From Cells to Solid State to Public Health, UF Team Building Biosensors (UF HWCE)
Backed by a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation, a UF research team is combining living cells with solid-state materials to develop better tools for environmental monitoring.
Ruchkin & Príncipe Get Visual (UF ECE)
UF researchers are collaborating to create an end-to-end methodology to model, analyze, quantify, detect and adapt to changes in the visual environment of an autonomous cyber-physical system.
UF Partners With National Radio Astronomy Observatory To Bring Cutting-Edge Astronomy and STEM Education to Florida
The University of Florida is teaming up with the National Science Foundation’s National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) to bring a major science and education project to the state.
National Science Foundation Awards University of Florida $300K To Reduce Phosphorus in South Florida Ecosystems
UF researchers have secured a $300,000 NSF grant to reduce phosphorus levels in freshwater ecosystems such as the Everglades.
Survey Ranks UF As Top University for Ag Research Investment
For the sixth consecutive year, the University of Florida led the nation in agricultural sciences and natural resources conservation research, according to a new report from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Big Data Allows Researchers To Analyze Income Inequality Gap
UF researchers will conduct a study to explore the root causes of income inequality, supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
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.
UF To Lead $7.5M NSF-Funded Project on Protecting Security of Marginalized and Vulnerable Populations
Using a $7.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), University of Florida engineers are leading a new effort to understand how groups like the poor, children and the elderly, and the disabled are marginalized by current technologies like smartphones and video conferencing and how current and future technologies can be designed to be more inclusive.
NSF Director: Let’s Seize This Moment To Achieve Prosperity for All
The Honorable Sethuraman Panchanathan, director of the National Science Foundation, visited the University of Florida on Friday, May 27, to learn more about UF’s research initiatives and share his vision for accelerating scientific advancements to benefit all. He is interviewed by guest host, David Norton, vice president for research at the University of Florida.
Researchers Receive $1.2M NSF Grant To Study and Thwart Surveillanceware
Using a new $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation researchers at the University of Florida will study surveillanceware and develop new AI-based defenses for it.