Centers & Institutes

College/university partner centers and institutes

With strategic initiatives spanning health, energy, sustainability, security, and AI, the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering has established the following centers and institutes as university partners and resources to create opportunities for crossing boundaries and solving society’s most important problems.

• Center for Coastal Solutions
• Center for Engineering Human Performance & Wellness
• Center for Experiential Learning
• Engineering Innovation Institute
• Engineering Leadership Institute
• Florida Applied Research in Engineering (FLARE)
• Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research
• Florida Institute for National Security
• Florida Semiconductor Institute
• Institute for Computational Engineering
• Nanoscience Institute for Medical and Engineering Technology
• Nelms Institute for the Connected World
• UF Innovation Station REEF (UFIS-REEF)*
• UF Innovation Station Sarasota County (UFIS-SC)*
• UF Transportation Institute (UFTI)
• Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World

NSF I/UCRCs

National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers

• Center for Cyber-Physical Systems for the Hospital Operating Room (CYBHOR)
• Center for High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing (CHREC)
• Center for Particulate and Surfactant Systems (CPaSS)
• Cloud and Autonomic Computing (CAC) Center
• Consortium for Nuclear Forensics
• Multi-functional Integrated System Technology (MIST) Center
• NHERI Wind Research Facility | DesignSafe-CI

Department research centers and institutes

• Center for Applied Optimization (CAO)
• Center for Intelligent Machines and Robotics (CIMAR)
• Center for Manufacturing Innovation (CMI)
• Florida Bridge Software Institute
• Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands
• UF Digital Worlds Institute (UF DWI) (in partnership with the UF College of the Arts)
• Water Resources Research Center
• William W. “Bill” Hinkley Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management