{"id":42165,"date":"2025-12-16T15:06:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/?p=42165"},"modified":"2025-12-16T15:06:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:06:55","slug":"top-stories-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/stories\/top-stories-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Top stories of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-41373 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cise category-eed category-honors-awards category-stories tag-topstories2025\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/cise\/edugator-wins-2025-florida-government-productivity-award\/\" target=\"_self\" >AI-enabled Edugator tool wins 2025 Florida Government Productivity Award\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/cise\/edugator-wins-2025-florida-government-productivity-award\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/09\/Aman-award.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"AI-enabled Edugator tool wins 2025 Florida Government Productivity Award\u00a0\u00a0\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/09\/Aman-award.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/09\/Aman-award-500x437.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/09\/Aman-award-1024x895.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/09\/Aman-award-768x671.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/09\/Aman-award-1536x1342.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-65814495147b4d8963c913c6933ef7b3 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-blue-color\"><time datetime=\"2025-09-18T15:30:00-04:00\">September 18, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A team of innovators from the University of Florida has created an award-winning tool that&#8217;s transforming the way students learn to code and saving them money in the process.\u00a0 <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-41239 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-engineering-education category-stories tag-topstories2025\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/engineering-education\/growing-engineering-and-arts-programs-wont-back-down-in-europe\/\" target=\"_self\" >Growing engineering and arts programs \u2018Won\u2019t Back Down\u2019 in Europe<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/engineering-education\/growing-engineering-and-arts-programs-wont-back-down-in-europe\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/08\/lille-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Growing engineering and arts programs \u2018Won\u2019t Back Down\u2019 in Europe\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/08\/lille-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/08\/lille-1-500x300.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/08\/lille-1-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/08\/lille-1-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-65814495147b4d8963c913c6933ef7b3 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-blue-color\"><time datetime=\"2025-08-29T16:14:54-04:00\">August 29, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">With Tom Petty providing their soundtrack, about 110 University of Florida students explored the intersection of engineering and art in Europe this summer.\u00a0 <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-41145 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-che category-research-innovation category-stories tag-piyush-jain tag-topstories2025\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/che\/uf-researchers-rewriting-organ-biology-with-revolutionary-transplant-technology\/\" target=\"_self\" >UF researchers \u2018rewriting organ biology\u2019 with revolutionary transplant technology\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/che\/uf-researchers-rewriting-organ-biology-with-revolutionary-transplant-technology\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/08\/CasNx.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"UF researchers \u2018rewriting organ biology\u2019 with revolutionary transplant technology\u00a0\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/08\/CasNx.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/08\/CasNx-500x300.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/08\/CasNx-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/08\/CasNx-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/08\/CasNx-1536x922.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-65814495147b4d8963c913c6933ef7b3 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-blue-color\"><time datetime=\"2025-08-12T10:56:14-04:00\">August 12, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The goal: Healthier organs ready for transplant. The UF-developed process stands to revolutionize organ transplants and post-surgical treatment. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-40189 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-stories tag-topstories2025\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/stories\/college-welcomes-new-interim-dean\/\" target=\"_self\" >Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering welcomes new interim dean\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/stories\/college-welcomes-new-interim-dean\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/07\/warren-dixon-featured.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering welcomes new interim dean\u00a0\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/07\/warren-dixon-featured.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/07\/warren-dixon-featured-500x300.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/07\/warren-dixon-featured-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/07\/warren-dixon-featured-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/07\/warren-dixon-featured-1536x922.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-65814495147b4d8963c913c6933ef7b3 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-blue-color\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-10T13:08:00-04:00\">July 10, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering is pleased to announce the appointment of Warren Dixon, Ph.D., as its new interim dean. \u00a0Dixon brings to this role a distinguished record of leadership, research excellence, and service to the engineering community. \u00a0 <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-40045 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-engineering-education category-stories tag-topstories2025\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/engineering-education\/uf-concrete-canoe-team-claims-its-fifth-championship\/\" target=\"_self\" >UF concrete canoe team claims its fifth championship<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/engineering-education\/uf-concrete-canoe-team-claims-its-fifth-championship\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/07\/concretecanoe-2025-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"UF concrete canoe team claims its fifth championship\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/07\/concretecanoe-2025-2.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/07\/concretecanoe-2025-2-500x300.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/07\/concretecanoe-2025-2-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/07\/concretecanoe-2025-2-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/07\/concretecanoe-2025-2-1536x922.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-65814495147b4d8963c913c6933ef7b3 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-blue-color\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-01T14:08:15-04:00\">July 1, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Less than a month after UF\u2019s Eckhoff Steel Bridge Team made history by capturing its fifth consecutive national title, another UF civil engineering team paddled its way to its fifth national title (four in the last six years).\u00a0 <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-36923 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community-engagement-and-outreach category-engineering-education category-featured tag-topstories2025\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/community-engagement-and-outreach\/with-hands-on-ai-activities-equipd-camps-inspire-young-engineers-across-the-state\/\" target=\"_self\" >With hands-on AI activities, EQuIPD camps inspire young engineers across the state<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/community-engagement-and-outreach\/with-hands-on-ai-activities-equipd-camps-inspire-young-engineers-across-the-state\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/05\/GGEE-camp-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"With hands-on AI activities, EQuIPD camps inspire young engineers across the state\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/05\/GGEE-camp-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/05\/GGEE-camp-1-500x300.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/05\/GGEE-camp-1-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/05\/GGEE-camp-1-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/05\/GGEE-camp-1-1536x922.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-65814495147b4d8963c913c6933ef7b3 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-blue-color\"><time datetime=\"2025-05-27T16:23:23-04:00\">May 27, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">As part of UF Engineering\u2019s 2025 Engaged Quality Instruction Through Professional Development (EQuIPD) camps, high school and middle school students will delve into design challenges that incorporate artificial intelligence, programming and machine learning with engineering design thinking. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-36549 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-honors-awards category-stories tag-topstories2025\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/honors-awards\/meet-uf-engineerings-2025-hall-of-fame-inductees\/\" target=\"_self\" >Meet UF Engineering\u2019s 2025 Hall of Fame inductees<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-65814495147b4d8963c913c6933ef7b3 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-blue-color\"><time datetime=\"2025-04-09T13:58:28-04:00\">April 9, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Four of the 25 students recently inducted into the University of Florida Hall of Fame are engineering majors from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-36529 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-engineering-education category-featured category-stories tag-topstories2025\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/engineering-education\/uf-engineering-graduate-programs-climb-in-u-s-news-world-report-rankings\/\" target=\"_self\" >UF engineering graduate programs climb in U.S. News &amp; World Report rankings<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/engineering-education\/uf-engineering-graduate-programs-climb-in-u-s-news-world-report-rankings\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/04\/UF_Computer_Engineering_USNWR.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"UF engineering graduate programs climb in U.S. News &amp; World Report rankings\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/04\/UF_Computer_Engineering_USNWR.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/04\/UF_Computer_Engineering_USNWR-500x300.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/04\/UF_Computer_Engineering_USNWR-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/04\/UF_Computer_Engineering_USNWR-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/04\/UF_Computer_Engineering_USNWR-1536x922.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-65814495147b4d8963c913c6933ef7b3 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-blue-color\"><time datetime=\"2025-04-08T09:42:41-04:00\">April 8, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Four departments in the University of Florida\u2019s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering made significant gains in the 2025 U.S. News &#038; World Report\u202f(USNWR) rankings among graduate engineering programs, according to figures recently released.\u00a0 <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-36207 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2025issue category-featured category-magazine category-stories category-student-successes tag-topstories2025\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/featured\/ufs-first-art-and-mechanical-engineering-major-combines-creativity-with-stem-skills\/\" target=\"_self\" >UF\u2019s first art and mechanical engineering major combines creativity with STEM skills<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/featured\/ufs-first-art-and-mechanical-engineering-major-combines-creativity-with-stem-skills\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2024\/12\/roxie.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"UF\u2019s first art and mechanical engineering major combines creativity with STEM skills\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2024\/12\/roxie.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2024\/12\/roxie-500x260.png 500w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2024\/12\/roxie-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2024\/12\/roxie-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2024\/12\/roxie-1536x800.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-65814495147b4d8963c913c6933ef7b3 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-blue-color\"><time datetime=\"2025-01-30T16:54:34-05:00\">January 30, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Captivated by cubism, color, construction, and deconstruction, Rokheyatou \u201cRoxie\u201d Faye is the first Gator to double major in\u00a0art\u00a0and\u00a0mechanical engineering\u00a0at the University of Florida.\u00a0 <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-36161 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-che category-featured category-research-innovation category-stories tag-topstories2025\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/che\/uf-engineers-develop-new-protocol-to-purify-dna\/\" target=\"_self\" >UF engineers develop new protocol to purify DNA<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/che\/uf-engineers-develop-new-protocol-to-purify-dna\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/01\/Microfluidic-Purification_wang.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"UF engineers develop new protocol to purify DNA\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/01\/Microfluidic-Purification_wang.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/01\/Microfluidic-Purification_wang-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/01\/Microfluidic-Purification_wang-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/01\/Microfluidic-Purification_wang-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/01\/Microfluidic-Purification_wang-1536x768.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-65814495147b4d8963c913c6933ef7b3 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-blue-color\"><time datetime=\"2025-01-21T15:04:47-05:00\">January 21, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A UF team has developed a microfluidic device for DNA purification that could speed up analysis of laboratory samples and match or exceed the purity of existing methods. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our most viewed and favorite stories from Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering in 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