Category: Students

We are pleased to highlight the accomplishments of nuclear engineering graduate students recently receiving scholarships and internships. These individuals have shown outstanding dedication and skill in their studies and research. Join us in congratulating them on their hard work and dedication! Fellowships Weslee Kersey – DoD SMART Graduate Fellowship Society Award Kyle S. Latty – […]

There are countless reasons why a student may require financial assistance. Between textbooks, tuition, rent, and food, the costs can add up quickly. Now more than ever, scholarships and awards play a pivotal role in alleviating the financial strains for the deserving students fortunate enough to receive them. While academic awards come in various shapes […]

Congratulations to Flávia da Cruz Gallo, Ph.D., who was recognized as a “2023 Rising Star in Materials Science and Engineering” and attended a Rising Stars workshop hosted by Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). Gallo described the experience as a career milestone, emphasizing the value of a conference where every […]

Nancy Ruzycki’s Summer Science Camps Continue to Empower Young Scientists Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a rapidly advancing technology with rapidly expanding applications in the workforce. Currently, however, there is a shortage of materials for both teaching and learning AI.  To address this gap, in 2022, Nancy Ruzycki, Ph.D., an instructional associate professor in the Department […]

UF Engineering Community Mourns the Loss of Brice Turner    With heavy hearts, we share the news of the passing of Brice Turner on Sunday, November 12, 2023. Brice was a nuclear engineering doctoral student here in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering.    We extend our deepest condolences to the Turner family and […]

Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) undergraduates Colton Ginter and Akash Ram each received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship.   Ginter began his undergraduate education at The State College of Florida (SCF) and transferred to UF in 2020. In the summer of 2021, he completed a Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship […]

The UF Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) and the UF Nuclear Engineering Program (NE), housed within the department, continue their stay among the best-ranked graduate school programs at public universities in the U.S.  The 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings among U.S. public universities place the MSE graduate program […]

Nuclear Engineering student Emily Kwapis Wins the 2022 Atomic Section Student Award