Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Blimp team soars at ONR-backed competition Read More

Highlights

MAE alum Erin Winick Anthony receives NASA award Read More

Duke Energy Foundation Awards $50,000 Grant to MAE Department Read More

From Havana to Houston

28-year-old Miguel Hernandez (BSMEng ’66)… was seated at the Mission Control console when astronaut Jim Lovell famously announced, “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” And Hernandez was among the experts who worked tirelessly for four days and nights to get the crew home safely.

Alumni Highlights

University of Florida Team Will Produce Solar Hydrogen

The University of Florida announced that it was selected to receive a $2,700,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to accelerate the large-scale development and deployment of concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) technology for industrial decarbonization and electrical power generation and storage.

Research Highlights

UF’s Tau Beta Pi Recognized as Best Chapter

The Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society held its annual convention from September 28 – Oct 1, 2022 in Knoxville, Tenn. The University of Florida chapter, “Florida Alpha,” was recognized as the R.C. Matthews Outstanding Chapter, an award which goes to the chapter determined to be the best out of over 250.

Student Highlights

Autodesk Provides $100,000 to College of Engineering in Latest Donation

The San Francisco-based software company Autodesk has donated about $100,000 to the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, with the money specifically going toward the classroom initiatives of MAE’s Dr. Sean Niemi and ISE’s (Industrial and Systems Engineering) Katie Basinger.

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Faculty Highlight: Jonathan Brooks

Though they never went to college themselves, Jonathan Brooks’s grandparents had a special place in their hearts for UF. It started even before their son, Brooks’s father, attended the university and became the first member of the family to achieve a college degree, and it certainly started well before their grandson was hired as an instructional assistant professor for the MAE department. It started in the 1950s when Brooks’s grandfather, a carpenter, would get paid partially in football tickets while working for people associated with the university.

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Dr. Peter Ifju gives prestigious Murray Lecture at Society for Experimental Mechanics

Ever since he was a graduate student in the 1980s, Dr. Peter Ifju has held the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) close to his heart. And after 25 years of membership, which included a stint as president in 2011-2012, he received one of the society’s highest honors on June 14.

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Autodesk Provides $100,000 to College of Engineering in Latest Donation

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Make More than a Gift. Make a Difference.

Our current students are tomorrow’s leaders. They are interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial. They are scientific communicators that will shape the way future generations think about engineering. These four funds were created to have direct and specific impacts. A gift to any one of them will support our entire department in encouraging students to create and lead in an immersive environment that has every ingredient for success.

Support student design and competition groups Promote opportunities for women in engineering Support student leadership training and opportunities Promote classroom innovation and excellence Provide general support for the MAE Department Provide support for Engineering Building renovation

February 2023

Tuesday 02-14

11:30 am – 12:30 pm: Copy: MAE Faculty Meeting/Luncheon

WERT 450

Thursday 02-23

12:50 pm – 1:40 pm: Copy: MAE Candidate Seminar -Concurrent Learning Cyber-physical Methods for Resilient Energy Delivery Systems

MAE-303

Tuesday 02-28

12:50 pm – 1:40 pm: Copy: MAE Faculty Meeting

Microsoft Teams Meeting

Recurs monthly

March 2023

Thursday 03-02

12:50 pm – 1:40 pm: Jian Zheng

Tuesday 03-07

12:50 pm – 1:40 pm: Youngsup Song

Tuesday 03-14

11:30 am – 12:30 pm: Copy: MAE Faculty Meeting/Luncheon

WERT 450

Tuesday 03-21

12:50 pm – 1:40 pm: MAE Grad Student Workshop with MAE IDEA Committee

MAE-A 303

Tuesday 03-28

12:50 pm – 1:40 pm: Copy: MAE Faculty Meeting

Microsoft Teams Meeting

Recurs monthly

April 2023

Thursday 04-06

12:50 pm – 1:40 pm: Affiliate Faculty Seminar - Henry Chu

MAE-A 303

Tuesday 04-11

11:30 am – 12:30 pm: Copy: MAE Faculty Meeting/Luncheon

WERT 450

Recurs monthly

Tuesday 04-18

12:50 pm – 1:40 pm: Prof. Cynthia Reinhart-King

MAE-A 303

Tuesday 04-25

12:50 pm – 1:40 pm: Copy: MAE Faculty Meeting

Microsoft Teams Meeting

Recurs monthly

Thursday 04-27 – Friday 04-28

Awards Ceremony & EAB

May 2023

Tuesday 05-02

12:50 pm – 1:40 pm: Seminar Speaker Ming Guo

MAE-A 303

Tuesday 05-23

12:50 pm – 1:40 pm: Copy: MAE Faculty Meeting

Microsoft Teams Meeting

Recurs monthly

Monday 05-29

UF Closed - Memorial Day

June 2023

Monday 06-19

UF Closed - Juneteenth

Tuesday 06-27

12:50 pm – 1:40 pm: Copy: MAE Faculty Meeting

Microsoft Teams Meeting

Recurs monthly

July 2023

Tuesday 07-04

UF Closed - Independence Day

Tuesday 07-25

12:50 pm – 1:40 pm: Copy: MAE Faculty Meeting

Microsoft Teams Meeting

Recurs monthly

1900+

Undergraduate Students

590+

Graduate Students
(177 Ph.D.)

65+

Total Faculty Members

$16M+

2021 Research Expenditures