Category: Students

Teresa Myrthil, a doctoral student in engineering education, draws on her experiences in engineering to support and mentor the next generation of engineers.

With blindfolds, colorful cones and bursts of nervous laughter, undergraduate engineering students learned what leadership at the University of Florida looks like.  

As part of the required Introduction to Engineering course, first-year engineering students rotate through the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering’s 11 constituent departments to explore majors and potential career opportunities.

Over the summer, the inaugural cohort of the Ph.D. Research and Interdisciplinary Mentoring Experience, known as PRIME, celebrated its graduation.

Each summer, Sanethia Thomas, Ph.D., brings UF students to South Africa to create tech solutions for community problems. 

Applying advanced AI to agriculture requires solving some of the most complex computing challenges in existence — challenges that directly impact how technology interacts with the real world.

UF’s Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering is home to two national champion design teams: Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge.

Thomas Corbin first fell for the Gator Nation when he was a visiting chemical engineering undergraduate from North Carolina State. He declared UF was where he wanted to be, and he returned to pursue his doctoral studies.

One of my earliest memories is looking at the moon as a child in Nairobi, Kenya, and wondering, “Why is the moon following me?”

“Do you want to build a rocket engine?” Those are the words that started this journey 2.5 years ago in the middle of Turlington Plaza at UF. At the time, there was no engine or test stand; they were both concept sketches, clean-sheet designs, CAD models and Excel spreadsheets. Even as freshmen, we knew the […]

The UF Institute of Transportation Engineers, or ITE, student chapter won the Florida Puerto Rico District ITE Traffic Bowl competition once again, marking an exciting eight-year winning streak that speaks to the quality of its students and transportation program. “It feels so surreal to stand on the shoulders of our other traffic bowl members who […]