Jason Gibson, a doctoral student in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Florida, has been awarded a Molecular Sciences Software Institute (MolSSI) Fellowship, sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Gibson’s research proposal to MolSSI included… Read More
2021 Tony and Kathy Brennan Staff Excellence Award
Tony Brennan, Ph.D., retired in 2019 after nearly three decades as an innovator, leader and mentor to countless students and others along the way. Dr. Brennan and his wife Kathy were consistent champions of our dedicated staff, recognizing its critical… Read More
2021 Distinguished Early Career Alumni Award Winner
Our 2021 Distinguished Early Career Alumni Award winner is Jacob DeWitte, Ph.D., a nuclear reactor developer commercializing next-generation fission power systems. Dr. DeWitte is a co-Founder and the CEO of Oklo, Inc., a Sunnyvale, California-based company developing and building small… Read More
2020-2021 Attributes of a Gator Engineer Award
Considered the greatest distinction of any student award given by the college, the Gator Engineering Attribute Awards are intended to provide an ideal guide for all members of the Gator Engineering community. They honor five undergraduate and five Ph.D. students who strongly model one of… Read More
2021 MSE-NE Virtual Spring Banquet
This EVENT celebrates the successes of the Department of Materials Science & Engineering and the Nuclear Engineering Program’s 2020-2021 academic year Watch the video replay of the Banquet below or scroll down to read through the content presented during… Read More
MSE and NE Graduate Programs Remain Among the Best in the Country
The Department of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Florida continues to shine in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings released today. The materials science and engineering graduate program continues to be Top 10… Read More
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
Baciak and Yang Selected as Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Awardees by College
Congratulations to James Baciak, Ph.D., and Yong Yang, Ph.D., both recipients of the 2019-2020 Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. “I am truly honored to receive this award,” Dr. Yang said. “As a faculty member,… 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