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The American Nuclear Society has appointed Leigh Winfrey, Ph.D., Fusion Science and Technology editor. Winfrey is an associate professor in the Nuclear Engineering Program within the Department of Materials Science & Engineering. Her research focuses on fusion, particularly designing plasma-facing materials for the insides of tokamak fusion reactors (magnetic bottles) that can handle disruptions similar […]

ASM International, a professional organization for materials scientists and engineers, has announced that its Board of Trustees has elected Michele Manuel, Ph.D., to become an ASM Fellow, citing her “outstanding leadership and technical contributions in thermodynamics-based alloy design and its associated methods as applied to light metals.” The honor will be conferred at the ASM […]

Congratulations on your Academic Achievements Dr. Allen and Dr. Andrew

Hannah Gardiner, a third-year Ph.D. student in Nuclear Engineering at UF, was invited to speak on the role of scientists and engineers in global security at the Science and Security Summit 2017, hosted by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS). The FAS is a Washington, DC-based nonpartisan think tank focusing primarily on nuclear policy and […]

Congratulations to the winners of Student Poster Session! With more than 160 accepted posters, NACE had the largest turnout of students ever. There were three winners in the categories of Mars Fontana (corrosion engineering), Harvey Herro (applied corrosion technology), and Marcel Pourbaix (corrosion science), along with the best undergraduate poster. Please help us congratulate the […]

University of Florida endowed professor Juan Claudio Nino, Ph.D., has been awarded a 2017-2018 Jefferson Science Fellowship by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. Nino is one of 14 academic scientists, engineers and physicians who were selected from institutions of higher learning from around the country this year. Within the U.S. Department of […]

Michele Manuel, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized leader and expert in light metals, design, and computational methodologies for materials development and materials characterization. She received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University and her B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida. Before returning to the University of Florida, […]

Congratulations to Josephine Allen, Ph.D., and the Allen Lab for being selected for the Space Research Initiative and the Florida Space Institute to conduct research aboard the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory. The joint UF-CASIS (Center for the Advancement of Science in Space) initiative supports the award to help fund space-related research. Allen is […]

Dr. Chris Santana has been awarded the Department of Materials Science and Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award. Santana graduated with multiple degrees from the University of Florida, entering the Department of Materials Science & Engineering in 1987 and continued with the program until 1996 after completing his Ph.D. Santana studied the nucleation and growth of Aluminum […]

Dr. Yong Yang has received his tenure and is promoted to Associate Professor. Dr. Michele Manuel received her promotion to Professor. Dr. Kevin Jones received the Distinguished Professor Award.