Mitchell “Mitch” Waldman’s long and illustrious career practically brims with prestige and honor. The UF MAE alum served for nearly 30 years in a variety of executive positions with the federal government, including as deputy assistant secretary of the Navy,… Read More
Associate Professor Steven A. E. Miller, Ph.D., is awarded the Director’s Fellowship from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for 2023-2024. The award recognizes technical excellence for his research on “Analytical Prediction of Near-Field Hypersonic Aerodynamics.” The award is… Read More
Dr. Daniel Dickrell, Instructional Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, was apart of the show “The Greatest of All Time, with Peyton Manning” on the History Channel. The show aired from February 2023- April 2023. Dr.… Read More
The Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Department’s award-winning STEMTank summer camp received spotlight recognition by the PreK-12 Commission of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) to coincide with ASEE’s annual conference. The spotlight announcement is posted at the ASEE… Read More
After six years of hard work and competitions, UF’s SolarGators placed first in the 2023 Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix, held June 27–July 2 at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka, KS. The student-run team, sponsored in part by both the… Read More
Last November, the NaviGator team from the UF Machine Intelligence Laboratory (MIL) traveled to the land down under for the Maritime RobotX Challenge in Sydney, Australia. The competition, which involves boats being controlled by integrated autonomous robotic systems completing tasks… Read More
Dr. SA Sherif, MAE Excellence Professor, and his research group have been involved in at least seven thrust areas pertaining to energy conversion devices and systems. Two of those thrust areas include frost formation in large walk walk-in freezers and… Read More
Dr. Thomas Angelini, Associate Professor in the Department of MAE, landed a $2M NSF Award called “IntBio: Functional genomic dissection of biomineralization at multiple scales using a new marine model” in collaboration with the Whitney lab. The collaborative team consists… Read More
Dr. Bruce Carroll, Associate Professor in the Department of MAE, has two NSF awards up for negotiation. His first is the NSF IUSE (Improving Undergraduate STEM Education) Engaged Student Learning Level 1 award. This project is titled MAE is Me:… Read More
Silicone-based components are an important structural ingredient in innumerable technologies and consumer goods — from electronic devices and automobiles to aircraft and medical devices. High-quality silicone printing is a specialized technological feat that currently depends on a few, very restrictive… Read More
