UF Engineer Receives NSF Grant to Enable Real-Time Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance
Christina Boucher, Ph.D., associate professor in the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), has received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant will give Dr. Boucher and her team the opportunity to develop a set of algorithms and an electronic interface that will allow public health […]
UF Researcher Awarded NSF Grant to Measure the Surface Energy of Metals
Kirk J. Ziegler, Ph.D., the Dow Chemical Company Foundation Professor and associate chair for graduate studies at the University of Florida Department of Chemical Engineering (UF CHE) is leading a $581,500 grant from the National Science Foundation titled: Measuring the Surface Energy of Metals through Structure-Property Analysis of Electrodeposition Instabilities. “Surface energy is one of […]
Koppal Receives NSF CAREER Award for Active Computer Vision
University of Florida‘s Electrical and Computer Engineering assistant professor Sanjeev Koppal, Ph.D., has received a prestigious NSF CAREER Award for his project, “Fast Foveation: Bringing Active Vision into the Camera.” The five-year award will support Dr. Koppal’s research in the area of foveation, the process through which the eye fixates on the object of interest […]
Príncipe Receives NSF Grant for Unique Multi-Patient Ventilator Technique
José Príncipe, Ph.D., distinguished professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Florida, was recently awarded an NSF grant in support of the development of a low-cost smart multi-patient ventilator system. The proposal, “RAPID: Inexpensive, rapidly manufacturable respiratory monitor to provide safe emergency ventilation during COVID19 pandemic,” provides a portable respiratory monitoring […]