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UF engineering students awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

May 17, 2024

Ten students from the University of Florida’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering were selected to receive awards from the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) for their exemplary work and contributions to their departments. The NSF GRFP recognizes outstanding graduate students from across the country in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) […]

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UF Research Foundation names 2024 professors

May 14, 2024

The University of Florida Research Foundation has named 34 of the university’s most productive and promising faculty members, including four Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering faculty members, as UFRF Professors for 2024.

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UF Transportation Institute partners with Urban SDK to expand I-STREET program

May 14, 2024

The University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) has formed a strategic partnership with leading traffic solutions software company, Urban SDK to expand its I-STREETTM Program to enhance collaboration with local governments and technology startups.

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The GRATTIS spacecraft in Earth orbit with two Gravitational Reference Sensors on board. (credit Simon Barke/UF)

NASA selects UF aerospace engineering-led mission to better track the Earth’s water and ice

May 14, 2024

NASA has selected a team of University of Florida aerospace engineers to pursue a groundbreaking $12 million mission aimed at improving the way we track changes in Earth’s structures, such as tectonic plates and oceans.

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The I-STREET Living Learning lab on UF's campus in Gainesville

University of Florida Transportation Institute revolutionizes transportation technology through grand opening of its $2M I-STREET™ Living Lab

April 26, 2024

The University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI), housed in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, announced the grand opening of its I-STREET™ Living Lab, which will connect surrounding roadway networks on the UF campus, the COG, and across the state using cutting-edge technologies.

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A total solar eclipse (NASA.gov)

Unlocking the mysteries of the solar eclipse

April 2, 2024

Few celestial events capture the imagination quite like a total solar eclipse, and the one on April 8 promises to be particularly remarkable. Alicia K. Petersen, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida, is shedding light on the significance of this upcoming cosmic phenomenon.

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A researcher in the Space Mission Institute

Making advances in space engineering

March 25, 2024

UF has launched the Space Mission Institute, an interdisciplinary hub for space research. The institute helps bring together researchers like Tori Miller, Ph.D., and Christopher Petersen, Ph.D., both in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, who are partnering to imagine the future of space exploration, where self-guided satellites repair and upgrade one another and where we can build structures in space far too big to launch from Earth.

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From left: Philip Feng, Ph.D.; Mark Sheplak, Ph.D. (lead PI), and Roozbeh Tabrizian, Ph.D.

UF team works to create most resilient sensor on Earth

March 22, 2024

A team led by three ECE Florida faculty members is set to receive $6.6M from DARPA to design and fabricate dynamic pressure sensors capable of performing at temperatures upwards of 800 °C (1472 °F), over a factor of 6X higher than any integrated pressure sensor currently in use.

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Nancy Ruzycki, Ph.D., Instructional Associate Professor

From inspiration to achievement

March 22, 2024

NANCY RUZYCKI’S SUMMER SCIENCE CAMPS CONTINUE TO EMPOWER YOUNG SCIENTISTS Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a rapidly advancing technology with rapidly expanding applications in the workforce. Currently, however, there is a shortage of materials for both teaching and learning AI. To address this gap, in 2022, Nancy Ruzycki, Ph.D., an instructional associate professor in the Department […]

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A laptop showing a representation of a chatbot on its screen, with a dialogue bubble emerging from the screen. The dialogue bubble contains an ellipsis.

UF researchers evaluate academic performance of chatbots

March 14, 2024

A study by UF researchers highlights the need for more evaluation for trustworthiness and accuracy before OpenAI’s ChatGPT responses can be used as reference resources. Kiley Graim, Ph.D., an assistant professor in CISE, was a coauthor.

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