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Captain Nemo would be jealous. As incredible as the “Nautilus” was in “20-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,” there is an amazing submarine constantly in development here in North Central Florida. Its a robotic submarine that not only explores the depths but helps train future engineers. In the Technology Spotlight, Eric Schwartz, Ph.D., Associate Director of […]

The head of Purdue University’s civil engineering school was picked Friday as dean of Texas A&M’s engineering college and overseer of all of the A&M System’s engineering programs. M. Katherine Banks was selected by the A&M System Board of Regents as dean of the Dwight Look College of Engineering and vice chancellor for engineering. Banks […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The inaugural director has been selected for the newly created Engineering Innovation Institute at the University of Florida. Erik Sander, whose previous position was director of industry programs at the College of Engineering, has been appointed the director of the college’s Innovation Institute, which is dedicated to developing essential innovation skills in […]

Throughout the 50 or more years of the modern computing era, virtually all machines ranging from laptops to smart phones have had one feature in common: a fixed, conventional “one size fits all” processor.  This means that software developers must craft applications to match the inflexible design of the processor, rather than the other way […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers may help resolve the public debate over America’s future light source of choice: Edison’s incandescent bulb or the more energy efficient compact fluorescent lamp. It could be neither. Instead, America’s future lighting needs may be supplied by a new breed of light emitting diode, or LED, that conjures light from […]

Dr. Kirk Hatfield has accepted an appointment as the Founding Director of the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment. Dr. Hatfield received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from University of Iowa and his Ph.D. degree from University of Massachusetts in Amherst.  Following graduation, he joined the University of Florida Department of Civil Engineering in […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Airport security workers this year will employ an array of pre-boarding detection measures to scan for deadly materials smuggled into the luggage of the world’s 625 million passengers expected to travel this year. None, however, yet uses what researchers at the University of Florida believe is the world’s first explosive detection system that […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Scientists combing through the destruction left behind by the massive twister that swept through Tuscaloosa, Ala., last month say beefing up building codes and retrofitting existing homes with building techniques honed in hurricane-battered Florida could save property and lives in tornado-prone areas throughout the country. “Since Hurricane Andrew struck Florida back in […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The technology that makes your smart phone’s display screen fast, bright and lightweight could be coming to your television or laptop, thanks to a new type of light emitting transistor created by University of Florida researchers. The new transistor design resolves a key issue that has kept the organic light-emitting diode, or […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers say their supercomputer, named Novo-G, is the world’s fastest reconfigurable supercomputer and is able to perform some important science applications faster than the Chinese supercomputer touted as the world’s most powerful. In November, the TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, for the first time ever, named […]