Category: Research & Innovation

The recognition goes to faculty who have a distinguished current record of research and a strong research agenda that is likely to lead to continuing distinction in their fields.

Joel Harley, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at UF, is working with scientists at the University of Utah and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to develop and commercialize a new sensor that would quickly detect a problem and its location on a large solar grid.

Swarup Bhunia, Ph.D., and My T. Thai, Ph.D., will lead the University of Florida’s Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World.

Biomedical engineering professor Dr. Parisa Rashidi collaborates with UF Health to develop DeepSOFA system.

Dr. Chelsey Simmons, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Affiliate faculty of the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, at the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering has been awarded a $1.8 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to study models of scar-free healing in mammals.

UF Engineers solve 50+-year-old enzyme dissipation and distortion puzzle, opening the door to enzyme therapy for osteoarthritis, periodontal disease and, potentially, cancer.

UF Engineers develop sensors that create their own energy, saving weight and extending battery life of electric vehicles.

UF Engineer Dr. Z. Hugh Fan leads team to make Zika virus detection faster and cheaper.

Dr. Cherie Stabler is developing a process to encapsulate transplanted cells, eliminating the need for systemic immune suppression drugs.

UF MSE Professor Awarded $1.5M from U.S. Department of Energy to Develop Metal Alloy Corrosion Measurement Tool.