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No More Scars? UF Engineers Continue Work To Develop Models For Scar-Free Healing

February 18, 2019

Dr. Chelsey Simmons, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Affiliate faculty of the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, at the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering has been awarded a $1.8 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to study models of scar-free healing in mammals.

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Key to Enzyme Therapy Unlocked

February 8, 2019

UF Engineers solve 50+-year-old enzyme dissipation and distortion puzzle, opening the door to enzyme therapy for osteoarthritis, periodontal disease and, potentially, cancer.

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New Engineering Flagship Building Topping-Out Ceremony Celebrates Core Completion

February 6, 2019

The Whiting-Turner Construction Company hosted college officials, alumni, and the jobsite crew to celebrate the completion of the core of the new Herbert Wertheim Laboratory for Engineering Excellence.

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Tiny Sensors, Big Potential

January 23, 2019

UF Engineers develop sensors that create their own energy, saving weight and extending battery life of electric vehicles.

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Insights From A Successful Tech-World Executive

December 18, 2018

Joshua Walden (ChemE ’82) of Intel Corporation shares advice on leadership and diversity to UF Fall 2018 engineering graduates.

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Soaring Toward a $100B Industry

December 10, 2018

This article was originally published as “Drone Maker Sees Business Opportunity In Keeping Workers And Warfighters Safe” at Forbes.com. For intrepid wildlife biologists stomping around in the bush, it’s not an animal mauling or an attacking microbe that most often spells doom. Statistically speaking, it’s the aircraft they use to enter remote areas that does […]

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Inaugural Chairman of the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at UF inducted into the 2018 Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

Dr. Herbert Wertheim Inducted Into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

September 20, 2018

The annual event celebrated the outstanding achievements of the optometric physician, entrepreneur, inventor and innovator.

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UF Rises to No. 8 Public

UF Rises To No. 8 Among Public Universities

September 12, 2018

The University of Florida strengthened its ranking among the nation’s top-10 public universities, rising to No. 8 in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges list.

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