Congratulations to Josephine Allen, Ph.D., for receiving the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, entitled “CAREER: Biomolecular Engineering Approach to Controlling Cell Processes”. In this work, Allen focuses on developing strategies to control cellular functions, which is critical in the field… Read More
Dr. Kevin Jones receives the highest honor from SEMI
Mark Law, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Kevin Jones, Ph.D., received the highest honor from the global industry association Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI). The… Read More
Sodano’s High-sensitivity Accelerometer Research Published in Nature Communications
The paper from Henry Sodano, Ph.D., demonstrated the growth of vertically aligned arrays of barium titanate nanowires for the first time and showed that the ferroelectric nanowires can act as highly accurate dynamics stress sensors or, specifically, accelerometers. The results… Read More
UF receives $1.6M award from DTRA to develop low-cost radiation detectors
James Baciak, Ph.D., Jiangeng Xue, Ph.D., and Juan Nino, Ph.D., received a Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) award for $1.6 Million to develop organic photodiodes as low-cost, radiation-resistant alternatives to traditional photomultiplier tubes for next-generation gamma-ray spectrometers.
UF receives $1.8M from DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy for R&D
Researchers in the Nuclear Engineering Program at the UF Department of Materials Science & Engineering have received Department of Energy University Program grants for conducting research to mitigate the Fuel Cladding Chemical Interactions (FCCI) in a sodium-cooled fast reactor and… Read More
Sodano Wins 2012 Young Composites Researcher Award
Henry Sodano, Ph.D., has been awarded the American Society for Composites 2012 Young Composites Researcher Award. The Young Composites Researcher Award is given to a member of the composites community who, early in their career, has significantly impacted the science… Read More
UF MSE faculty help verify the First Ice Age Art in the Americas
A team of UF Materials Science & Engineering faculty, including Kevin Jones, Ph.D., Jack Mecholsky, Ph.D., and Jerry Bourne, Ph.D., co-authored a recent publication verifying the earliest example of Ice Age art discovered in the Americas. The fossilized bone fragment,… Read More
NOVA’s series “Making Stuff: Smarter”
NOVA’s series “Making Stuff: Smarter” highlighted the research of Anthony Brennan, Ph.D., Margaret A. Ross Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. Brennan has been investigating the thermodynamics of cell adhesion to materials with a special focus on the effects of… Read More
Parkinson’s Research Featured In Nature Outlook
The long-term, multidisciplinary research into the role of magnetite and iron oxide formation in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s has been featured in a Nature Outlook article on biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease. This research began in 1999 as… Read More