Category: Student Spotlight

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 […]

ME Capstone students are collaborating with Dr. Antonio Faciola, an associate professor of animal sciences at UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), to redesign legacy cow digestion simulators pivotal for ruminant nutrition research. This interdisciplinary partnership leverages the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department’s EML4502 course, taught by senior lecturer Dr. Matthew J. Traum.

Divya Vellanki, a master’s student in computer science, came to UF from Andhra Pradesh, India and hit the ground running. Self-determined and ambitious, Divya dives into every opportunity available to her to enrich her college experience, determined to push herself out of her comfort zone and make a big impact in every endeavor she undertakes. […]

The UF in Lille: Engineering and Arts Study Abroad Program, established in 2021, provides engineering students an opportunity to earn critical course credits while also taking in the culture, architecture, and history of northern France.