Category: Honors & Awards

Jose C. Principe, a distinguished professor of electrical engineering, was named a recipient of the 2016 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Faculty Achievement Award. These annual awards recognize faculty members from SEC universities who have outstanding records in teaching, research and scholarship. Principe’s area of expertise is in adaptive dynamical systems, computational intelligence and machine learning with […]

Dean Cammy Abernathy was recognized at UF’s Women’s History Month celebration for her commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Dr. Herbert Wertheim and his wife, Nicole, were honored at the UF Academy of Golden Gators celebration for their commitment to engineering excellence.

The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.

UF’s list of the top 100 fastest-growing, Gator-owned businesses includes entrepreneurs and business leaders from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

Thomas Rambo co-founded Altavian, Inc while enrolled in entrepreneurship classes offered by the Engineering Innovation Institute.

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 […]

Professors Dobson and Fang will share the honor with President Fuchs and Dean Abernathy.

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. […]

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.