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UF engineering professor John Mendoza-Garcia has turned curiosity into community impact through STEAM Night, an annual hands-on event at C.W. Norton Elementary School. Since launching the program in 2019, Mendoza-Garcia and his wife, Andrea Bohorquez, have helped hundreds of students and families explore science, technology, engineering, arts and math in creative, engaging ways. Their efforts earned him Norton’s Volunteer of the Year Award, recognition he humbly shares with teachers, parents, and volunteers who make the program thrive.

Dr. Idalis Villanueva Alarcón recognized for pioneering contributions to mentorship, diversity, and interdisciplinary graduate education.

Catia Silva, Ph.D., won the 2025 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award, as well as the 2025 UF Rising Star Award.

In April, Gadhaun Aslam won the prestigious Gator Engineering Attribute Award and the Presidential Service Award. He also was a finalist for the Distinguished Engagement Award.

Meet Applied Data Science graduate student Aniket Malpure

Growing up in a family of civil engineers sparked Andrea Ramirez-Salgado’s curiosity about, well, everything.

Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, Ph.D., a distinguished professor, popular mentor, and groundbreaking researcher at the University of Florida, has been named the new chair of the Department of Engineering Education at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. She replaces Hans van Oostrom, Ph.D., the department’s founding chair. In 2016, he created the Institute for Excellence in […]

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly prominent in society, ensuring proper education and workforce development in AI for a broader student audience is essential, according to Rui Guo, Ph.D., instructional assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education (EEd), and her research group. Using a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Guo and her […]

Hans van Oostrom, Ph.D., the founding chair of the Department of Engineering Education (EEd) at the University of Florida, has announced he is stepping down from his role as chair of the department. He has served six years in this position at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering and is set to pursue another opportunity […]

Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, Ph.D., associate chair and associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education (EEd), has been awarded the Educator Achievement Award – Higher Education in the 2024 Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Technical Achievement and Recognition (STAR) Awards. “Words can’t really express how thankful I am,” Villanueva Alarcón said. “This has been […]