Category: Engineering Education

The HWCOE office of Student Affairs new Center for Experiential Learning is launching this winter with inaugural director, Sarah Furtney, Ph.D.

Thanks to the Machen Florida Opportunity Scholarship, First Gen student Claudia Klejc is finishing her senior year as a biomedical major in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, focusing on biomechanics.

Britney Hay comes to the University of Florida from Antigua and Barbuda, a twin-island nation in the Caribbean. You can often find Hay riding her bike on campus or enjoying lunch on the picnic tables next to Weil Hall, in the shadow of The Swamp. 

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.”

Khrysten Sears Spencer (B.A. ’09), one of the first Bernie Machen Opportunity Scholars, is watching her daughter Allannah Dean become a member of the class of 2028. Allanah plans to pursue an engineering degree.

Hsiao-Hsuan (Renee) Wan Title: Ph.D StudentAdvisor: Dr. Fan RenDepartment: Chemical Engineering  Hsiao-Hsuan, a Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering under Dr. Fan Ren, is advancing semiconductor and biosensor research. With her foundation from National Taiwan University, Renee’s work spans ultrawide bandgap semiconductors and biosensors for cancer detection. Our graduate students bring a unique blend of passion, […]

In three decades, STEPUP (Successful Transition and Enhanced Preparation for Undergraduates Program) has helped set up more than 800 engineering alumni for college success.

Athletes Mollie Brewer and Kevin Childs are UF Ph.D. engineering students and key players in the $2.5-million UF & Sport Collaborative initiative.

Childs grew up in Southern California. As a kid, one thing was certain: He wanted to swim.  “I thought I was going to stay in California,” he recalled. “Then I had a really good swim meet and that opened up an entire country worth of pools. I talked to a coach at North Carolina State […]

Brewer’s cycling career started at age 15 in North Carolina with a triathlon – or rather, holding water for triathletes when her soccer team volunteered at a water station. So inspired, she started training for triathlons but quickly learned cycling was her favorite.  She raced at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, then […]