Category: Research & Innovation

UF Engineering faculty team up to mentor minority Ph.D. students
October 6, 2016Profs. Gilbert & Daily among first awarded in new NSF program aimed to make STEM fields more inclusive
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Going for the Gold
September 14, 2016The UF Engineering student startup that is transforming physical therapy for spinal cord injuries will compete in the world’s first Cybathlon.
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Coastal restoration in one-tenth of the time
August 19, 2016Environmental engineering professor publishes breakthrough approach to create resilient coastal communities.
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UF Nuclear Engineering Takes on U.S. Department of Energy Challenges
July 22, 2016Research includes building robots that can traverse high radiation environments and pinpointing ideal materials for constructing nuclear reactors.
Read more »UF’s New Electronics Security Lab to be Outfitted by Tektronix
July 19, 2016This announcement originally appeared on PRNewsWire. BEAVERTON, Ore. – Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of measurement solutions, today announced that the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research (FICS Research) at the University of Florida Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering will outfit its electronics research lab with an extensive range of state-of-the-art Tektronix test equipment. The instrumentation, […]
Read more »UF Engineering part of $7.5 M defense department study of spray behavior and control
July 14, 2016Under the direction of “Bala” Balachandar, UF’s Institute for Computational Engineering will contribute to the multidisciplinary university research initiative.
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Bridges could soon be inspected by aerial drones
July 13, 2016UF Engineering faculty and NSF CAREER awardee Jennifer Rice is exploring best practices with emerging technologies.
Read more »Breast cancer detection made more precise
July 13, 20163D imaging research by biomedical engineering professor David Gilland makes tumors easier to detect and halves treatment radiation.
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Hook, line and sinker: Researchers find new way to stop ransomware
July 8, 2016UF’s cybersecurity experts created CryptoDrop to stop phising and ransomware attacks.
Read more »UF Civil Engineering professor emeritus writes about Panama Canal
June 30, 2016Frank Townsend’s article in The Conversation discusses ways the expansion will transform shipping around the world.
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