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Announced in January, the Central Florida Semiconductor Innovation Engine is one of 10 inaugural NSF Regional Innovation Engines and is led by BRIDG, a Florida-based, not-for-profit, public-private partnership focused on developing and commercializing advanced technologies. It is the only engine with a semiconductor focus and will initially receive up to $15 million for the next two years.

MAE professor John Conklin’s research is being harnessed by UF’s Astraeus Space Institute to give scientists unprecedented insights into universe-shaping events.

One of the country’s largest and most-advanced 3D construction printers – as in a printer that makes homes – has crossed the Atlantic Ocean and arrived at the University of Florida.

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida is pleased to announce a $3 million collaboration with Citi, a global powerhouse in financial services. 

In Polk County, University of Florida researchers have designed a wetlands-filtration system to solve the problem of leachate – the liquid that filters to the bottom of the landfill at tens of thousands of gallons per day.

Engineering researchers at the University of Florida are playing a key role in advancing safety and precision in robot-assisted surgery, or RAS.

Three years after the Surfside disaster, UF researcher Jennifer Bridge, Ph.D.’s work has helped shape new legislation to improve and track building inspections for condominiums and co-ops.

Cocaine sharks have been in the news of late, and scientist and triple Gator Tracy Fanara’s name surfaces in many of those reports. Outlets from NPR to Forbes have reported on sharks consuming cocaine dumped in the waters off Brazil, quoting Fanara as an environmental scientist.

In newly published research, Won Suk “Daniel” Lee, a professor of agricultural and biological engineering and Natalia Peres, a professor of plant pathology, show how artificial intelligence (AI) can improve leaf wetness detection to help growers estimate the risk of their fruit getting infected with a fungal disease.

In three decades, STEPUP (Successful Transition and Enhanced Preparation for Undergraduates Program) has helped set up more than 800 engineering alumni for college success.