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- With locations on UF’s main campus in Gainesville and a regional campus on Eglin Air Force Base in the Panhandle, Florida Applied Research in Engineering, known as FLARE, now provides real-world — and highly secure — research for the Department of Defense.
- Angela Lindner, Ph.D., is retiring after almost 30 years at UF. Her journey was defined by resilience amid personal loss and institutional hurdles, culminating in tenure, prolific student‑support programs and a reputation for student‑centric, visionary leadership.
- UF engineering professor Patrick Traynor, Ph.D. says commercially available tools used to detect AI-generated text in scientific literature are ineffective.
- The prestigious University of Florida Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars (ADTS) has a notable new member: Douglas E. Spearot, Ph.D., the interim chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
- After a national search, Michael Tonks, Ph.D., will shed his “interim” title to become the next chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, known as MSE, and home to the Nuclear Engineering Program.