Category: Research

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 and machine learning to investigate the micro-scale structure of materials during manufacture. “When metals are […]

In virtually any type of research, small changes in data can sometimes lead to major changes in results. Josephine Allen, Ph.D., associate professor and Genzyme Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at the University of Florida, and her team understand that the sex of the cells she uses in her experiments is more than […]

Amanda Krause, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UF Department of Materials Science & Engineering, is employing artificial intelligence methods to track and catalogue data for her abnormal grain growth research, and thanks to new a $1.2 million research award from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program, she will bring a cutting-edge, […]

Heat-treating steel during its manufacturing stage is an energy-intensive process where much of the energy is wasted through heat-loss due to outdated furnace designs and other system inefficiencies. Backed by a nearly $11 million award from the Department of Energy, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office, Michele Manuel, Ph.D., professor […]

Kyle Hartig, Ph.D., an assistant professor of nuclear engineering in the UF Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE), will lead a research team as part of the newly formed Interaction of Ionizing Radiation with Matter – University Research Alliance (IIRM-URA). The alliance is funded by a $51.5 million Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) award. […]

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 […]

UF MSE researchers have developed an injectable composite that spontaneously forms into nanofibers resembling the microscopic structure of the human body and could ultimately be custom designed for an infinite number of biomedical applications including connective-tissue repair, drug delivery, wound healing or skin care. The discovery came while evaluating a synthetic polymer substrate as a […]

Ceramics have been used for everything from wall tiles and glassware to artificial hip joints, cruise missiles and the thermal tiles for NASA’s space shuttle. It should come as no surprise, as a long list of benefits including low electrical conductivity, high melting points and exceptional resistance to chemicals make ceramic materials ideally suited for […]

A major acquisition will bring the first Aberration Corrected Transmission Electron Microscope to campus The University of Florida’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering continues to distinguish itself as one of the top research facilities in the nation with the addition of three state-of-the-art, high-resolution electron microscopes. “We’re incredibly excited to be a part of this […]

After nearly two years of preparation and a few scrubbed launches, Josephine Allen, Ph.D., has sent vascular cells into space as part of her research with NASA and CASIS, the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space. “There are no words to describe this day. The cells we isolated, grew, analyzed and prepared are […]