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Earlier this month, Governor Rick Scott visited the College of Engineering, where he vocalized his support for making UF a Top 10 university, and strengthening the state’s workforce, by bolstering STEM education and research. While on campus, the governor toured the Nanoscale Research Facility (NRF), where he was presented with a unique gift.  Nowhere else […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — David M. Thomas, a 1971 University of Florida graduate with three decades of management and board experience at some of the world’s largest corporations, has been named to UF’s Board of Trustees. The appointment was made today by the Florida Board of Governors. As a senior vice president at IBM, Thomas led […]

A new collaboration between the University of Florida and Santa Fe College will expand enrollment for freshmen going into the College of Engineering. The program is called Gator Engineering @ Santa Fe, and it’s the brainchild of UF engineering dean Cammy Abernathy and numerous members of logistical departments from both institutions. The program will have […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The National Science Foundation has selected University of Florida engineering professor Pramod P. Khargonekar to serve as assistant director for the Directorate of Engineering, known as the ENG. Khargonekar, who will retain his position at UF, will lead the ENG directorate with an annual budget of more than $800 million. ENG invests in frontier engineering research […]

Gator Engineers, Karthik Kadrivel and Sona Muthuvijayan, won the Jacksonville Startup Weekend event this past weekend with their online app Moojic. Kadrivel and Muthuvijayan, along with team members Kumaran Mahendran and Neha Behani, beat out 17 other startups from around Florida to claim the win. Moojic is a web-based jukebox app that lets users personalize […]

“Not a single candidate had not made it through to officer” under Navy honoree. Focused on his education at Tulane University, Lt. Lincoln Schneider tucked away his interest in joining the Navy, believing it was a missed opportunity. Now, more than 10 years later, Schneider, a 2010 UF Levin College of Law graduate, is being […]

Gator Engineering startup company, Feathr, was labeled one of 14 startup companies that are predicted to go bigger in 2013 according to an article by The Next Web. Feathr, currently housed at UF’s Innovation Hub, was started by ISE major Aidan Augustin and CISE major Neal Ormsbee. Their team also consists of CISE majors Andrew […]

Professor Warren Dixon was asked to serve in the 2013-2017 class of the Air Force Science Advisory Board (SAB). The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee that provides independent advice on matters of science and technology relating to the Air Force mission, reporting directly to the Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff […]

Linda Parker Hudson is a pioneer.  As President and Chief Executive Officer of BAE Systems, Inc. she is the first woman to ever head a major Pentagon contractor.  Before coming to BAE, she was the first female corporate officer and company president in the history of General Dynamics; the first female vice president of an operating company […]

Gar Hoflund, retired professor in Chemical Engineering and owner of local Stubbies & Steins, passed away on Tuesday, January 15, after sudden health problems. Dr. Hoflund opened Stubbies & Steins with his daughter Berkeley in 2003 and he retired from UF in September 2012. The College of Engineering is joined in offering condolences to Dr. […]