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Gators on Top: Solar Gators and UF iGEM Team Achieve Major Victories

Solar Gators Land $10,000 Prize at Electrek American Solar Challenge 2024 The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) at the University of Florida is brimming with pride as the Solar Gators team celebrates a remarkable achievement in the Electrek American Solar Challenge 2024. Over the course of eight days, the Solar Gators traversed an impressive…

Superstar UF iGEM Team Wins Gold in Paris with Biomanufactured Organoid Models

The UF Chapter of iGEM dazzled 2024 Grand Jamboree judges, earning a gold medal for their research into sepsis, a life-threatening condition that results from the body’s dysregulated response to infection. International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) is a global competition where student teams design and build genetically engineered systems to solve real-world problems using synthetic biology….

UF Rising Star in the Global Space Community: Mauro Franqueira Honored with Global Rising Star Award

The University of Florida’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) is proud to celebrate one of its promising new students, Mauro Franqueira, who was recently honored with the prestigious Global Rising Star Award from the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC). This award recognizes exceptional young professionals and students for their leadership and contributions to the…

Solar Gators Land $10,000 Prize at Electrek American Solar Challenge 2024

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) at the University of Florida is brimming with pride as the Solar Gators team celebrates a remarkable achievement in the Electrek American Solar Challenge 2024. Over the course of eight days, the Solar Gators traversed an impressive 1,550 miles from Nashville, TN, to Casper, WY, showcasing their innovative…

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Student Fahad Nabid Awarded Prestigious NDSEG Fellowship

In a remarkable achievement underscoring his academic prowess and dedication to advancing aerospace engineering, Fahad Nabid, a freshman graduate student at the University of Florida, has been awarded the highly prestigious National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship for 2024. This fellowship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense, aims to support exceptional graduate students…

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…

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.

Undergraduate Senior Design Capstone Presents to Retired NASA Engineers

On Wednedsay, December 6th, Dr. Persad’s undergraduate senior design capstone group presented at the Nuclear Sciences Building. This is a culminating design course for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering students, and they worked to develop a conceptual design for external clients. This semester, student teams worked with the Astro Restoration Project (ARP), a not-for-profit, all volunteer organization,…