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- Predicting Damage from Hurricanes Before They Make Landfall
August 5, 2021: Maitane Olabarrieta, Ph.D., associate professor, and Arthriya Subgranon, Ph.D., assistant professor, in the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering within the Engineering School of Sustainable I … - Duke Energy Foundation awards $734,000 in grants to support workforce development in Florida
August 2, 2021: Duke Energy is investing $100,000 in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering to create the Energy Sustainability, Technology and Resiliency Testing Hub and Certificate Program. The depa … - Quantum Materials Researcher Helps Bring Inclusion and Equity to Campus Community
June 29, 2021: We recently had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Ryan Need, assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), about their research, experience as a new UF faculty memb … - Prevatt Issues Call to Action for Engineering Society’s Commitment to an Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive Profession
June 15, 2021: David O. Prevatt, Ph.D., an associate professor in ESSIE, writes that the ASCE must advance the structural engineering profession by promoting the adoption of the values of diversity, equity, and incl … - How a Robot Developed at UF Could Help First Responders See Through Walls During Rescues
June 2, 2021: A University of Florida research team led by Eric Jing Du, Ph.D., a professor of civil and coastal engineering, is working on a robot dog that has the ability to enter an enclosed space, scan it, and … - Three UF engineering faculty receive Early Career Awards
June 1, 2021: In 2021, NSF recognized three promising young researchers from the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering by presenting them with NSF Early CAREER awards. - UF’s Gatr2 Vex Robotics Team Wins The Texas VexU Qualifier
May 27, 2021: Each year, 300 university-level teams from more than 50 countries compete in qualifiers as they head towards the Vex Robotics World Championships. Cameron Soviero, Captain of the Gator VEX Robotics t … - In Memoriam – Warren B. Nelms, 1937-2021
May 19, 2021: It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Warren B. Nelms, an outstanding alumnus from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. Nelms passed away on May 16, 2021. Warren i … - UF Researchers Developing AI Technology to Measure Produce Freshness
May 17, 2021: Alina Zare, Ph.D., a professor in ECE, and Tie Liu, Ph.D., an assistant professor in IFAS, were featured on TV20 News for the work using AI and x-ray technology to detect freshness signatures being em … - Groundswell Startups Partners with UF to Bring AI Supercomputer Access to the Space Coast
May 5, 2021: Groundswell Startups is proud to announce a collaborative partnership with the University of Florida Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering that will bring companies on Florida’s Space Coast access t …