Category: Stories
Remembering Robert “Bob” Ramey
March 17, 2015Former associate dean of engineering helped start what is now the CISE department.
Read more »2014 AAAS Mentor Award Winner, Juan Gilbert
March 17, 2015UF CISE professor recognized for helping underrepresented minority computer science students to earn doctoral degrees.
Read more »Remembering Dr. Robert Dean
March 9, 2015“Dr. Dean was known around the world for his coastal engineering research and beach nourishment techniques.”
Read more »Dr. Jill Biden visits Gator Engineering @ Santa Fe
March 9, 2015Her community college tour will include first-of-its-kind engineering pipeline program
Read more »UF Transportation Institute Director Recognized for her Leadership
March 5, 2015ASCE calls Dr. Lily Elefteriadou “one of the world’s foremost experts in the field of traffic operations, traffic flow theory and simulation”
Read more »NSF’s Epicenter selects Gator Engineering students as fellows
March 4, 2015Two Gator Engineering students have been selected for University Innovation Fellows, a program of the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter), which is funded by the National Science Foundation and housed at Stanford University. Natalie DeVarona and Daniel Kleinman – both mentored by Erik Sander, director of UF’s Engineering Innovation Institute – were […]
Read more »Protecting Coastal Communities – for the Gator Good
March 4, 2015“For the engineers and scientists that study hurricanes at UF, it’s personal.” – Dr. Forrest Masters
Read more »Nobel Laureate to speak at UF’s Nanoscience Institute
February 26, 2015For their inaugural event in the Nanotechnology Seminar Series, the Nanoscience Institute for Medical & Engineering Technology (NIMET) will host Nobel Laureate Sir Harold Kroto. Kroto was one of three scientists to win the Nobel Prize in 1996 for discovering the carbon molecule C60– which they named Buckminsterfullerene, more commonly known as “buckyballs.” His speech, […]
Read more »Mechanical alum and students experience Daytona
February 24, 2015As published on Racer.com on January 15, 2015 – When the Mazda Motorsports Prototype race team recently tested in preparation for the 2015 Rolex 24 at Daytona, it invited some special guests: students from the University of Florida’s mechanical engineering department. The Mazda racing program is operated by SpeedSource, a race team based in Coral […]
Read more »Governor visits Gainesville for Optym grand opening
February 24, 2015Governor Rick Scott traveled to Gainesville on Thursday to announce the grand opening of software company Optym’s new corporate headquarters. The company has offices in four countries and currently provides 80 jobs in Gainesville. It plans to add 100 more jobs in the next five years. UF Industrial & Systems Engineering professor Dr. Ravindra K. […]
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