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A team led by University of Florida researchers is developing an injectable implant to stimulate nerves without batteries or wires. The research stands to improve treatment for chronic pain and neurological disorders.

A cross-department research team from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering has earned the American Concrete Institute’s Wason Medal for Materials Research for developing concrete composites designed to improve radiation shielding in nuclear facilities.

Over the summer, the inaugural cohort of the Ph.D. Research and Interdisciplinary Mentoring Experience, known as PRIME, celebrated its graduation.

Each summer, Sanethia Thomas, Ph.D., brings UF students to South Africa to create tech solutions for community problems. 

Thanks to a $1 million gift from Samaritan Biologics and its co-founders, Distinguished Professor Wesley E. Bolch, Ph.D., has been named the inaugural Chang & Szalay Samaritan Biologics Endowed Professor in Biomedical Engineering.

Tasked with leading the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering to a Top 7 program within seven years, the dean’s leadership team is in place.

Linda Parker Hudson is a Distinguished Alumnus, a UF Foundation board member and, among other UF affiliations, a member of UF’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Hall of Fame. She also serves on the college’s Dean’s Advisory Board and roots for every Gator sport on the roster.

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering is proud to share that several of our faculty members have received the prestigious 2026 National Science Foundation (NSF) Early CAREER Awards.

The Robert Thieke Endowed Professorship was established in 2025 to honor Thieke upon his retirement after 35 years at UF.

Xiang Jacob Yan, Ph.D., is developing a tool to help designers incorporate cyclists’ perspectives with the help of LLMs.