Category: Research & Innovation

UF Biomedical Engineer Pursues Understanding of Natural Killer Cells
May 22, 2019Blanka Sharma, Ph.D., receives Early Career Award from National Science Foundation to study ways to kill cancer cells.
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Anchor Biologics Wins The 2019 Cade Prize
May 21, 2019Anchor Biologics is a collaboration of UF biomedical engineering researchers that aim to create a new treatment for inflammatory diseases.
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UF-led Consortium Selected To Pioneer New Autonomy Capabilities For U.S. Combat Resources
May 14, 2019AFOSR selected the UF-led team as the single winner of this prestigious Center of Excellence from among several elite groups competing across the nation.
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UF Engineering Professor Receives ECASE-Army Award and PECASE For Cybersecurity Research
May 10, 2019Professor Domenic Forte, a member of UF’s Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research, will develop digital fingerprint for electronic systems
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Three Engineering Faculty Named UF Research Foundation Professors for 2019-2022
May 2, 2019The recognition goes to faculty who have a distinguished current record of research and a strong research agenda that is likely to lead to continuing distinction in their fields.
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UF Engineer Joel Harley, Ph.D. Leads Research To Improve Efficiency of Solar Power Grids
April 25, 2019Joel Harley, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at UF, is working with scientists at the University of Utah and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to develop and commercialize a new sensor that would quickly detect a problem and its location on a large solar grid.
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The Warren B. Nelms Institute For The Connected World Names Leaders
March 28, 2019Swarup Bhunia, Ph.D., and My T. Thai, Ph.D., will lead the University of Florida’s Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World.
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UF Researchers Develop Artificial Intelligence System For Fast, Accurate Patient care
February 19, 2019Biomedical engineering professor Dr. Parisa Rashidi collaborates with UF Health to develop DeepSOFA system.
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No More Scars? UF Engineers Continue Work To Develop Models For Scar-Free Healing
February 18, 2019Dr. Chelsey Simmons, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Affiliate faculty of the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, at the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering has been awarded a $1.8 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to study models of scar-free healing in mammals.
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Key to Enzyme Therapy Unlocked
February 8, 2019UF Engineers solve 50+-year-old enzyme dissipation and distortion puzzle, opening the door to enzyme therapy for osteoarthritis, periodontal disease and, potentially, cancer.
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