Category: Stories
NSF’s Epicenter Selects Two UF Engineering Students as Innovation Fellows
November 13, 2015Jasmine Perez and Erin Winick have just completed training to become University Innovation Fellows with the National Science Foundation-funded Epicenter. The national fellows program empowers student leaders to increase campus engagement with innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and design thinking. Jasmine and Erin are supported by faculty sponsor David Whitney and by the Engineering Innovation Fellows fund. […]
Read more »Visionary philanthropist strengthens collaboration
November 5, 2015Herbert Wertheim’s catalyst gift will inspire a team effort between his alma mater and FIU.
Read more »UF SWE returns from national conference with major awards
October 30, 2015Students from the UF section of the Society for Women in Engineering traveled to the SWE national conference in Nashville, TN, and returned with a “gold level” award for Outstanding Collegiate Section.
Read more »Rebuilding Oyster Reefs Proves Key for Resilient Coastal Communities
October 22, 2015Environmental engineering professor David Kaplan helps confirm what Cedar Key’s oyster industry has long suspected.
Read more »Wertheim Transformation News Roundup
October 12, 2015A roundup of news coverage of the Wertheim Transformation from Sept. 28-Oct. 10, 2015.
Read more »$50 Million Wertheim Donation Kickstarts New Future for College of Engineering
October 12, 2015Video story by Tonia Borsellino, WUFT. Originally published on WUFT.org.
Read more »3-D printing soft matter: UF discovery leads to new engineering discipline
September 29, 2015Objects printed in the lab so far are orders of magnitude softer than any man-made object.
Read more »New federal research funding makes Florida universities national hub for hurricane mitigation research
September 25, 2015Original story published 9/24 on UF News The National Science Foundation today announced grants to Florida International University and University of Florida totaling nearly $8 million that will position the state to become a national hub for research into making homes and businesses safer in hurricanes and tornadoes. FIU’s Wall of Wind and UF’s Powell […]
Read more »Engineering a stadium solution
September 2, 2015Engineering and athletics team up for a better fan experience.
Read more »UF receives record research funding in fiscal year 2015
September 2, 2015The funding includes almost $80 million for research at College of Engineering.
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