Swamp Launch rocket design team thrives at NASA competition
In a field of 60 teams at the NASA Student Launch competition on April 23, UF’s competitive rocket design team, Swamp Launch, blasted its way to 4th place overall in the launch category and 3rd place for the payload design award. The event, hosted at the Marshall Space Center in Huntsville, Alabama, is an annual contest…
Gator Motorsports Wins Third Place Overall at FSAE Michigan
UF’s Formula SAE team zoomed to the second best result in its 31-year history at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Out of 100 teams representing universities from six countries, Gator Motorsports finished third place overall. The team’s only higher finish was second place in 2015. For FSAE competitions, students spend a year designing and…
Gator Robotics Hosts “Scuffle in the Swamp” Battlebots Tournament
The atrium of the Herbert Wertheim Laboratory for Engineering Excellence was transformed into a modern Colosseum on April 9, when mechanical gladiators from all over the state descended on UF for the Scuffle in the Swamp. The first open battlebots event ever to take place at UF, the tournament was hosted by Gator Robotics, a student…
Celebrating Black Engineer Legacies: Ciku Makumi
“What makes me proud to be a black engineer and represent the black community in this field is just being able to be a role model,” says Ciku Makumi, a current Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering student. Makumi recently completed a master’s degree in mechanical engineering with a minor in electrical and computer engineering at UF MAE….
Celebrating Black Engineer Legacies: Tara Battle
“There were many times I entered a classroom on the first day to see that I was the only woman of color,” says Tara Battle, BSME ‘10. Initially a Chemistry major with dreams of going to medical school, Battle was inspired by her family’s medical history. However, with her acuity for math and science she quickly…
UF’s Gatr2 Vex Robotics Team Wins The Texas VexU Qualifier
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 that puts them in a top spot. Read More