Tag: Kevin Jones

Kevin Jones, Ph.D., Recognized with ASEE Outstanding Materials Educator Award
August 18, 2020For over 30 years, Kevin Jones, Ph.D., distinguished professor at the Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE), has taught students not only how to be better engineers, but also how engineering influences the world around them. In 2010 he collaborated with Sophia Acord, Ph.D., associate director of the Center for the Humanities and the […]
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Kevin Jones, Ph.D. recognized with SEC Faculty Achievement Award
May 22, 2019Kevin 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 14 Southeastern Conference universities with a history of outstanding teaching combined with a nationally and/or […]
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A Family Legacy of Teaching Excellence
May 1, 2018Dr. Kevin Jones recognized as the 2017-2018 UF Teacher-Scholar of the Year — 28 years after his father won.
Read more »Tenure, Promotions and Awards!
July 5, 2016Dr. Yong Yang has received his tenure and is promoted to Associate Professor. Dr. Michele Manuel received her promotion to Professor. Dr. Kevin Jones received the Distinguished Professor Award.
Read more »Dr. Kevin Jones receives the highest honor from SEMI
January 30, 2014Mark 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 two UF professors were recognized for developing a flexible code in 1990 that modeled semiconductor […]
Read more »UF MSE faculty help verify the First Ice Age Art in the Americas
June 24, 2011A 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, discovered in South Florida, has an engraving of a mammoth or mastodon and is believed […]
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