The U.S. is the world’s largest nuclear power producer, with nearly 100 commercial power plants designed to run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Nuclear energy is also the most reliable source of clean energy in the country,… Read More
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Matt Zaluzec, Ph.D., Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Matthew Zaluzec, Ph.D., a faculty member in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE), has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Election to NAE is among the highest professional honors accorded to an engineer. NAE members… Read More
Miller Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
Tori Miller, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Florida, has been named a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award winner. Her research will utilize statistical methods… Read More
In Memory of Dr. Edward Dugan, 1946-2021
Edward T. Dugan, Ph.D., a University of Florida alumnus and Department of Materials Science & Engineering nuclear engineering professor emeritus, passed away on January 24th, 2021, at 74 years of age. Dr. Dugan graduated from the University of Notre Dame… Read More
Brij Moudgil Ph.D., Recognized with 2020 KONA Lifetime Achievement Award
Brij Moudgil, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, has been selected as a 2020 recipient of the KONA Award, presented to a researcher for lifetime achievement in the powder and particle science and technology field.… Read More
Fighting Racial Inequity by Funding Black Scientists
Representatives from a network of women deans, chairs and distinguished faculty in biomedical engineering are calling upon the National Institutes of Health and other funding agencies to address disparities in allocating support to Black researchers. The group made the call… Read More
Erika Moore Ph.D., holder of the Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Assistant Professorship Selected as Forbes 30 Under 30 for 2021
Erika Moore, Ph.D., Rhines Rising Star Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2021. Dr. Moore’s achievements, chosen by Forbes’ editors and industry judges from thousands of… Read More
With New Study, Allen Makes a Case for Cell Sex Reporting as Industry Standard
In virtually any type of research, small changes in data can sometimes lead to major changes in results. Josephine Allen, Ph.D., associate professor and Genzyme Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at the University of Florida, and her team… Read More
NSF Award Helps UF Engineer Bring Cutting Edge 3D X-Ray Microscope System to UF
Amanda Krause, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UF Department of Materials Science & Engineering, is employing artificial intelligence methods to track and catalogue data for her abnormal grain growth research, and thanks to new a $1.2 million research award from… Read More
Hartig Leads UF Team in Groundbreaking Multidisciplinary Research Alliance
Kyle Hartig, Ph.D., an assistant professor of nuclear engineering in the UF Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE), will lead a research team as part of the newly formed Interaction of Ionizing Radiation with Matter – University Research Alliance… Read More