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Two ECE faculty earn prestigious Young Investigator Awards

April 3, 2026

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. 

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Steve Blum speaks last year while presenting the Steve and Wendy Blum Endowed Professorship for Industrialized Construction Engineering to UF Professor Jing “Eric” Du.

Gator engineer and Autodesk executive Steve Blum will never stop chomping

March 30, 2026

Every time Texas-based tech executive Steve Blum returns to his beloved alma mater in swampy Florida, he can’t help but smile.  

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Mark Tehranipoor, Ph.D.

ECE chair wins prestigious Taylor L. Booth Education Award

March 27, 2026

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. 

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Jahidul Islam, Ph.D., Assistant Professor 

UF’s RoboPI lab making waves with marine robots

March 9, 2026

Researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering’s RoboPI Laboratory are developing intelligent marine robots to explore the ocean, monitor ecosystems and help protect critical underwater infrastructure.

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Farimah Farahmandi, shown here in her UF lab, is ECE’s Walden C. Rhines Endowed Professor for Hardware Security.

ECE ‘star Gator’ Farimah Farahmandi wins 40 Under 40 alumni award

March 5, 2026

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.  

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Wally Rhines, CEO and director of Texas-based Silvaco and a member of multiple advisory boards within the University of Florida’s College of Engineering

Honorary Gator Wally Rhines elected into National Academy of Engineering 

February 11, 2026

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 […]

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‘On the right track’: Student AI researcher wins HiPerGator Early Career Award

January 29, 2026

A College of Engineering master’s student has earned the HiPerGator Early Career Award for his contributions to artificial intelligence research through the Florida Institute for National Security (FINS).   

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Three ECE faculty members awarded new Malachowsky professorships

January 23, 2026

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.

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Award-winning ECE Assistant Professor Yingying Wu, Ph.D., was among the presenters at last week’s 2025 UF Quantum Day Symposium.

UF Quantum Day Symposium showcases innovative research, students and possibilities

December 18, 2025

Last week’s Quantum Day Symposium at the University of Florida showcased dozens of student and postdoc quantum projects that covered a wide spectrum of innovative quantum projects from UF labs and collaborations. 

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Panelists, from left, Thomas Wahl, Jon Mellott, Murtha Sadhasivan and Daniel Smullen speak about the future of Internet of Things technology on Dec. 4 at the IoT Conference at UF.

UF IoT Conference makes big impact in a micro field

December 15, 2025

The Warren B. Nelms Third Annual IoT Conference gathered hundreds of scientists, faculty, students and industry leaders with the theme Intelligent Edge Computing: Emerging Frontiers in Technology and Applications. 

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