Each year, 300 university-level teams from more than 50 countries compete in qualifiers as they head towards the Vex Robotics World Championships. Cameron Soviero, Captain of the Gator VEX Robotics team, has reported in on the UF team’s recent win… Read More
A team of researchers at the University of Florida has developed a system powered by solar energy that uses artificial intelligence to ultimately decrease the cost of keeping essential home appliances or devices running through a power outage. Read More
Researchers from the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering have developed a new hemodialysis membrane made of graphene oxide (GO), a single-atomic layered material, which has the promise of revolutionizing treatments for… Read More
NASA has awarded the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Charge Management Device (CMD) contract to the University of Florida, Gainesville. Read More
Dr. Warren Dixon has accepted the position of chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Dr. Dixon received his Ph.D. in 2000 from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University. He worked as a research staff member… Read More
The 3rd Biannual Meeting for this year’s COE for Assured Autonomy in Contested Environments took place virtually, due to the COVID-19 response. Hosted by the University of California, Santa Cruz, the meeting brought experts and researchers from Air Force Research… Read More
One of UF’s Gator Battalion Midshipmen has been selected as the 2019 Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU) All American NAVY ROTC Student of the Year. Midshipman 1/C Jennifer Fillebrown competed against a national field of 58 other ROTC students and… Read More
Whispering Pines – Mike was born April 1, 1942 in Brighton, MA to Lorayne McWeeney. In 1947, he was adopted by Daniel and Helen MacDonald of Pittsfield, MA. The family eventually moved to Winooski, VT. Mike graduated from Rice Memorial… Read More
Engineering must be harnessed to address current and future challenges in the healthcare field. The objective of our REU Site is to engage a diverse cohort of undergraduate students in research and curricula focused on healthcare relevant engineering challenges, such… Read More
MAE’s cube satellite launched into space Sunday from New Zealand as part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) program. Led by Prof. John Conklin and students from the Precision Space Systems Laboratory, the goal of their satellite mission is… Read More
