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News and Updates from ECE Florida Alumni

• Farahmandi to lead state cybersecurity institute, expanding research and workforce development
  Farimah Farahmandi, Ph.D., has been named the director of the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research, known as FICS.
• Autodesk executive and UF champion Steve Blum named to elite construction academy
  Tech executive and Gator engineering graduate Steve Blum has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Construction, known as NAC. He was among 45 professionals inducted into the Class of 2026.  A 1987 graduate of the University of Florida’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, or ECE, Blum is executive vice president and COO […]
• Gator engineer and Autodesk executive Steve Blum will never stop chomping
  Every time Texas-based tech executive Steve Blum returns to his beloved alma mater in swampy Florida, he can’t help but smile.  
• ECE ‘star Gator’ Farimah Farahmandi wins 40 Under 40 alumni award
  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.  
• New Hastings gift endows third Faculty Fellow
  University of Florida engineering alumnus and Texas Instruments Fellow Alan Hastings has added another donation for a new Faculty Fellow within the College of Engineering's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).