UF Builds Sustainable Solution for Leachate Dilemma
A team of UF researchers designed a complex and sustainable wetlands-filtration system that could serve as a model for other counties.
A New Data Biorepository at UF May Help Move the Needle on Pain
UF researchers are developing one of the world’s most data-dense biospecimen repositories to transform the study and treatment of chronic pain.
Underwater Data Centers
Cybersecurity and robotics researchers at the UF College of Engineering discovered that the inherent density of water can turn sound into a potential weapon to underwater data centers.
American Dream: Taiwan-Born UF Professor Wins Prestigious NASA Award
Esteemed UF professor Jacob Chung was awarded NASA’s Exceptional Public Service Medal in late June. The award is among the highest honors bestowed by the NASA.
UF Smart Sensor Sends Smartphone Alert if Mending Patient Too Daring on Their Feet
UF Health foot and ankle surgeon R. James Toussaint and UF engineering professor Swarup Bhunia have invented a new wearable smart sensor that sends doctors and patients real-time alerts if a healing patient puts too much weight on a surgically repaired foot.
NIH Awards $2.8 Million to UF Researchers To Develop At-Home HIV Test Kit
A new, easy-to-use HIV-detection test kit being developed at the University of Florida using advanced CRISPR technology shows promise as an early-warning alarm system that could save millions of lives.
Tech Tuesday: Desigators
In this week’s Tech Tuesday for WCJB TV20, UF Innovate’s Bethany Gaffey interviews recent graduate Alexander Weaver from the University of Florida with the DesiGator, a food desiccator he and teammates from several departments in the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering created for UF’s Food Science and Human Nutrition Department. Read more about UF […]
NSF-Funded Project Helps Veterans Build Skills in Cybersecurity
Led by UF’s Warren B. Nelms Institute, the three-year project is called Pivots: VETS-HASTE: Veterans SkillBridge through Industry-Based Hardware Security Training and Education; it is funded by $1 million from the National Science Foundation and is led by Ray of UF’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Wanli Xing, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the College of Education.
Dr. Yong Huang Lands Albert M. Sargent Progress Award
Congratulations to Dr. Yong Huang, Ph.D., for earning the prestigious SME Albert M. Sargent Progress Award, awarded to one researcher per year internationally in manufacturing processes and systems.
Tech Tuesday: Engineering Students at the University of Florida Build Model Telescopes From the 1990s
In this week’s Tech Tuesday, we meet engineering students working to build full-scale and small-scale models of a telescope, part of the large payload that went to space aboard the Astro Spacelab Missions on board the Space Shuttles Columbia and Endeavour in the 1990s.