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In its continuing partnership with the U.S. Air Force, the University of Florida has entered into a contract to develop and deploy an artificial intelligence and machine learning system to enhance end-to-end campaign analysis and decisions making in modern warfare. 

The goal: Healthier organs ready for transplant. The UF-developed process stands to revolutionize organ transplants and post-surgical treatment.

A recent study led by a University of Florida engineering professor is challenging long-held assumptions in virtual reality design, particularly the belief that all users see the world the same way.

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) this year has inducted three faculty members from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida as ASCE Fellows: Lily Elefteriadou, Kyle Riding and Scott S. Washburn.

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering is pleased to announce the appointment of Warren Dixon, Ph.D., as its new interim dean.  Dixon brings to this role a distinguished record of leadership, research excellence, and service to the engineering community.  

At the University of Florida, space physicist Alicia Petersen, Ph.D., is working on solutions that could help shield the nation from the next big solar storm.

Less than a month after UF’s Eckhoff Steel Bridge Team made history by capturing its fifth consecutive national title, another UF civil engineering team paddled its way to its fifth national title (four in the last six years). 

A University of Florida engineering team is exploring how to manufacture precision metal structures in orbit using laser technology.

It is with great pride and heartfelt congratulations that we celebrate the outstanding achievements of 34 members of the UF’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering faculty who received promotions for 2025. Among them, 11 faculty promoted to associate professors were also awarded tenure.  These awards reflect the faculty members’ distinguished work in teaching, research and […]

Catia Silva, Ph.D., won the 2025 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award, as well as the 2025 UF Rising Star Award