Category: Research & Innovation

University of Florida Transportation Institute revolutionizes transportation technology through grand opening of its $2M I-STREET™ Living Lab
April 26, 2024The University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI), housed in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, announced the grand opening of its I-STREET™ Living Lab, which will connect surrounding roadway networks on the UF campus, the COG, and across the state using cutting-edge technologies.
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Unlocking the mysteries of the solar eclipse
April 2, 2024Few celestial events capture the imagination quite like a total solar eclipse, and the one on April 8 promises to be particularly remarkable. Alicia K. Petersen, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida, is shedding light on the significance of this upcoming cosmic phenomenon.
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Making advances in space engineering
March 25, 2024UF has launched the Space Mission Institute, an interdisciplinary hub for space research. The institute helps bring together researchers like Tori Miller, Ph.D., and Christopher Petersen, Ph.D., both in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, who are partnering to imagine the future of space exploration, where self-guided satellites repair and upgrade one another and where we can build structures in space far too big to launch from Earth.
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UF team works to create most resilient sensor on Earth
March 22, 2024A team led by three ECE Florida faculty members is set to receive $6.6M from DARPA to design and fabricate dynamic pressure sensors capable of performing at temperatures upwards of 800 °C (1472 °F), over a factor of 6X higher than any integrated pressure sensor currently in use.
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From inspiration to achievement
March 22, 2024NANCY RUZYCKI’S SUMMER SCIENCE CAMPS CONTINUE TO EMPOWER YOUNG SCIENTISTS Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a rapidly advancing technology with rapidly expanding applications in the workforce. Currently, however, there is a shortage of materials for both teaching and learning AI. To address this gap, in 2022, Nancy Ruzycki, Ph.D., an instructional associate professor in the Department […]
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UF researchers evaluate academic performance of chatbots
March 14, 2024A study by UF researchers highlights the need for more evaluation for trustworthiness and accuracy before OpenAI’s ChatGPT responses can be used as reference resources. Kiley Graim, Ph.D., an assistant professor in CISE, was a coauthor.
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Strengthening the University of Florida’s national security and defense research program
February 26, 2024When people hear the words “national security,” their minds might quickly go to three-initialed agencies, clandestine operations, and men in dark suits wearing earpieces. But Damon Woodard, Ph.D., director of the Florida Institute for National Security (FINS) at the University of Florida, envisions something different: jobs and research.
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Motivating Luddites Toward AI-Augmented Healthcare
February 22, 2024Renowned UF biomed expert Parisa Rashidi urges Congress to fast-track broader AI
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University of Florida to strengthen its sports program through AI-Powered Athletics
February 8, 2024A groundbreaking project to build an interdisciplinary team and infrastructure to enable AI-Powered Athletics at UF is part of a $2.5 million project funded through President Ben Sasse’s Strategic Research Initiatives.
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Autodesk gifts DCP & HWCOE $1.5 million for industrialized construction engineering
January 24, 2024Less than three weeks after University of Florida President Ben Sasse announced $2.5 million in strategic funding to advance the field of Industrialized Construction Engineering (ICE), Autodesk announced Tuesday a $1.5 million gift to the UF College of Design, Construction and Planning and UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering to establish the world’s first-ever industrialized construction department.
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