As Brazil hosts the World Cup, Florida and its flagship university maintain long established and strong ties to South America’s largest country. Brazil is now the largest export trading partner the state has ever had, and UF is the primary destination for Brazilian students who want to keep it that way. To globalize its workforce, the Brazilian government created the …
Distinguished engineering faculty honored by UF Research Foundation
Every three years, the University of Florida Research Foundation recognizes faculty with a distinguished record of research that will likely lead to distinction in their field. These faculty are named UFRF Professors and receive a $5,000 annual salary supplement and a one-time $3,000 grant. Included among the UFRF Professors for 2014-2017 are three Gator Engineering professors: Z. Hugh Fan, professor …
The Weather Channel visits UF to kick off hurricane season
As part of their #PrepRally coverage, The Weather Channel kicked off hurricane season last Friday by sending meteorologist Jim Cantore to the University of Florida campus. In the Powell Family Structures and Materials Laboratory, Cantore and UF hurricane researcher Forrest Masters simulated the impact of hurricane-strength winds. The lab, which has a four-foot-thick concrete floor and several specialty-testing rooms, is …
UF researchers identify ways to prevent shingle blow-off in hurricanes
Four Gator Engineering researchers have identified a weakness in asphalt roof shingles, and have recommended that homeowners and roofing professionals check for shingle adhesion, especially around the edges of each shingle, and hand-seal loose edges as needed to manufacturer or industry specifications. Professional Roofing, a national trade publication for the roofing industry, featured the research related to this recommendation on …
Gator Engineering grad students build unmanned aircraft to survey wildlife
Working across disciplines with wildlife biologists at UF, graduate students in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering have developed a 14-pound aircraft with a high-resolution digital camera that can photograph and help document nests without disturbing bird populations. Read more about this and other specialty projects that the MAE department faculty and students have collaborated on in the Gainesville …
Experts on human-centered computing are coming to UF
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In an effort to become a national leader in making computers more secure and more personalized to individual needs, the University of Florida has recruited a team of computer scientists with specialties in what’s known as human-centered computing. Four faculty members, recruited from the same department at Clemson University, will join UF’s College of Engineering’s Department of …
Biomedical engineering professor to receive Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award
Wesley Bolch, professor in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering , will be honored as the 2014 recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award by the Health Physics Society at its 59th annual meeting in Baltimore on July 15, 2014. The Health Physics Society (HPS), formed in 1956, is a scientific organization of professionals who specialize in …
Engineering team claims $25,000 in UF Big Idea Business Plan Competition
Published: April 29th, 2014 GAINESVILLE, Fla. —Three engineering students whose company developed a portable water purification device that uses ultraviolet light to sterilize water were awarded $25,000 for winning the UF Big Idea Business Plan Competition on Friday. Daniel Blood, Rob Damitz and Erica Gonzaga, co-founders of aqUV, outlasted a field of 140 entrants to claim the grand prize. The …
Congratulations Gator Engineering Class of 2014!
The Class of 2014 had a personalized commencement experience, unprecedented in college history. Their speaker, Subroto Bagchi, co-founder and chairman of Mindtree, created an interactive address, based on feedback he solicited from students earlier this year. Following Mr. Bagchi’s commencement speech, both the female and male student speakers – chosen to represent the student body – addressed the class. Click …
Mindtree chairman and co-founder to speak at commencement
This Saturday at 7pm, the Class of 2014 will have a personalized commencement experience, unprecedented in college history. Their speaker, Subroto Bagchi, co-founder and chairman of Mindtree, has created an interactive address, based on feedback he solicited from students earlier this year. Mr. Bagchi – who is a best-selling author in his native India – asked students to share …