Research Highlights
ECE Associate Professor and Kent & Linda Fuchs Faculty Fellow Joel Harley is partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) to find innovative ways of determining the structural integrity of fuel rods used in nuclear power generation plants. 

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ECE Florida's Dr. Alina Zare and collaborators at UF/IFAS Horiticultural Sciences have found that analysis of hyperspectral images can detect chilling disorders in avocados during cold storage. This finding could help reduce food waste.

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ECE Florida Professor Shuo Wang has received funding from the National Science Foundation for his project, “Advanced Electromagnetic Analysis and High-frequency Impedance Design for Magnetic Ferrite Inductors and Transformers.”

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ECE Assistant Professor Jie Fu is part of a research project sponsored by the Army Research Laboratory under an agreement between Raytheon BBN and ARL, in support of Raytheon BBN’s project, “Sticky Formation Tracking: Maneuver with Learning and Deception in Complex Terrains (StickyLearn).” The broader project will develop novel research results focusing on robots’ formation tracking and waypoint design at both individual and team levels.

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Faculty News
ECE Florida extends the warmest of welcomes to the newest members of the faculty. Clockwise from the upper left: Dr. Volker Sorger, Dr. Yingying Wu, Dr. Elham Heidari, and Dr. Hamed Dalir.

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Newly minted ECE Florida Professor Volker Sorger was proud to receive the 2023 SPIE Maria Goeppert Mayer Award in Photonics in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of photonics and the development of innovative, high-impact technologies. SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics.

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Distinguished Professor Mark Law was recently informed that he is a member of the 2023 class of Fellows of the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC). This distinction celebrates his many contributions to honors teaching, learning, scholarship, and leadership within the higher education community. Dr. Law was the director of the University of Florida Honors Program from 2014 to 2022.

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ECE Chair Mark Tehranipoor was humbled and pleased to receive the 2023 Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Aristotle Award. The award recognizes SRC-supported faculty whose deep commitment to the educational experience of students has had a profound, lasting, and continuing impact on their professional performance.

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Two ECE Faculty Members Chosen as Nelms Rising Star Professors
Dr. Fu’s research centers on the theory of and algorithms for synthesizing correct-by-construction autonomous systems through integrated formal methods, learning, control, and game theory. Her research interests include: control theory, formal methods, game theory, with applications to robotic systems and cyber-physical systems.

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Dr. Tabrizian’s research focuses on micro- and nano-scale ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials and devices, semiconductor electromechanics, and micro- / nano-electromechanical systems (M/NEMS). His research targets development of transforming multiphysics heterogeneous microsystems for various applications including IoT, wireless communications, timing, and navigation.

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Student News
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. The student team is supported jointly by the ECE and MAE departments.

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Alumni News
Global software-as-a-service giant Vobile, founded by ECE alumnus Yangbin Wang (MSEE '93), is moving into a 10,000 sq. ft. facility at San Felasco Tech City this October, bringing 70 jobs to the area. 

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From Social Media...
A textbook written by two ECE professors has been cited in a... detective movie. "Lightning: Physics and Effects" by Distinguished Professor Vladimir Rakov and Emeritus Distinguished Professor Martin Uman is a prop and plot device in "Detective," the Telugu-language film produced by Cinema Nagar.

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