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News and Updates from ECE Florida Alumni

  • 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 […]
  • Every time Texas-based tech executive Steve Blum returns to his beloved alma mater in swampy Florida, he can’t help but smile.  
  • 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.  
  • 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).
  • Monolithic Power Systems, manufacturer of small, highly energy efficient, easy-to-use industrial power management solutions, formally dedicated a named lab space in Benton Hall on Thursday, Oct. 2. The newly renovated lab space is designed to strengthen the department’s research and teaching capabilities in the area of power electronics, while enhancing opportunities for collaboration.