UF Engineering Community Mourns the Loss of Brice Turner With heavy hearts, we share the news of the passing of Brice Turner on Sunday, November 12, 2023. Brice was a nuclear engineering doctoral student here in the Department of… Read More
Esteemed MSE Alumna Adds Florida Inventors Hall of Fame to Long List of Achievements
Deepika Singh, Ph.D., (MS MSE ’91) founder and CEO of R&D Investment Holdings, LLC, is among the 2023 class of inductees into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Dr. Singh is also the founder and former CEO of Sinmat- a… Read More
UF AI Days 2023 Recap
AI Days is a week of activities dedicated to all things AI, from competitions designed to bring students’ ideas to life to engaging panels discussing AI and data science. Find out more about UF AI Days!
Tori Miller Receives ASM International Silver Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Materials Science
In recognition of her exceptional achievements and contributions to the field of materials science, ASM International has selected Tori Miller, Ph.D., assistant professor, as a 2023 Silver Medal Award winner. Established in 2010, the Silver Medal Award recognizes the leadership… Read More
Dr. Kyle Hartig Receives INMM Early Career Award, Joint Appointment with Savannah River National Lab
Kyle C. Hartig, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Nuclear Engineering Program within the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, continues to set the standard in the field of nuclear materials security. The Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) has recognized… Read More
MSE Alum Jason Griggs Honored with 2023 Wilmer Souder Award
Alumnus Jason Griggs, Ph.D., FADM (Ph.D. MSE ’98), has been awarded the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Wilmer Souder Award in Dental Materials. Dr. Griggs is a professor and associate dean for research in the School of Dentistry at… Read More
Preparing Florida’s Youth for an Ever-evolving 21st Century
Replicating the Body’s Cellular Network
Josephine Allen, Ph.D., associate professor and Genzyme Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) R21 Award to better understand the native behaviors of cells in the human body. Dr. Allen seeks to develop… Read More
3D Printing the Next Generation of Nuclear Power Plant Components
Light Water Reactors (LWRs) are the most widely used type of nuclear reactor in the world. However, as alternative designs continue to emerge and gain traction, they may represent the future of clean power generation. One of those designs, the… Read More
Reshaping the Future: Honggyu Kim is Pushing the Boundaries of Shape Memory Alloy Research
What if airplanes could morph and dynamically change shape during flight, similar to birds? It may sound too good to be true. Still, engineers at the University of Florida Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) are working toward a… Read More