Dr. Warren Dixon Named IEEE Fellow

January 20, 2016

Dr. Warren Dixon, a professor with the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, was recently awarded the status of an IEEE Fellow for contributions to the adaptive control of uncertain nonlinear systems. The Fellow Grade is the most prestigious rank the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) offers, following a rigorous evaluation procedure, less […]

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NSF’s Epicenter Selects Two UF Engineering Students as Innovation Fellows

November 13, 2015

Jasmine Perez and Erin Winick have just completed training to become University Innovation Fellows with the National Science Foundation-funded Epicenter. The national fellows program empowers student leaders to increase campus engagement with innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and design thinking.  Jasmine and Erin are supported by faculty sponsor David Whitney and by the Engineering Innovation Fellows fund. […]

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UF SWE returns from national conference with major awards

October 30, 2015

Students from the UF section of the Society for Women in Engineering traveled to the SWE national conference in Nashville, TN, and returned with a  “gold level” award for Outstanding Collegiate Section.

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Juan Gilbert selected for AAAS Invention Ambassador program

July 1, 2015

Juan Gilbert, the Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor & Chair and the new chair of the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering has been selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to be among the second round of inventors honored by its Lemelson Invention Ambassadors Program. The purpose of […]

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Congratulations to our 2015 distinguished award recipients

May 8, 2015

Jim Allchin (BS ECI, ’73) and Henry Upjohn shared personal messages with our graduates at the morning and evening Commencement ceremonies.

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Engineering Faculty Honored University-Wide

April 23, 2015

Jose Principe and Hans van Oostrom are two of four professors around campus being recognized for their distinguished achievements.

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2014 AAAS Mentor Award Winner, Juan Gilbert

March 17, 2015

UF CISE professor recognized for helping underrepresented minority computer science students to earn doctoral degrees.

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UF Transportation Institute Director Recognized for her Leadership

March 5, 2015

ASCE calls Dr. Lily Elefteriadou “one of the world’s foremost experts in the field of traffic operations, traffic flow theory and simulation”

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NSF’s Epicenter selects Gator Engineering students as fellows

March 4, 2015

Two Gator Engineering students have been selected for University Innovation Fellows, a program of the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter), which is funded by the National Science Foundation and housed at Stanford University. Natalie DeVarona and Daniel Kleinman – both mentored by Erik Sander, director of UF’s Engineering Innovation Institute – were […]

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