Category: Honors & Awards

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 […]

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

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

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

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

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 […]

​The Florida Engineering Society (FES) and Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers (FICE) honored State Representative Lake Ray, District 12, with the Governor A.W. Gilchrist Award at the Florida capitol this month. The award celebrates engineers who exemplify high standards by embracing the spirit of public service and bring honor to the engineering profession through their […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A team of nanoparticle researchers at the University of Florida – who are studying ways to inhibit corrosion on various surfaces, improve antimicrobial coatings, and “green” a number of household products­ – was recently recognized by the National Science Foundation. UF’s Center for Particulate and Surfactant Systems (CPaSS) was awarded the 2015 Alexander […]

Jon Dobson, a joint professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, has been inducted as a Fellow into the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). This honor is reserved for the top 2% of bioengineers who have excelled in their field. […]

Bruce Wheeler, professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been inducted as a Fellow into the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering. The prestigious fellowship is comprised of inductees who are nominated, screened and selected for their outstanding contributions to the profession of medical and biological engineering. The academy […]