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Erika Moore, Ph.D.

Erika Moore First in UF Engineering to Receive Prestigious 3M Award

Erika Moore, Ph.D., the Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Assistant Professor of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE), is the first Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering faculty member to be selected for the 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (NTFA). The 3M NTFA… Read More

Doug Spearot, Ph.D., Assel Aitkaliyeva, Ph.D.

UF Engineering Collaboration Aims to Add Decades of Safe, Clean Energy Production to U.S. Nuclear Reactors

Engineers from UF’s Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) are collaborating on research investigating neutron irradiation-induced embrittlement in nuclear reactor pressure vessels. Douglas Spearot, Ph.D., professor of MAE and principal… Read More

Nancy Ruzycki, Ph.D.

Goldberg Gator Engineering Explorers Science Camp Will Show Students Their Future in STEM

As a veteran educator, inspiring, empowering and charting a pathway to success for students is something Nancy Ruzycki, Ph.D., instructional associate professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, has been doing for decades. Now, on the heels of… Read More

2023 USNWR Graduate Program Rankings

UF MSE and NE Graduate Programs Again Rank Among the Best

The UF Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) and Nuclear Engineering Program (NE), housed within the department, are once again ranked among the best graduate school programs at public universities in the U.S.   According to the 2023 U.S. News… Read More

Amanda Krause, Ph.D., Ryan Need, Ph.D.

Two NSF CAREER Awards Add to Growing List of Department Achievements

Amanda Krause, Ph.D., and Ryan Need, Ph.D., assistant professors in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Florida, have each received National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards. As one of NSF’s most… Read More

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  • Erika Moore First in UF Engineering to Receive Prestigious 3M Award

    08/09/2022

    Erika Moore, Ph.D., the Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Assistant Professor of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE), is the first Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering faculty member to be selected for the 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (NTFA). The 3M NTFA… Read More

  • UF Engineering Collaboration Aims to Add Decades of Safe, Clean Energy Production to U.S. Nuclear Reactors

    07/27/2022

    Engineers from UF’s Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) are collaborating on research investigating neutron irradiation-induced embrittlement in nuclear reactor pressure vessels. Douglas Spearot, Ph.D., professor of MAE and principal… Read More

  • Andrew, Aitkaliyeva Receive Promotions

    06/30/2022

    Jennifer Andrew, Ph.D., has been promoted to full professor, and Assel Aitkaliyeva, Ph.D., has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.   Dr. Andrew received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara and her B.S. from Northwestern University,… Read More

  • Goldberg Gator Engineering Explorers Science Camp Will Show Students Their Future in STEM

    04/28/2022

    As a veteran educator, inspiring, empowering and charting a pathway to success for students is something Nancy Ruzycki, Ph.D., instructional associate professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, has been doing for decades. Now, on the heels of… Read More

  • 2022 Society for Applied Spectroscopy Award Winner: Emily Kwapis

    04/18/2022

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

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