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Robert B. Gaither, mechanical engineer, professor and chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Florida College of Engineering; Thomas Gallant, historian who specializes in modern Greek history and archaeology; J. Matthew Gallman, educator and author of books about nineteenth-century history
UF materials engineers created the world's largest diamond at 1,600 carats (0.32 kg). UF engineering experiments in crystal growth also rode to orbit on the space shuttle. Computer science faculty and their students equipped the Computer Sciences and Engineering building with the first wireless computer network on campus.
This list of University of Florida alumni includes current students, former students, and graduates of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Honorary degree recipients can be found on the List of University of Florida honorary degree recipients, and notable administration, faculty, and staff are found on the List of University of Florida faculty and administrators.
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. The university traces its origins to 1853 [13] and has operated continuously on its Gainesville campus since September 1906. [14]
Jonathan F.K. Earle completed his Ph.D. at the University of Florida in 1985, and joined the faculty in the Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering in 1987. He was appointed Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at the University of Florida College of Engineering in 1992. This position was later upgraded to Associate Dean.
Brij M. Moudgil is an American materials scientist and engineer, focusing in developing structure-property-performance correlations in particulate materials based nanoengineered systems for enhanced performance in bioimaging, diagnosis and therapies, micro-electronics, advanced materials, energy, and water purification applications.
Abernathy began as a professor at the University of Florida in 1993. From 2004 and 2009, she worked as an associate dean for the college. In 2009, she was named the Dean of the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. [1] In 2015, the college received $50 million from its namesake, Herbert Wertheim. It was the largest cash gift in UF history. [3]
Kevin M. Folta is a professor of the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida.From 2007 to 2010 he helped lead the project to sequence the strawberry genome, and continues to research photomorphogenesis in plants and compounds responsible for flavor in strawberries.