Category: In the Headlines

UF Engineer Leads Collaboration for Safer Roadways
October 22, 2019Sanjay Ranka, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), was recently awarded a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop technology that will monitor high-risk intersections in Gainesville, FL, to make roadways safer.
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Computer Engineering Alumna Helps Older Adults With New Technology
August 2, 2019How UF grad Ming Yang created tech repair Orchard.
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Honorary College Chairman Beats The Odds To Become Visionary Philanthropist
February 21, 2019Dr. Herbert Wertheim is in the chairman of the University of Florida’s engineering college.
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UF Research Satellite Launches Into Orbit
December 20, 2018NASA launched a UF satellite that could help improve the accuracy of timing-sensitive satellites, such as GPS.
Read more »Meet Your 2018 Alumni Reunion Challengers
October 29, 2018RAISE $25,000 IN 25 DAYS IN HONOR OF STEPUP’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY October 16 – November 10, 2018 When the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering selected funding for STEPUP (the Successful Transition and Enhanced Preparation for Undergraduates Program) as a focus of the 2018 Alumni Reunion, they wanted to find a Challenge Champion to inspire […]
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UF Engineering Alumnus Wins Emmy Award For Vobile Software
September 24, 2018UF engineering alumnus Yangbin Wang won the 2018 Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for Vobile, a software he developed in 2005 to catch pirate video streaming.
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Mining Data From The Human Mouth
September 24, 2018Y.K. Yoon, ECE, has developed the first Internet of Things device that can mine data from the human mouth.
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Dr. Herbert Wertheim Inducted Into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
September 20, 2018The annual event celebrated the outstanding achievements of the optometric physician, entrepreneur, inventor and innovator.
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UF Rises To No. 8 Among Public Universities
September 12, 2018The 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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