Category: Faculty

Xin Xie, Ph.D., a respected quantum researcher with significant industry experience, is joining the University of Florida’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, known as ECE, this fall as a research associate professor. 

YK Yoon, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, or ECE, has been given the inaugural R.C. Gonzalez Faculty Fellowship. 

Farimah Farahmandi, Ph.D., has been named the director of the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research, known as FICS.

UF engineers are sending photonic semiconductor chips to the International Space Station to test performance in harsh space conditions. 

Príncipe is retiring as a distinguished professor from the University of Florida after nearly 40 years as a faculty member — a faculty member who, incidentally, graduated 112 Ph.D. students (with four more in the pipeline).  

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. 

Mark Tehranipoor, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), recently won the IEEE Computer Society Taylor L. Booth Education Award for his outstanding leadership in computer science and engineering education. 

Farimah Farahmandi, Ph.D., Walden C. Rhines Endowed Professor for Hardware Security and associate director of the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity, has received UF’s 40 Under 40 alumni award. In April, Farahmandi will also receive the Distinguished Young Alumni Award from UF’s Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering.  

Yingying Wu, Ph.D., Alina Zare, Ph.D., and Ivan Ruchkin, Ph.D., were awarded newly created endowed professorships thanks to NVIDIA co-founder and UF engineering graduate Chris Malachowsky.

To get a good window into what the University of Florida is doing in the quantum space, spend some time with Laura Kim, Ph.D., and Yingying Wu, Ph.D. Both are award-winning assistant professors in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and both are gaining attention for their work in quantum research and education.