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Dr. Eugene Richard Chenette passed away on December 7, 2014 at the age of 86. He had been living in Plano, Texas, where he retired to with Helen, his wife of 63 years. Chenette served as a former chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a former associate dean for external programs […]

UF Computer & Information Science & Engineering professor Christina Gardner-McCune, who was recently hired under the UF Preeminence Plan to work on Human Centered Computing, collaborated with the Gainesville Chamber of Commerce and CommunityCode to challenge approximately 1,000 students at Eastside High School to embark on their first computer programming experience – an “Hour of Code.” A […]

Ophthalmic innovator and philanthropic leader Dr. Herbert A. Wertheim was honored as a University of Florida Distinguished Alumnus in 2009. He studied electrical engineering at UF prior to becoming a doctor of optometry. He is credited with being the first to publicize the prevention of cataracts and retinal damage to eye care professionals, and for […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The dean of the UF College of Engineering and an engineering faculty member have been inducted as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers based on their distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. Congratulations to: Cammy […]

A team of University of Florida researchers led by Joseph Wilson in the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department has received a $1 million grant to study handheld systems for detecting explosive hazards. Read the full Gainesville Sun story…

The UF chapters of the national organizations Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) both received awards for their outstanding performance this year. SWE’s mission is to be the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women. SWE-UF won three chapter awards this year: the 2014 Outstanding […]

In 2003, fifty-five million people in the northeastern United States were affected by a widespread power outage and subsequent cellular service overload, attributed to some untrimmed foliage and a faulty alarm. A few weeks later, a storm took out a single powerline in Italy and another fifty-five million people lost electricity and train service. This […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida researcher’s desire to provide citizens with disabilities the same opportunity to vote as everyone else could serve as the catalyst for revolutionizing voter access nationwide. Juan Gilbert’s Prime III, an electronic voting machine a decade in the making, has debuted in primary elections in several states. Officials in New Hampshire were […]

Aysegul Gunduz, director of UF’s Brain Mapping Laboratory, was highlighted on CNN’s monthly health program Vital Signs with Dr. Sanjay Gupta. The show featured the collaborative work that is going on in the UF Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration. Gunduz is an assistant professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering. […]

Gator Engineering professor Cheri Stabler, an expert in diabetes research, will play an integral role in the new UF Diabetes Institute. Stabler, a professor at the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, together with her team, recently won a $4.9 million NIH grant to engineer a microchip that will serve to house islets […]