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Originally published May 7, 2013 on UF’s Spotlights webpage. Fatmata Barrie, a graduate student in materials science and engineering, will use a Fulbright grant to see how bamboo might strengthen concrete structures against earthquakes. Barrie is UF’s first Fulbright Scholar of the year. Barrie was also featured on GTN News.

On April 24th, Gator Engineering faculty, students, alums and staff were treated to an afternoon with a world-class leader. ISE alumnus Paul Brown, VP & Corporate Officer of the world’s largest paper and packaging company with operations across 25 countries, returned to where his career started, and shared his formula for success. He gave a […]

President Obama recently announced his commitment to a new project, the “Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies,” or “BRAIN” initiative. This initiative will fund and further research being done to understand the brain and neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s disease, autism and epilepsy. It will involve the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Defense Advanced Research […]

Gainesville, Fla. — It’s great to be a Florida Gator –- especially when Florida is ranked the number one state for innovation, and Gator Engineering is the secret ingredient behind a bundle of successful start-ups. With the help of UF’s Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator – recently named  “Incubator of the Year” by the National Business […]

For the first time in UF’s history, the women’s gymnastics team has won the NCAA title. Included on the title-holding team is Kiersten Wang, a sophomore civil engineering student. NCAA.com interviewed Wang about her interest in engineering, and how she chose her major.

GAINESVILLE, FLA. — The announcement was made on Earth Day, with fortuitous dark clouds gathering the North Lawn. UF’s interdisciplinary team – formed to meet the EPA’s 2012 Campus RainWorks Challenge – had taken first place with their  stormwater design project. The team beamed. And then it rained. The project followed rainwater from the rooftops […]

 Our student leadership group, the Engineering Ambassadors, brought home a well-deserved recognition this week. The UF Department of Student Activities and Involvement named them the “Most Outstanding Ambassador Program” at the annual Involvement Awards. Congratulations to our student leaders!

Dr. Carlos Rinaldi, professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida, has been selected to receive the International Journal of Nanomedicine Early Career Scientist Award. This annual award is presented to a scientist in the early stage of his/her career (less than 10 years after receiving a Ph.D.) who has made […]

Since 2010, the Cade Museum Foundation held an annual competition to encourage Florida’s burgeoning inventors and entrepreneurs. This year, two products that originated in Gator Engineering research laboratories have made their way to the Final Four: Green Liquid & Gas Technologies The Green Pyrolyzer Gasifier (GPG) is a self-fueled oven system that generates energy by […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. –- College of Engineering graduates William L. “Trey” Lauderdale, III, and Agapitus “Augi” Lye were recipients of the University of Florida’s Outstanding Young Alumni Awards on Saturday at Emerson Alumni Hall. The Outstanding Young Alumni Award, established by UF’s Alumni Association, recognizes alumni ages 35 or younger who have distinguished themselves in their […]