Category: Student News

The UF chapters of IEEE, HKN, and WECE hosted the 2024 Spring Banquet on Tuesday, April 16 at the Reitz Union. As is traditional at the gala student-run event, both departmental awards and student-choice awards are presented to students, faculty, and staff in the department.

UF’s SolarGators placed first in the 2023 Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix, held June 27–July 2 at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka, KS.

A team of ECE and MAE students have traveled to Topeka, Kansas to compete in the 2022 Formula Sun Grand Prix hosted at the Heartland Motorsports Park.

Senior Design Expo is a chance for ECE students to present their capstone design projects. Usually created in teams of two, these projects are the culmination of the undergraduate ECE experience.

ECE PhD student Ayobami Edun, advised by Dr. Joel Harley, has been selected for induction into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. The letter he received noted that the committee believed that he “…truly exemplifies the ideals of scholarship, leadership, character, service, and advocacy.” Ayobami was honored also for his continuing efforts to promote […]

Once again as the semester came to a close, ECE students showcased their Senior Design final projects in the New Engineering Building rotunda. The Fall 2021 Senior Design Expo was held on Thursday, Dec. 9.

Please join ECE Department Chair Dr. John Harris and ECE Graduate Coordinator Dr. Yong-Kyu Yoon on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 1:00pm for an open forum regarding graduate student wellness.

The UF Summer Research Experience was a special opportunity for high school students to get involved in STEM-related research at UF. The two-week virtual research experience provided insight into two potential future fields of study for the students: robotics & artificial intelligence.

The ECE department recently added academic tracks to its graduate curriculum. This pilot program offers students the opportunity to specialize in a particular area of electrical and computer engineering—an incredibly broad and expansive field—without the addition of a minor or a certificate of study.

ECE 4th year PhD student Brandon Parks was recently informed that he is the recipient of a prestigious T32 Fellowship from the Neuromuscular Plasticity (NMPT) Program, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

ECE students showcased their capstone projects during Senior Design Expo, held on Thursday, April 22.

Traditionally, the end of the Spring semester brings the Spring Banquet, hosted by IEEE along with WECE and HKN. The event usually features updates from the department and from students groups, along with some bad puns and a speaker from industry. This year, the banquet was once again delivered via Zoom—sans food and beverages. ECE […]

ECE PhD student Ulbert (Joey) Botero was recently awarded 2020 Outstanding Paper at the Electronic Device Failure Analysis Society (EDFAS) Virtual Workshop, held December 7–9 of last year for his paper, “Automated Via Detection for PCB Reverse Engineering.”

A number of ECE faculty, students, and staff were honored at the 2021 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Awards Recognition Ceremony on Friday, April 23.

ECE students showcased their capstone projects during Senior Design Expo, held on Thursday, Dec. 10.

This year’s Senior Design Expo moved into the virtual realm as students showcased their projects remotely.

“Eat, but Verify: Low-Cost Portable Devices for Food Safety Analysis,” a paper co-authored by ECE Florida faculty and Ph.D. students, has won First Best Paper Award at the 2019 IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine (CEM) Awards.

Senior Design Expo was held Dec. 5 in the lobby of the New Engineering Building (NEB). ECE Florida luminaries were on hand to do a final round of judging, with the top five teams winning cash prizes.

Since winning the first-ever Dell EMC AI challenge, the 4 team members have moved on to great success.

ECE Professor Kamran Mohseni and Kevin Nelson, a graduate research assistant working with Mohseni’s Research Group, were recently honored to find their work on the cover of the Nature Machine Intelligence.

Spring Senior Design Expo 2019 took place Thursday, April 25 in the New Engineering Building.

This summer, ECE is hosting two workshops and a research opportunity, all designed especially for international students. The workshops are perfect for students interested in UF’s graduate program. Both workshops aim to help international students to gain theoretical knowledge, develop research ideas and skills, and improve their chances for successful application to US graduate schools.

The senior design expo for the fall semester was held Friday, Dec. 7.

Newly minted CpE Advisor Chip Johnson is no stranger to the rigors of a top-ranked academic institution—he once stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.