Honors and Awards

Miller Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

Tori Miller, Ph.D.

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.

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

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

Kevin Jones, Ph.D., Recognized with ASEE Outstanding Materials Educator Award

Kevin Jones, Ph.D. Ashby Teaching Award

For over 30 years, Kevin Jones, Ph.D., distinguished professor at the Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE), has taught students not only how to be better engineers, but also how engineering influences the world around them. In 2010 he… Read More