Samuel J. Berens, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has been named a finalist in the highly competitive U.S. Presidential Management Fellows Program (PMF). The Presidential Management Fellows Program is administered by the U.S. Office of Personnel… Read More
Scott Pressly Honored with Gator100 Pinnacle Award
Gator100 celebrates the world’s “Fastest Growing Gator Companies” and honors UF Engineering Alumnus Scott Pressly with the Pinnacle Award. Recognized as one of the country’s leading franchise investors, Pressly’s career includes over 25 years of venture capital, brand management and… Read More
Hibbitts Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
David Hibbitts, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has been named a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award winner. This prestigious award will allow Hibbitts’ research group to explore reaction mechanisms of zeolite-catalyzed… Read More
Hages Awarded Faculty Fellowship Program in Israel
Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor Charles Hages, Ph.D., has been selected to take part in an academic exchange and exploration of Israel on Dec. 26, 2019 – Jan. 8, 2020. Dr. Hages is one of 25 professors from universities and colleges throughout the United… Read More
Hibbitts Awarded Grant to Explore the Role of Water in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Catalysts
David Hibbitts, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE), was awarded a $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to explore the role of water in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis (FTS) catalysis, a chemical reaction that converts carbon… Read More
Rivera-Llabres Selected to Attend SREB Institute on Teaching and Mentoring
Victor Rivera-Llabres was selected to attend the 2019 Southern Regional Educational Board (SREB) Institute on Teaching and Mentoring in Atlanta on Oct. 24-27, 2019. I’m really excited for the opportunity of attending the 2019 SREB Institute of Teaching and Mentoring… Read More
Orazem Recognized for a Lifetime of Contributions to the Field
Mark Orazem, Ph.D., has had a year of outstanding recognitions for his contributions to the field of Electrochemistry. He is a Distinguished Professor, the Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Edie Professor, and an expert in impedance spectroscopy for electrochemical engineering applications.… Read More
Unlocking the Cell’s Secrets
A desire to understand how our cells work led Dr. Tanmay Lele to an exciting discovery that has the potential to unlock the mysteries of the formation of abnormal tissue structure associated with cancer. Tanmay Lele, Ph.D., the Charles A.… Read More
Vasenkov Selected for Prestigious Mercator Fellowship
Sergey Vasenkov, Ph.D., a professor in the UF Department of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded a Mercator Fellowship from the German Research Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). The DFG is the leading independent research funding organization in Germany, with members from… Read More
Sarah Mena Receives the AIChE Particle Technology Forum Best Ph.D. Award
Department of Chemical Engineering alumna Sarah Mena (Ph.D. ’16) is this year’s recipient of the The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Particle Technology Forum George Klinzing Best Ph.D. Award. Mena’s dissertation at the University of Florida focused on the fluid-solids… Read More