{"id":42211,"date":"2025-12-23T14:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/?p=42211"},"modified":"2025-12-23T14:22:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:22:35","slug":"celebrating-excellence-across-disciplines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/stories\/celebrating-excellence-across-disciplines\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Excellence Across Disciplines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Interdisciplinary faculty members and alumni at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering continue to garner prestigious recognition for their contributions to science and engineering. With honors ranging from the National Academy of Medicine to the National Academy of Inventors, these accomplished individuals represent excellence across various fields.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>National Academy of Inventors<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n   <div\n   class=\"cards__item stack-3 wp-block-acf-card\"   >\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card hwcoe-card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-img-top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/12\/Trailblazers_2025-26_SumiHelal.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"test\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/12\/Trailblazers_2025-26_SumiHelal.png 615w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/12\/Trailblazers_2025-26_SumiHelal-500x431.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Sumi Helal, Ph.D.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"demo-author-block-acf__innerblocks\">\n\n<p><em><strong>Emeritus Faculty,<\/strong> Computer &amp; Information Science &amp; Engineering<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n\n\n\n   <div\n   class=\"cards__item stack-3 wp-block-acf-card\"   >\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card hwcoe-card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-img-top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/12\/Trailblazers_2025-26_ChrisMalachowsky.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"test\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/12\/Trailblazers_2025-26_ChrisMalachowsky.png 615w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/12\/Trailblazers_2025-26_ChrisMalachowsky-500x431.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Chris Malachowsky<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"demo-author-block-acf__innerblocks\">\n\n<p><em><strong>Alumnus,<\/strong> Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n\n\n\n   <div\n   class=\"cards__item stack-3 wp-block-acf-card\"   >\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card hwcoe-card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-img-top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/12\/Trailblazers_2025-26_MarkSheplak.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"test\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/12\/Trailblazers_2025-26_MarkSheplak.png 615w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/12\/Trailblazers_2025-26_MarkSheplak-500x431.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Mark Sheplak<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"demo-author-block-acf__innerblocks\">\n\n<p><em><strong>Professor,<\/strong> Mechanical &amp; Aerospace Engineering, Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>National Science Board<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n   <div\n   class=\"cards__item stack-3 wp-block-acf-card\"   >\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card hwcoe-card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-img-top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/06\/Trailblazers_JuanGilbert.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"test\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/06\/Trailblazers_JuanGilbert.png 616w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/249\/2025\/06\/Trailblazers_JuanGilbert-500x431.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Juan E. 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