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UF scientists createdBlueME, a magnetoelectric antenna that lets underwater robots communicate over 700 meters.

Of the 2,500 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships awarded this academic year, 16 winners were Gator engineers from the University of Florida’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.

In an occasion marked by snacks, happy tears and pride, engineering faculty members in May celebrated the first graduates to earn the University of Florida’s new master’s degrees in artificial intelligence systems and applied data science.  Thirty-one students graduated with their master’s in Applied Data Science (MSADS), and 24 graduated with UF’s first AI Systems (MSAIS) master’s degrees. The new degrees are the latest steps to position UF as a […]

With locations on UF’s main campus in Gainesville and a regional campus on Eglin Air Force Base in the Panhandle, Florida Applied Research in Engineering, known as FLARE, now provides real-world — and highly secure — research for the Department of Defense.

Angela Lindner, Ph.D., is retiring after almost 30 years at UF.  Her journey was defined by resilience amid personal loss and institutional hurdles, culminating in tenure, prolific student‑support programs and a reputation for student‑centric, visionary leadership.   

UF engineering professor Patrick Traynor, Ph.D. says commercially available tools used to detect AI-generated text in scientific literature are ineffective.

The prestigious University of Florida Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars (ADTS) has a notable new member: Douglas E. Spearot, Ph.D., the interim chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. 

After a national search, Michael Tonks, Ph.D., will shed his “interim” title to become the next chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, known as MSE, and home to the Nuclear Engineering Program. 

As the spring commencement speaker for the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, Ron Antevy (BSCE ’91) shared his journey from civil engineering graduate to successful entrepreneur with a few thousand of his colleagues.  

A team of engineers at the University of Florida has developed a new form of CRISPR technology that could make diagnostics and treatments safer, more precise and more affordable, while opening the door to entirely new ways of controlling disease.