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Bombarded by dangerous e-waste? Bring on the bots

To make recycling e-waste safer and more efficient, UF’s Sara Behdad is leading a project to develop a self-learning digital twin to guide robots in disassembling consumer electronics for remanufacturing. 

ESSIE’s Altieri named Hearne Rising Star Professor

Andrew Altieri has been named the Scott and Lindy Hearne Rising Star Professor in ESSIE. 

‘An opportunity to honor’: How a lifelong friendship sealed an ESSIE endowed professorship

The Robert Thieke Endowed Professorship was established in 2025 to honor Thieke upon his retirement after 35 years at UF.

Engineer develops innovative approach to designing safer streets for cyclists

Xiang Jacob Yan, Ph.D., is developing a tool to help designers incorporate cyclists’ perspectives with the help of LLMs.

Inside The Pit: How UF engineers turn concrete, steel and sweat into championships 

UF’s Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering is home to two national champion design teams: Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge. 

Back to the bog: UF researchers lead wetlands assessments

Researchers at the University of Florida’s Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands are once again leading Florida’s participation in the 2026 National Wetland Condition Assessment, a nationwide survey conducted every five years to assess the ecological health of wetlands across the US.

A clear vision: Researchers develop robotic surgical cameras that mimic the human eye

Researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Tennessee are developing technology to improve surgical outcomes. Shuai Li, Ph.D., and his colleagues have developed a soft, magnetically driven, AI-powered, nature-inspired robotic device that mimics the human eye.

Researchers are developing AI enabled tools to predict flesh-eating waterborne pathogens

UF researchers are collaborating to transform the way scientists detect, forecast and respond to dangerous waterborne infections caused by pathogenic Vibrio bacteria.