Researchers in the Nuclear Engineering Program at the UF Department of Materials Science & Engineering have received Department of Energy University Program grants for conducting research to mitigate the Fuel Cladding Chemical Interactions (FCCI) in a sodium-cooled fast reactor and… Read More
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Dr. Michele Manuel Wins TMS Early Career Award
Michele Manuel, Ph.D., has won the TMS Early Career Award for 2014. This award recognizes an assistant professor for his or her accomplishments that have advanced the academic institution where employed and for abilities to broaden the technological profile of… Read More
Dr. Michele Manuel Awarded the AVS Recognition in Leadership
The AVS States the purpose of this recognition is “… to recognize individuals who not only excel in science and/or engineering, but who also, through mentoring, have enhanced the careers of future generations who might not otherwise have considered or… Read More
Dr. Franky So Selected as IEEE Distinguished Lecturer
Franky So, Ph.D., has been selected as an IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecturer for his contributions to organic electronics. Only six scientists around the world received this honor.
Michele Manuel Receives 2013 Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers
Michele Manuel, Ph.D., was awarded the 2013 Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers This award, given by ASM, was established in 1952 to recognize early career educators in the fields of materials science, materials engineering, design and processing for their… Read More
Paul Holloway’s Startup Wins the Cade Prize
Since 2010, the Cade Museum Foundation has held an annual competition encouraging Florida’s burgeoning inventors and entrepreneurs. This year, two products originating in Gator Engineering research laboratories made their way to the Final Four. Ultimately, the $50,000 cash award went… Read More
Haixiong Tang Awarded Best Paper at Smart Materials Symposium
Ph.D. candidate Haixiong Tang, studying under Henry Sodano, Ph.D., has been awarded the 1st Place SPIE/ASME Best Student Paper Award at SPIE’s 20th International Symposium on Smart Materials in San Diego on March 13, 2013. In addition, Haixiong received the… Read More
Fatmata Barrie Awarded Fulbright Scholarship
Fatmata Barrie, a Ph.D. candidate studying under Michele Manuel, Ph.D., has been awarded a research grant through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Following a 3-month language study program in Indonesia, Barrie will be conducting research there for 10 months investigating… Read More
Elliot Douglas Receives ASEE Outstanding Teacher Award
Elliot P. Douglas, Ph.D., associate professor and Dean’s Fellow for Engineering Education, has received the 2013 ASEE Southeast Section Outstanding Teaching Award, the highest award given. Douglas was cited for his research activities in engineering education on topics such as… Read More
Susan Sinnott Chosen as One of the Top 25 Women Professors in Florida
The state of Florida has hundreds of professors who publish excellent research, educate and mentor students and help with campus and community projects. Women comprise many of these outstanding post-secondary educators, from Pensacola to Jacksonville to Miami. But which women… Read More