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Professor Laura Kim, center, is shown in her lab with Ph.D. student Dillon Vann, left, and postdoc Christian Nweze, Ph.D.

Leading the quantum leap: Meet the UF experts behind the momentum

December 5, 2025

To get a good window into what the University of Florida is doing in the quantum space, spend some time with Laura Kim, Ph.D., and Yingying Wu, Ph.D. Both are award-winning assistant professors in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and both are gaining attention for their work in quantum research and education.

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Laura Kim, Ph.D.

Faculty spotlight: Laura Kim

December 5, 2025

Assistant professor Laura Kim, ECE

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Yingying Wu, Ph.D.

Faculty spotlight: Yingying Wu

December 5, 2025

Assistant professor Yingying Wu, ECE

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UF students work in Elham Heidari’s lab.

America’s next AI accelerator constraint: Heat, power and the end of ‘just add GPUs’

December 4, 2025

AI has entered a phase where the limits are no longer set by algorithms or transistor counts but by energy and speed.   For years, the industry relied on a simple strategy: Deploy more Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). That approach is now colliding with physics. Datacenters push megawatts of power, airborne and orbital systems cannot dissipate […]

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The researchers in Zhang’s lab in the New Physics Building at University of Florida. Left to Right: Xiao-Xiao Zhang (the lead PI of the study), Yunong Wang, Enamul Yousuf and Philip Feng.

UF led team of scientists and engineers reveal hidden rhythms of magnetism using vibrating nano drums

October 29, 2025

Scientists are using vibrating nanoscale drumheads to study how magnetism moves and changes inside special materials — a discovery that could help power the next generation of fast, energy-efficient computers. 

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A UF Rising Star, ECE’s Silva wins more teaching awards

June 23, 2025

Catia Silva, Ph.D., won the 2025 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award, as well as the 2025 UF Rising Star Award

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Think you can cheat with AI? A UF professor creates watermarks to detect AI-generated writing

February 19, 2025

Imagine a digital watermark that could remove the guesswork and actually flag AI-generated text whenever someone submits their writing. A University of Florida engineering professor is developing this technology right now.

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Farimah Farahmandi, Ph.D.

Young UF faculty member racks in the awards and fans

January 15, 2025

If Grammy Awards were given to faculty, Farimah Farahmandi, Ph.D., would top the nominations list. Fact is, she is often called “rockstar” in the halls and labs of the University of Florida’s Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department. Since joining the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering in 2019, Farahmandi has consistently set a high bar […]

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From Harry Potter to Spectroscopy

October 25, 2024

Born in St. Louis and raised in East St. Louis, IL, Kelsey Horace-Herron started her UF journey in the summer of 2018 when a mentor recommended her for UF’s Junior Preview. From there she had the opportunity to participate in UF’s SURF (Summer Undergraduate Research at Florida) program the following summer. Soon thereafter, Horrace-Herron won the Graduate School Preeminence Award and knew “UF was the perfect place for me.”

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UF announces $3M engineering collaboration with Citi

September 18, 2024

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida is pleased to announce a $3 million collaboration with Citi, a global powerhouse in financial services. 

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