Category: Alumni Spotlight

Spotlights on UF doctoral graduates who are now NSF CAREER faculty.

RAISE $25,000 IN 25 DAYS IN HONOR OF STEPUP’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY October 16 – November 10, 2018 When the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering selected funding for STEPUP (the Successful Transition and Enhanced Preparation for Undergraduates Program) as a focus of the 2018 Alumni Reunion, they wanted to find a Challenge Champion to inspire […]

UF engineering alumnus Yangbin Wang won the 2018 Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for Vobile, a software he developed in 2005 to catch pirate video streaming.

In his own words, Ivens Applyrs, a Spring 2018 commencement speaker, describes his journey to becoming a New Engineer.

UF student Erica Harp wins Horatio Alger/Dennis Washington Leadership Award.

Fueled by perseverance and determination, traits she embodied as a cross country runner in her high school days, Kelly Napoli is helping shape the future of energy.

UF chemical engineer and serial entrepreneur Alex Moreno named a UF Distinguished Alumnus.

UF electrical engineer Lesa Benton Roe continues her momentum as the first woman chancellor of the University of North Texas System.

Ted Henter (BSME ’74) remembers swerving as the lights came toward him. Those lights would be one of the last things he’d ever see. After two unsuccessful eye surgeries, Henter, then 27, awoke with a face full of stitches and a permanent disability. But Henter said he spent only about 10 minutes lamenting the loss […]

Don Irons, a UF electrical & computer engineering alum and onetime NASA engineer, worked in a male-dominated field for 40 years. Now he’s investing in women engineers.