Category: Research & Innovation

UF partners on $26M grant to produce more crops with less water and energy
August 21, 2020University of Florida is partnering on a $26 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop new technologies and systems that will help farmers produce more food with less water and energy.
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Gilbert Creates inLine Ticketing System to Lower Health Risk When Voting
August 5, 2020Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., CISE, has created a ticketing system to help voters maintain social distancing while exercising their right to vote.
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UF Announces $70 Million Artificial Intelligence Partnership with NVIDIA
July 21, 2020UF will house the fastest AI supercomputer in higher education.
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FICS Research Receives $7.8M to Help Make On-Chip Security Pervasive
July 13, 2020Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research has announced a collaboration with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on a program called Automated Implementation of Secure Silicon (AISS). The grant has the broad goal of making scalable on-chip security pervasive throughout industry and military applications.
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COVID-19 Research Roundup
June 15, 2020Gator engineers are shaping the future of things that are vital to society as we traverse the COVID-19 pandemic landscape.
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$15M Technology Transition Center Celebrates Virtual Kickoff
May 8, 2020The joint center aims to harness the expertise of both FICS Research and Edaptive Computing to build a comprehensive set of technologies that can be used by designers and security engineers to ensure the security and trust of microelectronics.
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Developing a Next-Generation Coronavirus Test for Home Use
April 28, 2020Piyush Jain, Ph.D., CHE, has been working on a test for the novel coronavirus that can be administered at home in less than 30 minutes.
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UF Labs Team Up to Outfit Hospitals
April 20, 2020UF engineering professor Forrest Masters, Ph.D., began a collaborative effort between campus labs to produce protective gear for underequipped hospitals.
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UF Engineers Develop HVAC Powered by Multiple Energy Sources
April 9, 2020Saeed Moghaddam, Ph.D., Knox T. Millsaps Professor, MAE, along with industry and organizational partners, has received a $1.89M grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a breakthrough cooling and heating system.
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Two UF Engineers Chosen for Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
April 2, 2020Two current University of Florida faculty members from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering are among a group of eight distinguished inventors who will be inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame this year.
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