Category: Awards

A respected researcher, educator and campus leader, engineering professor Alina Zare, Ph.D., has won Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering’s 2026 Faculty Award for Excellence in Leadership. 

Described by his department chair as one of the most impactful early career faculty members in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Baibhab Chatterjee, Ph.D., has been awarded the college’s 2026 Excellence Award for Assistant Professors.  Chatterjee joined the University of Florida in 2022 as an ECE assistant professor. His background is in […]

Celebrated for bringing out the best in his students, Professor Navid Asadi, Ph.D., won the Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award in April from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.  

Praised for her visionary leadership in connecting students to industry, the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering’s (ECE) Faith Snow was honored with two high-impact awards this month.  

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) inducted three University of Florida icons into its Hall of Fame Monday and crowned four celebrated engineering graduates as Distinguished Alumni. 

Sean Meyn, Ph.D., the Robert C. Pittman Eminent Scholar Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been awarded the college’s Teacher/Scholar of the Year Award. 

Nicole Young, a beloved advisor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has won the Undergraduate Professional Advisor of the Year for the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. 

Roseanne Perez, Ed.D., the staff member behind innovative — and highly successful —  student-engagement programs at the Florida Semiconductor Institute (FSI), has won the Staff Innovation Award from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.  “Dr. Perez came up with, and led the deployment of, FSI’s statewide K–12 semiconductor education and workforce development activities,” noted Professor […]

Two University of Florida engineering professors have been recognized among the nation’s top early-career researchers for their contributions to national defense and security. 

One of the College of Engineering’s biggest supporters has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, a pinnacle for professional engineers.   The academy, known as NAE, announced this week its 2026 membership roster includes Wally Rhines, CEO and director of Texas-based Silvaco and a member of multiple advisory boards within the University of Florida’s […]