Intelligent Energy Resiliency Control System
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
UF Engineers Develop New Membrane that Improves Blood Dialysis
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 kidney dialysis patients. This advancement enables a microchip dialyzer to be attached on a patient’s skin….
MAE Celebrates Black History Month:
Norman Fitz-Coy Who inspires aerospace engineers? Elon Musk. Neil Armstrong. The Wright brothers. Perhaps Robert H. Goddard or George Cayley. Who inspires black aerospace engineers? Growing up in Jamaica, Norman Fitz-Coy didn’t have any engineers in his family. He didn’t know any rocket scientists. He just wanted to work with aircrafts. And now, he does. But…
UF Awarded NASA Contract to Build Space Exploration Device
NASA has awarded the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Charge Management Device (CMD) contract to the University of Florida, Gainesville. Read More
Warren Dixon Accepts Position as Chair of MAE
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 and Eugene P. Wigner Fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) until 2004, when he joined…
Chair Search Information
MAE Chair Candidates Monday, September 21, 2020 Zoom Meeting ID 3:00pm – 3:45pm MAE Faculty: Assistant Professors 91032524464 Tuesday, September 22, 2020 12:00pm – 1:00pm Seminar – Recorded and posted below 91084133714 4:00pm – 4:45pm MAE Faculty: Associate Professors 99844308465 Wednesday, September 23, 2020 9:00am – 10:00am MAE Staff 98101896662 2:00pm – 3:00pm MAE Faculty: Professors…
3rd Biannual Meeting for this year’s COE for Assured Autonomy in Contested Environments
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 Laboratory – AFRL, AFOSR, University of Florida, Duke University, The University of Texas at Austin, and…
UF Engineering Undergrad Named Navy/ROTC Student of the Year
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 made the final 12. Now NFCU has named her the Navy/Marine winner from a field of…
Remembering Michael Joseph MacDonald (1942 – 2019)
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 High School in 1959. In 1963 he graduated from St. Michael’s College in Colchester, VT where…