{"id":21713,"date":"2017-03-28T16:25:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T21:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/newengineer\/?p=21713"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:32:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:32:59","slug":"announcing-michael-durham-director-engineering-innovation-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/engineering-education\/announcing-michael-durham-director-engineering-innovation-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the Michael Durham Director of the Engineering Innovation Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students who come through\u00a0the University of Florida\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/\">Engineering Innovation Institute<\/a> make headlines with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/newengineer\/news\/engineering-innovation-institute-students-startup-secures-funding\/\">successful startup companies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/newengineer\/news\/nsfs-epicenter-selects-gator-engineering-students-as-fellows\/\">federally funded innovation fellowships<\/a>, and recognition for the value of their entrepreneurial endeavors. Now, with the support of Distinguished Alumnus Michael Durham, the institute will expand its programs to reach all 10,000 students enrolled at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An environmental engineer with both master\u2019s and doctoral degrees from the University of Florida, Durham is a serial entrepreneur as well as a recognized leader in energy and environmental policy. He has been involved in the measurement and control of emissions from the coal-fired power industry for over 40 years. He currently invests his time and resources empowering the next generation of engineers to continue exploring innovative sustainable solutions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21719\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21719\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2017\/03\/durham-sander.jpg\" alt=\"From left: Michael Durham, Erik Sander\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2017\/03\/durham-sander.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2017\/03\/durham-sander-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Durham, UF Distinguished Alumnus, gets his first look at the updated business card for Erik Sander, Michael Durham Director of the Engineering Innovation Institute.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cInnovation is critical to the future of our energy portfolio, and beyond,\u201d said Durham. \u201cThe leaders of tomorrow will need analytical minds and creative ideas. That\u2019s exactly what I see happening at the institute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mission of the Engineering Innovation Institute is to foster a culture of innovation among faculty, students and staff of the college. It offers both classroom and experiential education opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as working professionals. Curriculum is designed to spark creativity and prepare students for successful pursuits in entrepreneurship or to be integral parts of an innovative workforce that develops new technologies and solutions.<\/p>\n<p>The Durham gift will be used to support every student in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering to have access to the institute\u2019s curriculum, and will provide faculty with the resources necessary to do so. The directorship of the institute will be named in Durham\u2019s honor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re incredibly grateful for this gift and for the impact it will have,\u201d said Erik Sander, the Michael Durham Director of the Engineering Innovation Institute. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to quantify the potential return on investment when you\u2019re investing in students who will no doubt go on to invent life-changing technologies or help develop the next wave of energy solutions. I am certain that Dr. Durham\u2019s gift to the college will have a profound and lasting impact on future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sander was named the founding director of the institute in 2011. He has been instrumental in strengthening ties between the university, industry partners and the entrepreneurial community, and in providing students with an understanding of technology commercialization and the role they can play as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/about\/transformation\/\">New Engineers<\/a> in a global innovation economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Engineering Innovation Institute prepares our students to help create solutions to some of the world\u2019s greatest challenges,\u201d said Cammy Abernathy, dean of the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. \u201cIt\u2019s a vital part of our curriculum. I\u2019m tremendously grateful to Michael Durham, and I truly believe his investment to expand the program to reach all of our students will help transform the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental engineering alumnus gives $2M to expand key program at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2592,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-templates\/single-sidebar-none.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[79,25,27,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ees","category-engineering-education","category-eii","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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