Category: Alumni Spotlight

UF honors 40 successful alumni at Orange & Blue football game, including three engineers.

Three UF engineering alumni are among the 12 new “Faces of Technology” recognized by the Florida High Tech Corridor Council in 2019. Their selection underscores the innovative work being done by graduates from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Sean Dotson (’97 BSME, Mechanical Engineering), President and CEO, RND Automation & Engineering masterminds the advancement […]

UF environmental engineer returns to Florida to lead in phosphate mining field.

UF Engineering alum Madeley Arriola Guerrero (B.S., 2017) was selected as a 2019 New Face of Civil Engineering by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). This program recognizes notable achievements of young, distinguished civil engineers. Only 10 extraordinary professionals in the nation were honored with this prestigious award this year. Growing up in Nicaragua, […]

Linda Parker Hudson (B.S. ISE ’72, Honorary D.Sc. ‘14) has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for “a long and successful history of business leadership in the development and production of military systems.”

The Gator100 recognizes and celebrates the 100 fastest-growing Gator-owned or Gator-led businesses in the world each year. Congratulations to our talented alums who made the list for leading one of the world’s Fastest Growing Gator Companies!

Alumni Spotlight: Shanna Amster (BSME’17, MSME’18) Shanna Amster is a double Gator graduate, earning both her B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering in Spring 2017 and Fall 2018, respectively. During her time at UF, Amster was actively involved both inside and outside of the classroom. Within […]

Patrick Bollinger graduated with a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Florida. His journey was different from most students who were recognized at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering’s Fall 2018 commencement ceremony. Bollinger, originally from Maryland, left college more than two decades ago to work in his family’s roofing business and then […]

Joshua Walden (ChemE ’82) of Intel Corporation shares advice on leadership and diversity to UF Fall 2018 engineering graduates.

This article was originally published as “Drone Maker Sees Business Opportunity In Keeping Workers And Warfighters Safe” at Forbes.com. For intrepid wildlife biologists stomping around in the bush, it’s not an animal mauling or an attacking microbe that most often spells doom. Statistically speaking, it’s the aircraft they use to enter remote areas that does […]