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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. 

University of Florida researchers are part of a new $21.5 million National Science Foundation AI institute focused on improving rehabilitation and health care through advanced technology.

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering has a new dean, and he is a familiar face on the University of Florida campus. 

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

Three UF ECE doctoral students earned prestigious national honors for research, leadership and academic excellence. 

In lab terms, Yingying Wu, Ph.D., is developing a skyrmion quantum diode based on skyrmion qubits. In simpler terms, this University of Florida researcher is working to reduce heat and energy for everyday, battery‑driven devices. 

In a collaboration linking academia, tech firms, autism advocates and a significantly underemployed population, the University of Florida is establishing a new pipeline of semiconductor workers perfect for the job. 

UF scientists createdBlueME, a magnetoelectric antenna that lets underwater robots communicate over 700 meters.

Dillon Vann, a first-year doctoral student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was among 15 Gator engineers who won National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships this year.