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Two Gator Engineering alumni are among four from the University of Florida to receive this year’s Distinguished Alumnus award. Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi, a renewable energy pioneer, and George L. Kirkland, vice chairman of the board of directors for Chevron Corporation and executive vice president of its largest business segment Upstream, will be honored for […]

The College of Engineering is making history this May as it graduates its first class of undergraduate students from the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering. Generous gifts from the Pruitt family helped to grow a thriving biomedical engineering (BME) department on the UF campus over the course of a decade. Then in […]

The University of Florida’s American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and Engineering Ambassadors (EA) partnered with Baby Gator Child Development Center this week to inspire the next generation of Gator Engineers. With the guidance of AIAA and EA, forty 4-to-5-year-olds enrolled at the Lake Alice campus participated in hands-on experiments –including egg drops, slime […]

The University of Florida continues to lead the nation as one of the top 10 colleges awarding graduate degrees in engineering, and this week the Gator Engineering alumni base will expand significantly. According to the latest Engineering Workforce Commission figures, UF is ranked #9 in it’s awarding of engineering doctoral degrees, and #5 in master’s […]

Most MIT alumni apply lessons learned during their time at the Institute, but Cammy Abernathy does it in service to a rising generation of engineers.

Have you ever wondered why the Sunshine State isn’t leading the world in the production of solar energy? There are a combination of factors involved – some political and economic – but two engineers at the University of Florida have shed light on how the electrical challenges that come with using widespread solar energy could […]

University of Florida researchers in the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences (EES) have developed a framework for designing custom soil covers at landfills to reduce harmful emissions. There are more than 3,400 active landfills in the U.S. About half of them accept household wastes, while the other half accept debris from construction and demolition projects.  […]

Every year the University of Florida Alumni Association recognizes alumni who are 35 years of age or younger and have distinguished themselves in their profession and community. On the morning of April 12th, at Emerson Alumni Hall, about two-dozen alumni – who studied all around campus, and now live all around the world – gathered […]

April 4, 2014 – News Release Tallahassee – Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that Optym, formerly Innovative Scheduling (IS), a leading developer of planning and scheduling software for the transportation and logistics industry, will expand its operations in Gainesville. The expansion will add 100 jobs and a capital investment of nearly $4.8 million in Alachua […]

Gator Engineering’s Integrated Product and Process Design program continues to spotlight innovation with its 19th annual Final Design Review and Prototype Demonstration Showcase on April 15. This exposition will be the first year undergraduate biomedical engineering students are participating. Team “Clean Cut” includes seniors from BME’s inaugural graduating class collaborating on a prototype system of […]