Category: Faculty

Michael Tonks, Ph.D., professor, was recently recognized as a 2022 Brimacombe Medalist by The Mineral, Metals & Materials Society (TMS).  The Brimacombe Medalist Award recognizes outstanding mid-career scientists who have demonstrated sustained excellence and achievement in business, technology, education, public policy, or science related to materials science and engineering. TMS recognized Dr. Tonks for his significant […]

Inequality in science and engineering can have lasting impacts across race, gender and ethnicities that go unnoticed for decades – yet affect treatments and solutions used every day. Now, four faculty members in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering aim to shine a light on some of these knowledge gaps and help rectify the problems they create.

Using various methods of advanced processing to manipulate the structure of materials is a universal approach in materials science. It’s how we discover the new materials essential to developing tomorrow’s technologies. In the past, researchers accomplished this through the use of time-intensive costly experimentation. Richard Hennig, Ph.D., Alumni Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at […]

Rajiv Singh, Ph.D., professor emeritus in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) at the University of Florida, is among the 2021 class of inductees into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Dr. Singh taught at MSE for 30 years and retired in late 2020. He is a Fellow of IEEE, AAAS, the Materials Research […]

We are saddened to learn of the recent passing of Kenneth J. Anusavice, D.M.D., Ph.D., on September 30, 2021.  Dr. Anusavice earned his doctoral degree in materials science and engineering in 1970 under Bob DeHoff, Ph.D., and his D.M.D. from the Medical College of Georgia in 1977. He has been an active part of the UF Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) […]

Dr. Michael Tonks received his Bachelor of Science in 2001 and Master of Science in 2002, both in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2008. From 2009-2015, he worked as a Staff Scientist and Group Lead at the Idaho National Laboratory. […]

Erika Moore, Ph.D., assistant professor and holder of the Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench professorship, will be part of an innovative research collaboration between the University of Florida (UF) Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering and the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University (FIU). Dr. Moore will work with Karen Abbott, Ph.D., Associate […]

Michele Manuel, Ph.D., professor and chair of the UF Department of Materials Science & Engineering, was recently recognized as a Brimacombe Medalist by The Mineral, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). The Brimacombe Medalist Award recognizes outstanding mid-career scientists with sustained excellence and achievement in business, technology, education, public policy, or science related to materials science […]

Spotlight on Dr. Ryan Need (they/them) We recently had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Ryan Need, assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). Q: Dr. Need, first, welcome as a relatively new faculty member at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Can you tell us about your experience as a […]