Category: Student Spotlight

Balancing the court and classroom
November 19, 2025ISE senior Corey Reynolds balances his passion for basketball with the precision of engineering as a student manager for the national champion Gators. From logistics to leadership, he’s learning what it takes to support a winning program on and off the court.
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From semiconductors to table tennis. Meet Shubham Ravan
November 14, 2025Shubham Ravan, a first-year master’s student in chemical engineering, specializes in semiconductor fabrication and scaling processes from lab to commercial applications. He recently received the department’s MS Research, Leadership and Service Excellence Award and serves as the graduate cohort representative. Outside the lab, he stays active with badminton and table tennis and enjoys reading science fiction and biographies.
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UF Students Excel in Materials Competition, Earn National Awards and Scholarships
November 5, 2025The University of Florida’s Ceramic Mug Drop (CMD) design team made history in September by setting a new university UF record for the highest drop at the Materials Science & Technology Technical Meeting and Exhibition in Columbus, Ohio. Competing for the first time, the CMD team, part of the UF Material Advantage chapter, showcased innovation, […]
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For first-generation UF student Ivanna Milian, ‘the only option is to succeed’
October 31, 2025Ivanna Milian’s family nurtured her path as a first-generation college student from her first days in elementary school.
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A ‘feeling of familia’
December 9, 2024UF’s Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) chapter was selected as one of six Gold Chapters of the Year by the national organization.
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From sustainability to showjumping
November 26, 2024Two winners of UF’s International Student Achievement Awards are from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering: Ph.D. student Karthik Boregowda from India and Industrial and Systems Engineering senior Yousef Bani Ahmad from Jordan.
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Student Spotlight: Yousef Bani Ahmad
November 26, 2024Advisors: Melony Goldsmith, Regan Garner and Iris Rivero, Ph.D. An Industrial and Systems Engineering major, Ahmad grew up in Amman, Jordan, and later studied at the United World College (UWC) in Japan. How did you find your way to UF? After my time at UWC, I wanted to continue my education in an environment that values […]
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Student Spotlight: Karthik Boregowda
November 26, 2024Nominator/Adviser: Michael Annable, Ph.D., and Edward Latorre. Ph.D. Boregowda grew up in Karnataka, India, and moved to Arkansas to pursue his education. He mentors undergrad students at UF Integrated Product & Process Design, an experiential education program that develops engineering products for industrial and research sponsors. He volunteers with the Gainesville Community Weatherization Coalition as […]
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UF Ph.D. students bring precision and perspective to AI initiative
July 19, 2024Athletes Mollie Brewer and Kevin Childs are UF Ph.D. engineering students and key players in the $2.5-million UF & Sport Collaborative initiative.
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Student Spotlight: Kevin Childs
July 19, 2024Childs 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 […]
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