Category: Honors and Awards

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 nominations, placed her among the world’s most impactful young entrepreneurs and game-changers. The complete list […]

Professor Nathalie Wall, Ph.D., from the Department of Materials Science & Engineering’s Nuclear Engineering Program, is a newly elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The AAAS recognizes distinguished scientific, engineering and innovation pioneers for their “achievements across disciplines, from research, teaching, and technology, to administration in academia, industry and […]

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 collaborated with Sophia Acord, Ph.D., associate director of the Center for the Humanities and the […]

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The University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) has named Alumni Professor of Materials Science & Engineering Richard Hennig, Ph.D., a UFRF Professor for 2020-2023. The recognition goes to faculty who have a distinguished current record of research and a strong research agenda that is likely to lead to continuing distinction in their fields. “Faculty chosen […]

  Kyle Latty, who recently graduated from the University of Florida Nuclear Engineering (NE) Program with a bachelor’s degree, has been awarded a fellowship from the Department of Defense (DOD) Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program. During his sophomore year, Latty joined the research group of Kyle C. Hartig, Ph.D., an assistant […]

Erika Moore, Ph.D., holder of the Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench professorship in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, has been awarded the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) KL2 Career Development Award. “I am beyond enthused to be awarded the KL2 training grant. This award sponsored by the National Institute of Health […]

Emily Kwapis, a Nuclear Engineering Ph.D. student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), has been awarded a fellowship from the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program. Emily graduated summa cum laude from the University of Michigan with a B.S.E. in Nuclear Engineering with a minor in Electrical Engineering. She […]

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Bryan Conry, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, has been awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Conry graduated from Stony Brook University with a double major in Chemical Engineering and Applied Math and was a guest researcher at Brookhaven National Lab’s X-ray synchrotron for a year before […]