Category: Engineering Education

From semiconductors to table tennis. Meet Shubham Ravan
November 14, 2025Shubham Ravan, a first-year master’s student in chemical engineering, specializes in semiconductor fabrication and scaling processes from lab to commercial applications. He recently received the department’s MS Research, Leadership and Service Excellence Award and serves as the graduate cohort representative. Outside the lab, he stays active with badminton and table tennis and enjoys reading science fiction and biographies.
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From Gainesville to the global stage: Meet UF Rising Star Allison Probert
November 12, 2025In a field often defined by precision and data, Allison Probert found her most meaningful discovery outside the lab.
Originally from North Carolina, she came to the University of Florida in 2022 to pursue her Ph.D. in nuclear engineering. She quickly found not only world-class research opportunities but a community that supported and inspired her.
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UF Students Excel in Materials Competition, Earn National Awards and Scholarships
November 5, 2025The University of Florida’s Ceramic Mug Drop (CMD) design team made history in September by setting a new university UF record for the highest drop at the Materials Science & Technology Technical Meeting and Exhibition in Columbus, Ohio. Competing for the first time, the CMD team, part of the UF Material Advantage chapter, showcased innovation, […]
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For first-generation UF student Ivanna Milian, ‘the only option is to succeed’
October 31, 2025Ivanna Milian’s family nurtured her path as a first-generation college student from her first days in elementary school.
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From teacher to student to superhero, meet EEd’s Syed Hassan Tanvir
October 23, 2025Hassan Tanvir came to the University of Florida to pursue a Ph.D. in engineering education with a background unlike many in the department.
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Licensed to lead, UF students join elite ranks as nuclear reactor operators
October 22, 2025Built in 1959 and operating out of the Nuclear Engineering program in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, the UF training reactor is one of fewer than 30 reactors still operating in the United States. The college uses the reactor to train students in nuclear science and reactor operations, and in lab courses.
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From computer experiments to accelerating design of materials impacting modern life: Meet Taofeek Tejuosho
September 29, 2025With a background deeply rooted in engineering, Taofeek Tejuosho is a fifth-year Ph.D. student in chemical engineering working to accelerate the design and development of polymer materials for diverse technological applications.
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UF’s Enrique Medici one of five Air Force SMART Scholars
September 19, 2025Nuclear engineering doctoral candidate Enrique Medici was one of five selected college students this summer to attend the prestigious U.S. Air Force’s SMART Scholar Program. The annual program awards full-tuition, merit-based scholarships to hundreds of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral candidates who are pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and math. The program ran on June […]
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Protecting Lives with Biomechanics: Meet Hossein Bahreinizad
September 15, 2025Hossein Bahreinizad’s journey from a small town in southern Iran to the forefront of traumatic brain injury research at the University of Florida is grounded in lifelong curiosity about the human body.
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College receives unanimous ABET reaccreditation
September 3, 2025The University of Florida Herbert Wertheim College Engineering recently received a six-year reaccreditation from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
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