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Photo of Yingying Wu Yingying Wu Malachowsky Family Rising Star Endowed Assistant Professor
 352-273-3029

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics
Research Interests

Quantum materials, quantum devices, nanoelectronics, magnetism and spintronics, nonvolatile memory, unconventional computing (e.g. quantum and neuromorphic computing).
Honors and Awards

NSF CAREER Award, 2025
Research Opportunity Seed Fund, 2024
IBM Pat Goldberg Memorial Best Paper Award, 2023
UCLA Outstanding Student Award Finalist
Physics Research Award
Editorial Board of Nanotechnology, member since 2024
IEEE EDS Young Professional Committee, member since 2024
Editorial Board of NPJ Spintronics, part of the Nature Partner Journals series, member since 2023

Photo of Jie Xu Jie Xu Associate Professor
352-392-0010

Primary Research Area

Computer Engineering
Research Interests

Edge computing, wireless communications and networking, distributed learning and optimization, federated learning, reinforcement learning
Honors and Awards

Best Paper Nomination, ACM e-Energy 2024
NSF CAREER Award, 2021
David J. Sumanth Early Career Research Award, University of Miami, 2021
Distinguished Ph.D. Dissertation Award, UCLA, 2015
Best Paper Award, APCC 2009

Photo of Hangbo Yang Hangbo Yang Research Associate Professor
424-394-3340

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics
Research Interests

Integrated Photonic Circuits with a special emphasis on front-end photonic neural network processors, photonic 3D heterogeneous integration, LiDAR chips, photonic transceivers, as well as AR/VR waveguides and optical engines

Photo of Tuba Yavuz Tuba Yavuz Associate Professor
352-846-0202

Primary Research Area

Computer Engineering
Research Interests

Automated verification, model checking, and automated model extraction.

Photo of Yong Kyu Yoon Yong Kyu Yoon Professor
352-392-5985

Expertise

Devices
Research Interests

3-D MEMS technology; micromachined metamaterials for radio frequency and microwave applications; millimeter-wave antennas
Honors and Awards

HWCOE Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentor Award, 2025

Photo of Nicole Young Nicole Young Manager, Student Services
352-392-9758
Photo of Alina Zare Alina Zare Malachowsky Family Endowed Professor; Director, Artificial Intelligence and Informatics Research Institute
352-273-2604

Primary Research Area
Signals and Systems
Research Interests
Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Remote Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, Image Processing
Honors and Awards
SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Fellow (2023-24)
H.E.R.S. Leadership Institute Participant, 2021-2022
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Teacher/Scholar of the Year, 2021-2022
Term Professorship Award, University of Florida, August 2021-July 2024
Advanced Leadership for Academics and Professionals Participant, 2022-2023
Best Reviewer Recognition, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2011
NSF CAREER Award for research entitled “Supervised Learning with Incomplete and Uncertain Data” 2014
NGA New Investigator Award, 2014
University of Missouri College of Engineering Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award, Mar.…

Photo of Henry Zmuda Henry Zmuda Emeritus Associate Professor

Primary Research Area: Photonics, Lasers, electromagnetics

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