in a recent University of Florida study. Wonsuk “Daniel” Lee’s study, published in the January issue of the journal Biosystems Engineering, could eventually help Florida’s $9 billion-a-year citrus industry. Lee, a UF agricultural and …