Representatives from Monolithic Power Systems—led by ECE alumnus Michael Hsing (BSEE ’88)—were on hand just now to dedicate a named lab space in Benton Hall. Sachio Semmoto Chair of ECE Mark Tehranipoor delivered opening remarks, joined by Shawn Sullivan, [ ] from MPS.

Join us Thursday, Oct. 2 at 1:00pm in MALA 7200 as we host Ufuk Topcu, PhD, professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at UT Austin. He'll present “Control-Oriented Learning for Same-Day Autonomy.” Hosted by Ivan Ruchkin, PhD. Abstract & bio: news.ece.ufl.edu/2025/09/08/s...

Register now for the Workshop on Photonic Reconfigurability: AI Acceleration and Classical/Quantum Sensing, Thursday, Oct. 16 in the NVIDIA Auditorium in Malachowsky Hall. Sponsored by the UF Student Chapter of SPIE. See flyer for details. Registration and more: https://ow.ly/8qRV50X4hpe

ECE invites applications for multiple full-time, 9-month tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor. Quantum Computing/Communications/Networking/Signal Processing, Advanced Packaging, AI, RF Electronics & MEMS. https://ow.ly/rLMo50X40hn

Hamed Dalir, PhD, and Elham Heidari, PhD, are collaborating with Relative Dynamics on a project recently funded by NASA which promises to dramatically expand the sensitivity of gravitational wave observatories such as LIGO. More: https://ow.ly/tWn350X3Lqg

In Nature Neuroscience, MBI researcher Dr. Karim Oweiss & collaborators devised a high-tech way to map wiring between neurons in the living brain of mice, w/ broad implications for tracking changes in Parkinson’s & Alzheimer’s before behavioral symptoms manifest.

Zoleikha Biron, PhD, is applying novel machine learning techniques to address challenges facing cyber-physical systems (CPS) in a project recently funded by the NSF. Learn more about her $560k CAREER project. ow.ly/k0g650WQyJQ

Did you know that the first-ever electronic digital computer was invented by a UF electrical engineer? John Vincent Atanasoff (BSEE ’25) and his graduate student, Clifford E. Berry, built the Atanasoff–Berry Computer (ABC) between 1937 and 1942. go.ufl.edu/atanasoff

Tuba Yavuz, PhD, is responding to cybersecurity threats like malware using a technique called ‘fuzzing.’ Her project, “Constraint-Guided Local Fuzzing of Binaries,” recently received $1M of funding from the DARPA Young Faculty Award program. news.ece.ufl.edu/2025/08/19/y...

The RoboPI group led by Md Jahidul Islam, PhD, recently joined forces with the Ocean Rescue Alliance International and the International SeaKeepers Society to advance marine robotics for ecosystem monitoring. More: news.ece.ufl.edu/2025/08/12/r...

The Wertheim College of Engineering has selected Farimah Farahmandi, PhD, as the recipient of the 2024–25 Pramod P. Khargonekar Award, recognizing the outstanding junior faculty member undergoing tenure and promotion review this past fall. More about her accomplishments: ow.ly/nchT50Wxt21

Ivan Ruchkin, Ph.D., builds worlds. His recent work concerns the way autonomous agents perceive the world and, indeed, the way in which the agents' worlds are constructed. Intrigued? Learn more: news.ece.ufl.edu/2025/07/11/i...

BAIBHAB CHATTERJEE, PhD, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award in support of his project "MED-IoB: Transforming Medical Electronics using Distributed Internet of Bodies (IoB) for Powering, Sensing, Communication and Synchronization." ow.ly/lGpo50Wopxk

Good times at yesterday's ECE Staff Retreat at Austin Cary Forest Campus where we enjoyed some much-needed time away from work with our colleagues. We were joined by reps from GatorCare and UF's Employee Assistance Program for some learning and growing. And fun!

A wonderful profile published just now featuring Catia Silva, Ph.D., instructional assistant professor at ECE. Silva is the recipient of the 2025 UF Wertheim College of Engineering Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award as well as a 2025 Rising Star Award. news.ece.ufl.edu/2025/06/23/a... .

. Trust in Digital Life is hosting a webinar on June 12, "The Evolution of Computing: The influence of security, privacy and trust on the overall technology direction," featuring ECE's Domenic Forte, PhD, and Sandip Ray, PhD, as panelists. More: trustindigitallife.eu/event/the-ev...

Congratulations to Domenic Forte, PhD, just notified that he is a recipient of a @springernature.com Editor of Distinction Author Service Award for his contributions to the Journal of Hardware and Systems Security.

ECE Professor Yong-Kyu Yoon was recently in the Dominican Republic, invited to speak at the Korea-Dominican Republic Business Forum, exploring avenues for cooperation between the two nations, particularly in the semiconductor sector.

Honored to recognize the outstanding individuals inducted into the ECE Hall of Fame and our Distinguished Alumni Award recipients — each and every one the embodiment of leadership, innovation, and service. Congratulations to all the honorees! 👏 ow.ly/neF350VJFzw

Laura Kim, Ph.D., has been awarded a DARPA Young Faculty Award in support of her project “Room-Temperature Strong Coupling in Intercalated 2D Plasmonic Systems.” She seeks to unlock quantum phenomena traditionally exclusive to cryogenic temperatures. ow.ly/BvQh50VJTJR

Join Pittman Eminent Scholar @supermeyn.bsky.social, PhD, as he presents "How Naïve Economics Hampers Innovation," an exploration of the many reasons why using real-time pricing to create a more efficient power grid is not necessary successful. Today at 4:30pm, LAR 234. Presented by UF IEEE.

Join us this Friday, April 11, at 1:00pm in MALA 5050, as we host Jeffrey Walling, Ph.D., associate professor at Virginia Tech. He'll present "Bits-to-Waves: Digital RF, mm-Wave and THz Systems to Enable the Next-G.” Abstract & bio: ow.ly/zkTW50VxtiS

As part of yesterday's Ph.D. Student Appreciation event, ECE Chair Mark Tehranipoor was proud to celebrate with the recipients of the 2024–25 Graduate Excellence Awards: Sudipta Paria (Research), Dhruv Kushwaha (Teaching), Brenden Mears (Service), and Spencer Chang (Service).

The CHIP Lab, led by Hamed Dalir, Ph.D., has been awarded up to $435,000 by the Naval Surface Warfare Center to pioneer a transformative approach to analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion for next-generation AI accelerator processors. More: ow.ly/wmkV50VwF6Q

Elham Heidari, PhD, was recently published in ACS Photonics. “Tunable Laser Using Transverse Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Working Near Exceptional Point” was subsequently selected for the #ACSPhotonics Rising Stars in Photonics Virtual Special Issue. ow.ly/gHSC50VuXme

What a great time getting to know Clark Nguyen—IEEE fellow, former DARPA program manager, and recent EE chair at UC Berkeley EECS. He's been visiting ECE for the past 2 days. A technical talk, an inspiring career talk, and of course, a lot of great advice for students.

Domenic Forte, PhD., has just been notified of his 3-year appointment as a Distinguished Speaker of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world's largest educational and scientific computing society. More about the program: speakers.acm.org

ECE Professor Adam Khalifa recently took UF students on a tour of Tucker-Davis Technologies, hosted by CEO Ryan Kern and former UF student Jackson Fugate. Since 1988, TDT has been at the forefront of developing cutting-edge tools and software for neuroscience research.

Ivan Ruchkin, PhD., is working to make cyber-physical systems (CPS) aware of their own limitations. He's just received an NSF CAREER award funding his project “Rigorous Assumption Engineering for Learning-Enabled Cyber-Physical Systems.” More: ow.ly/n2p550VoeqP

Imagine a computer that works more like your brain—fast, smart, and able to learn from experience. Thanks to funding from NSF, ECE Assistant Professor Yingying Wu is helping to make this dream a reality. Wu’s recently funded project: ow.ly/iu1B50VjihZ @ufresearch.bsky.social

Join us Monday, March 24 at 1:00pm in Malachowsky 5050 as we host Dr. Mohammed Ismail, professor and chair of the ECE Department at Wayne State University. He'll present “Seamless Wireless Charging: A Game-Changer for Smart Cities.” Abstract & bio: ow.ly/NWPT50VkMGH @ufresearch.bsky.social

Save the Date—Florida Quantum Summit Thursday, April 17 Join luminaries in the growing field of quantum engineering—academics, policy makers, theorists, and students—at UF's first summit meeting dedicated to quantum computing, communication, sensing, and post-quantum readiness.

Ke Fan is currently a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at the University of Illinois–Chicago. Join us Friday, March 14 at 1:00pm in MALA 5050 as she presents “Optimizing Irregular Data Movement at Scale.” Abstract & bio: news.ece.ufl.edu/2025/03/07/s...

Dr. Nils Averesch's groundbreaking work in biotechnology for human space operations is attracting major attention from the U.S. Department of Defense and DARPA. Check out our story on this at the link below. lnkd.in/eQFSFpHS

@supermeyn.bsky.social is kicking off the eighth C^3 Workshop, aka the Cognition & Control Workshop, in the Reitz Union Chamber. Two days of discussion about control and cognition, including information theory and statistical learning. Mindbending stuff. lnkd.in/giUjHu7e

If you're interested in control and cognition, including information theory and statistical learning, the 8th annual Workshop on Cognition & Control (C^3), this Thursday & Friday in the Reitz Union Chamber, is for you. Full schedule and more info: meyn.ece.ufl.edu/c3/c3-8/ @supermeyn.bsky.social

Asif Iftekhar Omi, an ECE Ph.D. student working with Dr. BAIBHAB CHATTERJEE, is one of only two graduate students worldwide to receive the IEEE MTTS Graduate Fellowship for Medical Applications, among the most prestigious of accolades in microwave engineering. Learn more: ow.ly/Ygbp50V7AC2

GatorAfrica is a pioneering initiative that connects UF with universities across Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on strengthening STEM programs to drive technological advancement and economic growth across the region. Info Session via Zoom Thursday, Feb. 27: ow.ly/AlLy50V4EIm

Great story from UF News featuring ECE Assistant Professor Bu Yuheng and his work developing a digital watermark that could actually flag AI-generated text whenever someone submits their writing. ow.ly/MqQN50V4pAH

🎁 Gator Nation Giving Day is tomorrow, Feb. 20!! 🎉 Mark M. Tehranipoor, the Sachio Semmoto Chair of ECE, encourages Gator Engineers everywhere to #StandUpandHoller for our amazing students. Give now: go.ufl.edu/givetoufece

UF Giving Day is almost upon us! Next week, Thursday Feb. 20, it's time once again to Stand Up and Holler for UF ECE! We'll be asking for Gator Engineers everywhere to show that they're hashtag#AllfortheGators with a donation to the ECE Excellence Fund. Get excited! ow.ly/mlax50V0bEv

Congratulations to (L-R) Isabella Cratem, Douglas Plummer and Tyler Senkowicz, recipients of 2024–25 IEEE Power & Energy Society Scholarships. Our students are joined by Instructional Professor and IEEE Power & Energy faculty advisor Keith Rambo and the Sachio Semmoto Chair of ECE Mark Tehranipoor.

Museum Resource 🐦 Florida Bird Sounds From Mangrove Cuckoo to Belted Kingfisher to Eastern Meadowlark, listen to audio of many of our state's birds, originally coordinated by ornithologist J. W. Hardy: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/birds/florid...

Congratulations to Dr. Yong-Kyu (YK) Yoon, recently notified that he is a recipient of the 2024–25 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Doctoral Mentoring Award. This honor recognizes his excellence, innovation, and effectiveness in doctoral student advising and mentoring.

Two new faculty endowments promise to supercharge research at ECE Florida. Congratulations to the inaugural Warren B. Nelms Endowed Professor Sandip Ray and to the inaugural Michael Hsing Faculty Fellow, Dr. Shuo Wang. Learn more: ow.ly/vRym50UVBhK

Absolutely thrilled to announce that Instructional Assistant Professor Cátia Silva is the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering's 2024–25 Undergraduate Teacher of the Year. Dr. Silva's innovative methods and dedication to her students make her the ideal recipient of this honor. Congratulations!

Dr. Yiannis Ampatzidis is an associate professor at @UF_ABE. In a seminar hosted by the NSF @IoT4Ag, he’ll present “Advancing Sustainability in Agriculture with AI-Driven Robotic Technologies” on Friday, Feb. 14 at 2:00 pm via Zoom. More: news.ece.ufl.edu/2025/02/05/i...

Join us Thursday, Feb. 27 at 1:00pm in MALA 5050 as we host John Oakley, a science director at Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC). “SRC’s Microelectronics and Advanced Packaging Technologies (MAPT) Roadmap: Driving a New Era of Innovation in Semiconductors and Digital Twins.” ow.ly/akxj50UUST0

Join NIMET Friday, Feb. 7 at 1:00pm as they host Dr. Brian Kim, associate professor in the Department of Bioengineering at UT Dallas. Dr. Kim will present "Novel Neurotechnology for High-Density Neurochemical Mapping." More: ow.ly/gmYU50USlJl

It's worth mentioning that recent PECASE awardee Dr. Isaac Sledge is a close collaborator and a former PhD student of ECE Distinguished Professor José Príncipe. Dr. Sledge is a senior machine learning research scientist at the Naval Surface Warfare Center's Advanced Processing Branch.