Record-Setting UF Steel Bridge Team Claims Another National Title
The UF Eckhoff Steel Bridge Team claimed its fifth consecutive national championship at the 2025 AISC Student Bridge Competition — securing its place in history with a record-setting seventh national title.
Tech Tuesday: University of Florida Lab Explore Railway Safety and How Structures Can Be Improved
In today’s Tech Tuesday, UF Innovate’s host Bethany Gaffey introduces us to a technology that engineers can use to inspect the inside of structures – like railroad ties – to make sure they’re strong enough to keep us safe.
UF Tau Beta Pi Honor Society Honors Eminent Engineers
The University of Florida’s Engineering Honor Society added some research brass to its roster last week by inducting four esteemed faculty members as Eminent Engineer members.
National Academy of Engineering Selects Professor Michele Manuel for Highest Professional Honor
The National Academy of Engineering has elected UF professor Michele Manuel, Ph.D., to join the organization’s ranks, among the highest professional honors in engineering for those who have distinguished themselves in academia, private industry, or government agencies.
iCoast- a Multidisciplinary Approach to Creating Resilient Coastal Communities
The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, in collaboration with several other colleges, is piloting a project that could serve as a model for collecting and analyzing data from real-time monitoring of coastlines globally using the living laboratory of Florida’s own 8,436 miles of coastline. Using advanced sensors, including new technology in development at UF, the […]
AISI Publishes University of Florida Research Report On Strength Of Steel-To-Steel Screw Connections
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has published a new research report that reviews the existing provisions of AISI S100-16, North American Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members, 2016 Edition, for screw connections loaded in shear and tension (but not combined actions). The research was conducted by Thomas Stevens at the […]
Power Surge
An updated training reactor offers new opportunities in nuclear engineering