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… Read More

Kevin Jones, Distinguished Professor and the Frederick N. Rhines Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, received the 2019 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award. Now in its eighth year, the honor recognizes one tenured, full professor faculty member from each of the… Read More

UF’s Department of Materials Science & Engineering student team brought the TMS 2019 Grand Prize home from San Antonio, Texas, receiving the TMS-Wadsworth-Sherby Bladesmithing Grand Prize Medal and a $2,000 cash prize in recognition of their entry “Decapigator.” The biennial… Read More

U.S. News & World Report determines the top graduate schools through a combination of objective measures including placement success, student selectivity and an industry-wide reputational assessment.

The DTRA selects engineering and science-based researchers whose work shows promise in its mission to counter the development and use of weapons of mass destruction.

UF Engineers develop sensors that create their own energy, saving weight and extending the battery life of electric vehicles.

With the Department of Energy’s award, MSE Professor Michael Tonks aims to reduce both the time and cost of designing better, more fuel-efficient gasoline engines.

We might all be familiar with scenes in movies and television programs where a spacecraft is entering Earth’s atmosphere and red glow forms as the space craft heats up. In reality, special heat resistant tiles are used to absorb this… Read More

  The American Association of Physicists in Medicine recently awarded Dr. Frank J. Bova the Edith Quimby Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in radiosurgery. The award is given to members of the association who have made significant contributions to medical… Read More

Erika M. Moore, Ph.D., has joined the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at UF as the Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Assistant Professor, the first of two Rhines Rising Star assistant professorships in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering… Read More