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Dr. Kyle C. Hartig

Assistant Professor Kyle C. Hartig Receives Young Investigator Award from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency

February 18, 2019

The DTRA selects engineering and science-based researchers whose work shows promise in its mission to counter the development and use of weapons of mass destruction.

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Dr. Jenny Andrew

Tiny Sensors – Big Potential

February 5, 2019

UF Engineers develop sensors that create their own energy, saving weight and extending the battery life of electric vehicles.

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Michael Tonks, Ph.D.

Michael Tonks, Ph.D., Awarded $1.5 Million to Build the Engine of the Future

November 16, 2018

With the Department of Energy’s award, MSE Professor Michael Tonks aims to reduce both the time and cost of designing better, more fuel-efficient gasoline engines.

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Materials Science Faculty Duo Receive $500,000 NASA Grant for Early Innovation

November 16, 2018

We might all be familiar with scenes in movies and television programs where a spacecraft is entering Earth’s atmosphere and red glow forms as the space craft heats up. In reality, special heat resistant tiles are used to absorb this heat. However, if the reentry angle is too steep, these tiles get too hot and […]

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Erika Moore shines as a Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Professor

October 26, 2018

Erika M. Moore, Ph.D., has joined the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at UF as the holder of the Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench professorship. This is the first of two Rhines Rising Star assistant professorships in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). Moore earned her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins […]

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Dr. Kevin Jones and His Father

A Family Legacy of Teaching Excellence

May 1, 2018

Dr. Kevin Jones recognized as the 2017-2018 UF Teacher-Scholar of the Year — 28 years after his father won.

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Alumni Spotlight: Materials Science and Engineering graduate competes at Olympics

March 27, 2018

Erin Jackson has a new material in her life: ice. The 2015 University of Florida Materials Science and Engineering alumna traded her inline skates for ice skates and, even to her surprise, made the United States Olympic speed skating team in January 2018. Jackson is a Cinderella story. An inline skater for 15 years and […]

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Dr. Assel Aitkaliyeva, Dr. Kyle C. Hartig, and Dr. Mike Tonks

New Faculty Join the MSE Department

March 27, 2018

Materials Science and Engineering welcomed three new professors for the 2017-2018 academic year with research in computation, nuclear fuels and optical sensing

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Erin Jackson

MSE Alumna Erin Jackson to Compete in Winter Olympics

January 19, 2018

Erin Jackson has a new material in her life: ice. The 2015 University of Florida Materials Science & Engineering alumna traded her inline skates for ice skates just four months ago. Now, she is competing in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Sunday as a member of Team U.S.A. in Olympic long-track speedskating. She finished third in […]

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Anthony Brennan, Ph.D.

MSE Professor Tony Brennan Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

January 10, 2018

Professor Brennan is being honored for his inventions that led to the Sharklet microtopography which was inspired by biomimicry.

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