Spring Banquet Postponed
In response to the precautionary measures the University of Florida is taking to minimize the spread of COVID-19, we have decided to postpone the Spring Banquet previously scheduled for April 1, 2020. We believe rescheduling this…
Berens Named U.S. Presidential Management Fellow Finalist
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…
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…
Fielding Receives Special Recognition from Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Originally published by Air Force Research Lab Corporate Communications. Dr. Jennifer Fielding, Section Chief of Composite Performance and Applications at the Air Force Research Laboratory, was one of 20 women who…
Students Participate in 2020 ChemE Day
Students participated in a round-table career discussion, networked with industry partners, and refined their resumes at ChemE Day in January. The department’s annual career and resume workshop connected 90 students…
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…
How Gene-Edited White Blood Cells are Helping Fight Cancer
originally published by The Conversation For the first time in the United States, a gene editing tool has been used to treat advanced cancer in three patients and showed promising early results in…
UF Students and Faculty Shine at AIChE
The department of Chemical Engineering made a strong showing at the 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting in Orlando on Nov. 8-15, 2019. Sixteen undergraduates, 41 graduate students, and 16 faculty members…
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…