Butler Selected as a Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Awardee by College
Kevin R. B. Butler, Ph.D., a holder of the Arnold and Lisa Goldberg Rising Star Associate Professor in Computer Science at the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, has been selected as a 2020 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Awardee. “I’ve been incredibly fortunate to work with amazingly talented […]
How the ‘Skim Reaper’ Protects You From Credit Card Skimmers
Houston has been hailed king when it comes to credit card skimmers, and they’re not completely wrong. Houston is a hub for the skimming scam but the reality is they exist everywhere. “My credit card got stolen for the sixth time in a three-year period,” professor Patrick Traynor, with the Department of Computer and Information […]
UF Engineer Testifies Before U.S. House Committee About Election Security
Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor, testified as an expert witness regarding election security during a hearing by the House Administration Committee on Thursday, January 9, 2020. Dr. Gilbert, who has been conducting research on elections for more than 15 years and who was one of two academics asked to testify, […]
The Video Revolution – Interview with Chris Malachowsky
Chris Malachowsky, a UF’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering alumnus and co-founder of NVIDIA, a Fortune 1000 company, was interviewed by James Di Virgilio, Radio Cade podcast co-host. In 1999, Chris Malachowsky was on the team at NVIDIA that invented the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), an invention that transformed the consumer electronics industry. The GPU […]
City of Gainesville, University of Florida Begin Groundbreaking Work on Roadway Safety Thanks to $2 Million NSF Grant
The City of Gainesville and the University of Florida were awarded a joint $2 million grant through the National Science Foundation’s Smart and Connected Communities Program. Now, UF researcher Sanjay Ranka, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), his team and the city have begun their groundbreaking work […]
Six UF Researchers Named 2019 AAAS Fellows
Six researchers from across the University of Florida have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. UF’s new Fellows include three UF/IFAS researchers, Senthold Asseng, a professor with the department of agricultural and biological engineering, Karen Garrett, a professor with the plant pathology […]
How Gene-Edited White Blood Cells Are Helping Fight Cancer
Dr. Piyush Jain, a University of Florida Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering associate professor and UF Health Cancer Center scientist, shares in The Conversation about a gene-editing tool that has been used to treat advanced cancer in three patients and showed promising early results in a pilot phase 1 clinical trial, for the first time […]
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 […]
Biomedical Engineers at UF Have Osteoarthritis Pain on the Run
The University of Florida’s J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) receives more funding from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases’ (NIAMS) than any other biomedical engineering department nationally, according to the NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT, September 2019). UF is fourth overall and top among public […]
University of Florida Researchers Among 2019 Inductees Into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
UF’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering alumnus Chris Malachowsky and Chemistry Professor Richard Yost are among the newest members of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Dr. Malachowsky co-founded Fortune 1000 company NVIDIA which invented the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) that transformed the visual computing industry by creating a consumer-oriented 3D graphics market. Dr. Yost […]