Michele Manuel, Ph.D., was awarded the 2013 Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers This award, given by ASM, was established in 1952 to recognize early career educators in the fields of materials science, materials engineering, design and processing for their… Read More
Paul Holloway’s Startup Wins the Cade Prize
Since 2010, the Cade Museum Foundation has held an annual competition encouraging Florida’s burgeoning inventors and entrepreneurs. This year, two products originating in Gator Engineering research laboratories made their way to the Final Four. Ultimately, the $50,000 cash award went… Read More
Haixiong Tang Awarded Best Paper at Smart Materials Symposium
Ph.D. candidate Haixiong Tang, studying under Henry Sodano, Ph.D., has been awarded the 1st Place SPIE/ASME Best Student Paper Award at SPIE’s 20th International Symposium on Smart Materials in San Diego on March 13, 2013. In addition, Haixiong received the… Read More
Fatmata Barrie Awarded Fulbright Scholarship
Fatmata Barrie, a Ph.D. candidate studying under Michele Manuel, Ph.D., has been awarded a research grant through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Following a 3-month language study program in Indonesia, Barrie will be conducting research there for 10 months investigating… Read More
Elliot Douglas Receives ASEE Outstanding Teacher Award
Elliot P. Douglas, Ph.D., associate professor and Dean’s Fellow for Engineering Education, has received the 2013 ASEE Southeast Section Outstanding Teaching Award, the highest award given. Douglas was cited for his research activities in engineering education on topics such as… Read More
Susan Sinnott Chosen as One of the Top 25 Women Professors in Florida
The state of Florida has hundreds of professors who publish excellent research, educate and mentor students and help with campus and community projects. Women comprise many of these outstanding post-secondary educators, from Pensacola to Jacksonville to Miami. But which women… Read More
MSE graduate Cephas Small spoke during Governor’s visit
Governor Rick Scott visited UF Nanoscale Research Facility on February 11, 2013 to layout his plan for UF to become a top-ten public university. MSE recent graduate Cephas Small was chosen to speak to share his experience as a STEM… Read More
Elliot Douglas Publishes New MSE Textbook
Elliot P. Douglas, Ph.D., has published a new textbook for the Introduction to Materials course. His book, Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering: A Guided Inquiry, uses a series of guided questions that allow students to develop a deep conceptual… Read More
Ali Henriques Places Second with EMA Meeting Poster
Undergraduate student Ali Henriques, studying under Jacob Jones, Ph.D., earned second place honors in the poster competition at the Orlando Electronic Materials and Applications Meeting on January 30. Congratulations, Ali!
Seshadri and Chen Receives UF International Student Awards
Ph.D. candidate Shruti Banavara Seshadri, studying under Jacob Jones, Ph.D., has been awarded the 2012 Alec Courtelis Award, a prestigious University of Florida award given to selected international students in recognition of academic excellence and outstanding contribution to the university… Read More