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The UF SynBio Working Group and the UF Chemical Engineering department cordially invite you to the following seminar: Discovery, Domestication, and Engineering of Diverse Microbes for a Circular Economy by Prof. Mark Blenner, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware. Microorganisms have always been integral to natural circular processes in the environment. […]

Eva Zurek, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Chemistry University of Buffalo, SUNY Dr. Eva Zurek received a BSc in Chemistry and Physics (2000) and an MSc (2002) from the University of Calgary, Canada. Eva was awarded a Ph.D. fellowship from the Max Planck Research School for Advanced Materials in Stuttgart, Germany, and her postdoctoral research was performed […]

The UF ABE Biocomplexity Engineering research group (members and collaborators of the ABE Hydrological Modeling Lab Led by Dr. Rafael Muñoz-Carpena) invite you to join our weekly research seminar presentations by a diverse network of researchers in and outside UF ABE, on various topics geared towards learning about complex systems and solutions within the discipline […]

The intent of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program is to build out a national electric vehicle (EV) charging network for passenger vehicles and light duty trucks. This new formula funding program will provide the Department a total of $198 million over the life of the five-year program. Funds can be used to purchase […]

Isaac Rodriguez, Ph.D., Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, SweetBio, Inc. Dr. Rodriguez will share his journey from being a biomedical engineering graduate student to postdoctoral fellow to starting his own medical device company with his business-minded sister. His journey includes securing $6M from venture capital and angel investors, navigating the FDA with a product he […]

UF ISE Fall Seminar Presentation by Juan Wachs, Ph.D. 11/04/2022 starting at 11:45am Virtual Seminar on Zoom Title: “Can Machines Learn with No Data? One Step Towards Human-Like Learning” Abstract: Supervised classification methods, especially the ones based on deep learning, have achieved great success in many domains and tasks that are previously unimaginable. The ultimate […]

Idalis Villanueva Alarcón Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Education University of Florida Dr. Idalis Villanueva Alarcón is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at the University of Florida. In 2019, she received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award for her NSF CAREER project on hidden curriculum in engineering. She has a […]

The UF ABE Biocomplexity Engineering research group (members and collaborators of the ABE Hydrological Modeling Lab Led by Dr. Rafael Muñoz-Carpena) invite you to join our weekly research seminar presentations by a diverse network of researchers in and outside UF ABE, on various topics geared towards learning about complex systems and solutions within the discipline […]

Gerardine G. Botte, Ph.D. Director, CASFER an NSF Engineering Research Center Title: Electrochemical Technologies toward Sustainability and Circular Economy Abstract: Circularity and sustainability are typically used together and sometimes interchangeably leading to confusion and diluting the importance and value of the actions related to each other. Electrochemical technologies are an excellent platform to contribute towards […]

Natasha Diba Sheybani, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia Research Director, UVA Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center Despite the remarkable promise of cancer immunotherapy, a significant fraction of patients with solid tumors are yet unable to realize its unparalleled benefits. In this talk, I will introduce focused ultrasound (FUS) – a promising […]