News from Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

From athletes to everyday health: UF Engineers unveil bold vision for the future of human performance

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. 

Taking concrete steps towards sustainability

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. 

Thermal cameras used in drones and robots can be tricked by heat sources, study finds

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. 

UF’s RoboPI lab making waves with marine robots

Researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering’s RoboPI Laboratory are developing intelligent marine robots to explore the ocean, monitor ecosystems and help protect critical underwater infrastructure.

ECE ‘star Gator’ Farimah Farahmandi wins 40 Under 40 alumni award

Farimah Farahmandi, Ph.D., Walden C. Rhines Endowed Professor for Hardware Security and associate director of the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity, has received UF’s 40 Under 40 alumni award. In April, Farahmandi will also receive the Distinguished Young Alumni Award from UF’s Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering.  

Two UF Engineers named to the 2026 National Academy of Inventors Senior Membership

Two faculty members from the University of Florida’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering have been named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors.