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UF protease-inhibitor research targets better disease treatments

A University of Florida professor is developing a fast, powerful tool for blocking harmful human enzymes, a process that could result in better medicines and more precise treatments for diseases. 

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Chemical Engineering Building Renovation

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Chemical Engineering Ph.D. student Nima Ajayebi, left, and Assistant Professor Carl Denard, Ph.D., display a beaker of yeast used in their protease-inhibitor research at the University of Florida.

UF protease-inhibitor research targets better disease treatments

A University of Florida professor is developing a fast, powerful tool for blocking harmful human enzymes, a process that could result in better medicines and more precise treatments for diseases. 

Elizabeth Aikman (back right) and her classmates look at the crystalline structure of gold nanoparticles on the transmission electron microscope.

This summer, UF biomaterials researcher Elizabeth Aikman was not in Kansas anymore 

University of Florida’s Elizabeth Aikman, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate studying biomaterials from Bombyx mori silk, attended summer school in California in July to advance her studies. Bombyx mori are also known as domestic silk moths and are economically important to the billion-dollar sericulture (silk) industry. 

Albert DaCosta

From Gator to groundbreaker: Engineering alumnus shares lessons in grit, growth and giving back

Albert DaCosta (BS ‘98) returned to his old stomping grounds recently to discuss life after the University of Florida and offer advice for future graduates.

Cong Sun, left, and her husband, Yunhan Chuai, pose with Professor Mark Orazem during a graduation ceremony. Photo courtesy of Yunhan Chuai

From one family to the next: Meet doctoral student Yunhan Chuai

Third-year doctoral University of Florida student Yunhan Chuai credits his parents with being “brave and supportive enough” to send him across the ocean to study engineering.   

Taofeek Tejuosho

From computer experiments to accelerating design of materials impacting modern life: Meet Taofeek Tejuosho

With a background deeply rooted in engineering, Taofeek Tejuosho is a fifth-year Ph.D. student in chemical engineering working to accelerate the design and development of polymer materials for diverse technological applications.

From left, Professor Piyush Jain, surgeon Rushi Shah, Santosh Rananaware and Venkata Vijaya Karthik Narisetty are shown next to a normothermic pump in their CasNx lab in UF Innovate. Photo courtesy of Rushi Shah. 

UF researchers ‘rewriting organ biology’ with revolutionary transplant technology 

The goal: Healthier organs ready for transplant. The UF-developed process stands to revolutionize organ transplants and post-surgical treatment.

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UF ChE By The Numbers

29

RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACULTY AND GROWING

73%

OF B.S. GRADUATES ACCEPTED A JOB OR GRADUATE SCHOOL OFFER BY GRADUATION

59%

OF STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

74%

OF STUDENTS GAIN INTERNSHIP/
CO-OP EXPERIENCES

8%

EXPECTED GROWTH RATE IN EMPLOYMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS.