This month marks 80 years since the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance recognized the University of Florida for developing research that helped thwart the Nazis in World War II.
That storied recognition launched a partnership that continues to thrive.
With locations on UF’s main campus in Gainesville and a regional campus on Eglin Air Force Base in the Panhandle, Florida Applied Research in Engineering, known as FLARE, now provides real-world — and highly secure — research for the Department of Defense, as well as workforce development that includes Gator engineers from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.
Read more about Eight Decades After WWII Recognition, UF Engineers Still Power Defense Research.
