Category: Honors & Awards

Breakthrough technology inspects railroad ties with backscatter imaging

Team of 20 engineering students – freshman to Ph.D. – returns from Hawaii with 1st place win.

An international patent attorney and a biomedical entrepreneur will serve as chair and vice chair. Both are Gator Engineers.

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering professor Z. Hugh Fan was recognized by the American Association for Advancement of Science for his contributions to the field of microfluidics.

W. Kent Fuchs, Ph.D., will help shape National Science Foundation priorities and advise the President and Congress on policies related to science and engineering.

Profs. Gilbert & Daily among first awarded in new NSF program aimed to make STEM fields more inclusive

Research includes building robots that can traverse high radiation environments and pinpointing ideal materials for constructing nuclear reactors.

Under the direction of “Bala” Balachandar, UF’s Institute for Computational Engineering will contribute to the multidisciplinary university research initiative.

Dean Abernathy received the “Campus Leaders Who Care” award for improving safety standards in higher education.

Key selection factors included academic reputation, student satisfaction, total cost, and average early career salary.