Category: Stories

Top UF Engineering Stories of 2017
December 22, 2017Stories include faculty research, new initiatives, student success and more.
Read more »Graphene Membrane Seeks to Drastically Reduce Dialysis Time
December 20, 2017Promising results between medicine and engineering show signs of improving patients’ quality of life.
Read more »Bridging Florida Universities through Collaborative Research
December 18, 2017A collaborative symposium between the University of Florida’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering and Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine was held in Gainesville, FL. on December 15, 2017. The naming benefactor of both colleges, Herbert Wertheim, is a philanthropist and community leader who actively supports healthcare, engineering and education. “This event […]
Read more »Governments, Car Companies Must Resolve Their Competing Goals For Self-Driving Cars
October 17, 2017What self-driving cars want, and what people want from them, varies widely. And often these desires are at odds with each other.
Read more »Welcome Home, Gators!
October 4, 2017Join us for the UF Homecoming festivities on the weekend of Oct 6-7, 2017.
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UF Biomedical Engineer Honored as Leader in Diversity and Innovation
September 29, 2017For her biomedical research and commitment to diversity, Gunduz has been awarded the Denice Denton Emerging Leader ABIE Award by the Anita Borg Institute, a nonprofit organization focused on the advancement of women in computing.
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Virtual Agent Technologies Help Level the Playing Field in Classroom Collaboration
August 23, 2017UF engineering professor Kristy Boyer’s latest NSF project uses intelligent virtual agents to study and foster collaboration skills in elementary school students.
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Chemical Engineering’s Department Chair to join NSF
August 9, 2017Professor Rich Dickinson will become director of the Chemical, Biological, Environmental & Transport Systems Division.
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UF Biomedical Engineer Part of $2.6 Million NIH Grant for MS Vaccine
August 7, 2017Benjamin Keselowsky, Ph.D., an associate professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, will collaborate with UF Health to pursue a multiple sclerosis vaccine.
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