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Armed with a $7 million grant from the Army Corp of Engineers, University of Florida researchers are working to bolster shoreline resilience and restore troubled wetlands in St. Augustine through nature-based solutions.

UF’s Patrick Musgrave, Ph.D., has received the prestigious Air Force Young Investigator Award and $450K in research funding to develop adaptive aircraft structures that sense, decide, and respond on their own. His work could lead to lighter, faster, and more responsive aircraft by using structural vibrations instead of traditional sensors and computers.

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering has announced three departmental leadership changes.   Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment  Kurtis Gurley, Ph.D., a longtime civil engineering professor and former ESSIE associate director, has been named the interim director of the school, replacing Kirk Hatfield, Ph.D., who has returned to teaching.  “Kirk Hatfield’s successful tenure is […]

Jing Pan Ph. D., a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida, is pioneering an innovative approach to enzyme engineering. By combining artificial intelligence (AI) with molecular simulations, his team is developing nanoscale enzyme machines with unprecedented precision and functionality. 

Simple, cheap components let people hear everything a microphone picks up.

With a focus on global security and scientific collaboration, the University of Florida hosted hundreds of students, professors and national laboratory scientists and engineers last week for the 2025 National Nuclear Security Administration R&D University Program Review. 

When University of Florida graduate Andres Espinosa isn’t optimizing supply chains, diving into transportation research or fine-tuning an artificial intelligence model to compose video game music, he often can be found on the pickleball court or strumming his guitar.

The director of Graduate Recruiting and Undergraduate Research, Mike Nazareth was honored recently by the National Association of Graduate Recruiting and Admissions Professionals (NAGAP) for developing a system that helps engineering colleges across the country find top candidates for master’s and doctoral programs. 

Steganography, the art of concealing secret messages within other pieces of text or media, has been in practice for centuries. Its history dates to Ancient Greece, but the first recorded use of the term was in 1499 in a book disguised as a book about magic titled Steganographia. Even today, this method remains relevant, with people […]

The Eckhoff Steel Bridge Team has captured its fifth consecutive national title. The championship marks the UF team’s seventh first-place win since 1997, the most wins by a single team in the competition’s 33-year history.