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UF Rises To No. 8 Among Public Universities

The University of Florida strengthened its ranking among the nation’s top-10 public universities, rising to No. 8 in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges list.

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Dr. Herbert Wertheim Inducted Into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

The annual event celebrated the outstanding achievements of the optometric physician, entrepreneur, inventor and innovator.

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Forecasting Haiti: An Internet of Things solution brings weather data back to...

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Mining Data From The Human Mouth

Y.K. Yoon, ECE, has developed the first Internet of Things device that can mine data from the human mouth.

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UF Engineering Alumnus Wins Emmy Award For Vobile Software

UF engineering alumnus Yangbin Wang won the 2018 Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for Vobile, a software he developed in 2005 to catch pirate video streaming.

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Meet Your 2018 Alumni Reunion Challengers

RAISE $25,000 IN 25 DAYS IN HONOR OF STEPUP’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY October 16 – November 10, 2018 When the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering selected funding for STEPUP (the Successful Transition...

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UF Research Satellite Launches Into Orbit

Photo: Aurora M. Agüero This article is written by Kevin Brockway and originally published in the Gainesville Sun. The Gator Nation is everywhere, including space. On Sunday, NASA launched a...

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Honorary College Chairman Beats The Odds To Become Visionary Philanthropist

Dr. Herbert Wertheim is in the chairman of the University of Florida's engineering college.

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Computer Engineering Alumna Helps Older Adults With New Technology

Ming Yang, the 24-year-old CEO and founder of Orchard, shows B.J. Summerlin, a 76-year-old retired nurse, how Yang fixed her computer from turning on by itself in the evenings. Summerlin said the...

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UF Engineer Leads Collaboration for Safer Roadways

Sanjay Ranka, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), was recently awarded a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to...

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Aim for Reform, Not Just Relief

RETHINKING HOW TO REBUILD AFTER HURRICANES This article is written by David O. Prevatt, Jason von Meding and Ksenia Chmutina and was originally published in The Conversation. The neighborhood known as...

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UF online programs see new gains in 2020 U.S. News & World Report rankings

January 14, 2019 GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida online degree programs saw new gains in the 2020 U.S. News & World report rankings released today. UF was recognized for maintaining its...

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UF Engineering Continues Momentum in Graduate Program Rankings

The UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering has once again ranked among the top 25 public university graduate engineering programs in the U.S., according to the 2021 U.S. News & World Report...

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UF Labs Team Up to Outfit Hospitals

UF engineering professor Forrest Masters, Ph.D., began a collaborative effort between campus labs to produce protective gear for underequipped hospitals.

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Developing a Next-Generation Coronavirus Test for Home Use

Originally published on news.ufl.edu Piyush Jain was headed home from another late night in his University of Florida lab when he got the word from his grad student — the rapid test they had been...

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UF Mobilizes Campus, Exactech Expertise to Make Vital COVID-19 Nasal Swabs

This story was originally posted on UF Health news. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When University of Florida Health needed a massive supply of nasal swabs for expanded COVID-19 testing, the solution was right...

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AAAS Fellow Juan Gilbert Builds Tech for Voting and to Make STEM More Diverse

Juan Gilbert, Ph.D., works on issues of bias in tech and the problem of voting in a pandemic. He has also written a set of guidelines for diversity and inclusion in crisis.

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University of Florida Tackles COVID-19 With High-Tech Devices

Originally posted on the Fox 13 News website. The ADAPT smart mask GAINESVILLE, Fla. – When COVID-19 shut down the country in the spring, some of the brightest engineering minds at the University of...

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UF Researchers Are Looking Into The Eyes Of Patients To Diagnose Parkinson’s...

By Jackie Rocheleau This article was originally published on Forbes. With artificial intelligence (AI), researchers have moved toward diagnosing Parkinson’s disease with, essentially, an eye exam. This...

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UF Awarded NASA Contract to Build Space Exploration Device

A team of University of Florida mechanical and aerospace engineering students, professors and researchers has been awarded a $12.5 million NASA contract to test and build a space exploration device...

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