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Gator Africa Promises to Bring Collaboration, Exchange with Sub-Saharan Universities

August 26, 2025

A new initiative, led by Sachio Semmoto Chair of ECE Mark Tehranipoor and ECE Associate Chair for Academics Christophe Bobda, promises to connect University of Florida (UF) students and faculty with faculty and students from ECE departments and engineering colleges across Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Farahmandi Receives 2024–25 Khargonekar Award

July 28, 2025

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering (HWCoE) has selected Farimah Farahmandi, PhD, as the recipient of the 2024–25 Pramod P. Khargonekar Award, recognizing the outstanding junior faculty member undergoing tenure and promotion review this past fall.

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ECE Assistant Professor Farimah Farahmandi was honored to receive a 2024 Design Automation Conference (DAC) Under-40 Innovators Award at the most recent conference, sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Farahmandi Receives Prestigious DAC Under-40 Innovators Award

October 4, 2024

ECE Assistant Professor Farimah Farahmandi was honored to receive a 2024 Design Automation Conference (DAC) Under-40 Innovators Award at the most recent conference, sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

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Farahmandi Named Inaugural Holder of Endowed Hardware Security Professorship

May 31, 2024

Dr. Farimah Farahmandi has been named as the inaugural holder of the Walden C. Rhines Endowed Professorship for Hardware Security. Farahmandi is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and also serves as the associate director of the Florida Institute for Hardware Security (FICS) Research.

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Florida-Based NSF Regional Innovation Engine Kicks Off

March 25, 2024

A team of ten UF researchers, led by Dr. Yong-Kyu Yoon, is supporting 1 of only 10 NSF Engines: “Central Florida Semiconductor Innovation Engine.”

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Farahmandi Receives NSF CAREER Award for AI-Assisted Security Verification Framework

March 5, 2024

Walden C. Rhines Endowed Assistant Professor for Hardware Security Farimah Farahmandi has received an NSF CAREER award in support of her project “SAIF: Security Assurance through AI and Formal Approaches for System-on-Chips.”

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Farahmandi Works to Optimize Chip Lifecycle Management

January 17, 2024

Yangbin Wang Rising Star Endowed Assistant Professor Farimah Farahmandi has received funding from the Office of Naval Research in support of her project “Optimized System Design for Assurance and Life-Cycle Management (SaLEM).”

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Four ECE Faculty Receive 2024 DURIP Awards Supporting Defense-Relevant Research

December 21, 2023

The US Department of Defense (DoD) recently announced the 2024 funded DURIP projects under the DURIP. ECE Florida faculty submitted a number of proposals and four were ultimately chosen for funding.

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Farahmandi Receives DURIP Award to Support Hardware Security Education

November 16, 2023

Dr. Farimah Farahmandi has received $290k in funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research in support of her efforts to equip the Silicon Design & Assurance (SiDA) lab with the ZeBu Emulator framework, manufactured by Synopsys.

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Farahmandi Works to Counter Hardware Attacks Before Chips Are Manufactured

March 8, 2023

Dr. Farimah Farahmandi has received funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in support of her 3-year project, “FAME: Fault-Injection Assessment and Mitigation of Microelectronics at Pre-silicon.”

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