A Personalized Approach to Mentoring: Dr. Douglas Spearot Earns The 2023-2024 Herbert Wertheim Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award
In the academic realm, mentorship plays a pivotal role in shaping the next generation of researchers. Dr. Spearot, who has been an academic advisor for over 19 years, will receive the honored Herbert Wertheim Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award for the 2023-2024 academic year. Dr. Spearot practices a very personalized approach to mentoring, deviating from conventional group…
Together UF’s Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Animal Sciences Departments are Creating a New Ruminant Digestion Simulation Apparatus for Cow Feedstuff Evaluation
ME Capstone students are collaborating with Dr. Antonio Faciola, an associate professor of animal sciences at UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), to redesign legacy cow digestion simulators pivotal for ruminant nutrition research. This interdisciplinary partnership leverages the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department’s EML4502 course, taught by senior lecturer Dr. Matthew J. Traum. In…
Dr. Jing Pan earns National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award and grant
Dr. Jing Pan, a UF MAE professor, won a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation last month. This honor is the most prestigious award granted by the NSF, and comes with a federal research grant. Pan’s winning proposal was about developing a biosensing technology for monitoring chemicals and biomolecules in bodily fluids, such as blood,…
UF to play key role in groundbreaking Laser Interferometer Space Antenna mission
The University of Florida’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, in partnership with NASA, is making a significant contribution to the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission — a groundbreaking endeavor that the European Space Agency (ESA) has now formally adopted.
The competition has begun! Help MAE continue excellence in Engineering!
It’s UF’s Gator Nation Giving Day! A time for friendly competition between UF departments to raise funds to support our respective divisions. At the forefront of our hearts in this competition is MAE, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, vying against other departments to secure the highest number of contributions. These contributions directly support students in…
Dr. Jessica Allen wins prestigious CAREER award and grant from National Science Foundation
UF MAE professor Dr. Jessica Allen recently submitted a proposal that won her a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. The NSF presents this award to early-career faculty who “serve as academic role models in research and education and lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.” It is the most prestigious award…
Celebrating Black Engineer Legacies
This month we celebrate Black engineers of UF MAE and the legacies they are creating for future students and engineers of color. Follow along as we spotlight MAE engineers, their work, and their experiences.
An Innovative Medical Breakthrough from the SYBORGS Lab
Dr. Amor Menezes, Dr. Damon Ghetmiri, and Alessia Venturi of the SYBORGS Lab at UF MAE, along with Dr. Mitchell Cohen of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, authored a paper on their breakthrough research that was published in Nature Communications this month. The paper centers on models the group developed that can assess the…
Remembering MAE Alumnus Maria Evans Herborn
The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering would like to give our condolences to the family and friends of one of our most accomplished Alumni Maria Evans Herborn. A tribute from https://www.kentforestlawn.com/tributes/Maria-Herborn is included below. Maria was beautiful, very intelligent, and a social being who believed in doing good using her time, talents, and treasures God…
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR
Spring 2024 Dear colleagues, alumni, supporters and friends, My life’s calling is to educate and work with students and colleagues on engineering solutions to enduring challenges for humanity. It is such a privilege to also serve as the Department Chair with an opportunity to facilitate similar aspirations by my friends and colleagues in Mechanical and Aerospace…