Congratulations to the following recipients of the 2022 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering (HWCOE) Faculty, Student, and Staff Excellence Awards: Ismael Arroyo received the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Staff Award for Innovation. This award recognizes and rewards an HWCOE… Read More
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BME students and alumni earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Congratulations to BME’s six outstanding students and alumni who have been selected for the 2022 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), which recognizes exceptional students who are pursuing full-time research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology,… Read More
BME Undergraduate Research Day
On April 14, the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering at UF hosted Undergraduate Research Day. Undergraduate Research Day is designed to showcase the quality of student research projects conducted during the academic year, as well as to… Read More
HHP & UF CELEBRATE NATIONAL BIOMECHANICS DAY
by Bridgette Welch National Biomechanics Day honors the breakthrough science of the 21st century. This global celebration was observed in the Florida Gym as an annual outreach event that brings together labs from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, College of… Read More
BME students selected as University Scholars
The University Scholars Program introduces undergraduate students at the University of Florida to the exciting academic research world. In the program, students work one-on-one with UF faculty on selected research projects. The University Scholars Program serves as an exceptional capstone… Read More
Three UF researchers awarded Alzheimer’s Association grants
By Todd Taylor Three University of Florida investigators have earned Alzheimer’s Association grants for scientists working on new ideas in research of the neurodegenerative disease. The researchers’ projects were selected based on their potential to generate exciting new data and… Read More
Fang receives HWCOE 2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Innovation
Dr. Ruogu Fang, assistant professor, has been selected to receive the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering 2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Innovation. The Faculty Award for Excellence in Innovation recognizes and rewards a faculty member who has best demonstrated… Read More
Rashidi receives HWCOE 2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Leadership
Dr. Parisa Rashidi, associate professor & J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term Fellow, has been selected to receive the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering 2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Leadership. The Faculty Award for Excellence in Leadership recognizes and rewards… Read More
Porras featured in Smithsonian exhibit
Dr. Ana Maria Porras, assistant professor, is now one of the many women on display in the Smithsonian Exhibit, an exhibit called “If Then, She Can,” honoring women trying to change the world. Porras is one of 12 Latinas featured… Read More
BME postdoc awarded BREATHE postdoctoral fellowship
Congratulations to BME postdoc Eleana Manousiouthakis, Ph.D., on being awarded a Breathing Research and Therapeutics (BREATHE) postdoctoral fellowship funded through the McKnight Brain Institute. The BREATHE Training Program combines basic science and translational research to educate predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. She is one of… Read More