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  We are proud to announce that four members of our department recently received awards from The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS):    Cammy Abernathy, Ph.D., dean, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering: Ellen Swallow Richards Diversity Award This honor, inspired by Ellen H. Swallow Richards, recognizes an individual who has helped or inspired others […]

Michael Tonks, Ph.D., professor, was recently recognized as a 2022 Brimacombe Medalist by The Mineral, Metals & Materials Society (TMS).  The Brimacombe Medalist Award recognizes outstanding mid-career scientists who have demonstrated sustained excellence and achievement in business, technology, education, public policy, or science related to materials science and engineering. TMS recognized Dr. Tonks for his significant […]

  Congratulations to the Fall Class of 2021! On behalf of the Department of Materials Science & Engineering and the Nuclear Engineering Program – CONGRATULATIONS! You’ve taken on the most incredible and amazing journey to becoming an engineer, and you’ve succeeded. You are moving on to a new and exciting chapter in your life, and […]

Using various methods of advanced processing to manipulate the structure of materials is a universal approach in materials science. It’s how we discover the new materials essential to developing tomorrow’s technologies. In the past, researchers accomplished this through the use of time-intensive costly experimentation. Richard Hennig, Ph.D., Alumni Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at […]

The American Nuclear Society (ANS) has selected UF alumnus Matthew Marzano, M.S. ‘11, nuclear engineering, to serve as the 2022 Glenn T. Seaborg Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow. Marzano is a senior reactor operator at Exelon Generation’s Braidwood nuclear power plant in Braidwood, Ill.  Established in 2000, the Glenn T. Seaborg Congressional Science and Engineering Fellowship, also known as the ANS Congressional […]

Rajiv Singh, Ph.D., professor emeritus in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) at the University of Florida, is among the 2021 class of inductees into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Dr. Singh taught at MSE for 30 years and retired in late 2020. He is a Fellow of IEEE, AAAS, the Materials Research […]

We are saddened to learn of the recent passing of Kenneth J. Anusavice, D.M.D., Ph.D., on September 30, 2021.  Dr. Anusavice earned his doctoral degree in materials science and engineering in 1970 under Bob DeHoff, Ph.D., and his D.M.D. from the Medical College of Georgia in 1977. He has been an active part of the UF Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) […]

Dr. Michael Tonks received his Bachelor of Science in 2001 and Master of Science in 2002, both in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2008. From 2009-2015, he worked as a Staff Scientist and Group Lead at the Idaho National Laboratory. […]