Awards

Dr. Yoon and Dr. Moghaddam won the 2017 Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentor Award from the College of Engineering

Dr. Yoon and Dr. Moghaddam both received the Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentor Award from the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. They are 2 recipients out of the 5 rewarded in the whole college for the 2017-2018 academic year. IMG extends its warmest congratulations!

Todd Schumann receives a UF Graduate Student Teaching Award in 2016 - 2017

Todd Schumann receives a UF Graduate Student Teaching Award in 2016 - 2017.
He has served as a teaching assistant for EEE 5354L Semiconductor Device Fabrication Laboratory between Fall 2015 and Fall 2016. He has contributed to the design and implementation of new lab modules including spin-on-glass (SOG) and SU-8 based comb actuators, and shown excellence in teaching and student supervision in the lab class. Todd is the first Electrical Engineering graduate student who receives this award. Congratulations! 
 

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Camilo Velez and Sheng-Po Fang win the Gator Engineering Attribute Awards

Congratulations to Camilo Velez and Sheng-Po Fang for winning the Gator Engineering Attribute Awards for the 2017-2018 academic year, respectively for creativity and service to the global community. Considered the greatest distinction of any student award given by the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, the Gator Engineering Attribute Awards are intended to provide an ideal guide for all members of the Gator Engineering community.

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Dr. Fan named 2016 AAAS Fellow

Dr. Z. Hugh Fan from the Interdisciplinary Microsystem Group (IMG) was elected as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow for 2016. He's among the 5 newly named 2016 AAAS Fellows at the University of Florida. Dr. Fan was awarded for his distinguished establishment in Microfluidics, particularly for platform development and biomedical applications. IMG extends its warmest congratulations!

For more information, please visit  AAAS and  UF News.

Seahee Hwangbo awarded IEEE Annual AP-S Doctoral Research Fellowship

Seahee Hwangbo, a current IMG member, has received the 2016 IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society (AP-S) Doctoral Research Fellowship Award. The IEEE AP-S awards up to 10 PhD fellowships each year to encourage students to pursue a career in the area of Electromagnetics. The awards are intended to support students involved in project work directed by a faculty member at their institution who is a member of the IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society. The title of her research is: "Millimeter-wave Wireless Interconnects for Intra-/Inter chip Communications using Through Glass Via (TGV) Disc-loaded Antennas in 3D-IC" under the supervision of Dr. Y.K. Yoon.

The award selection is based on creativity and quality of the proposed
project, discussion of the technical interests and skills of the student.

Microsystem Technology Certificate

IMG has developed a new graduate certificate program in "Microsystem Technology." 

Certificate Description: The Microsystem Technology certificate prepares students for the complex, interdisciplinary development of microsystem technologies such as microactuators, microsensors, microfluidic devices, micropower systems, microoptical devices, and other microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).

Requirements for Admission: A bachelor’s degree or equivalent from a regionally accredited institution. Students must be registered in a graduate degree program in the College of Engineering and maintain a 3.0 GPA.

Requirements for Completion: Students must complete the following courses (9 credits total) with a grade of B or higher:

1. Required:

  • EEE 5405 Microelectronic Fabrication Technologies

2. Any two of the following:

  • EEE 5354L Semiconductor Device Fabrication Laboratory
  • EEL 5225 Principles of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Transducers
  • EEE 6465 Design of MEMS Transducers
  • EEE 6460 Advanced Microsystem Technology 
  • BME 5580 Microfluidics and BioMEMS

To register for the certificate, apply here:  http://admissions.ufl.edu/start.html   (scroll down to the "Certificate" section and follow the prompts).  After completing the program requirements, you will earn a printed certificate, and a notation will be made on your UF transcript.  For more information, email Dr. Arnold (darnold@ufl.edu)

Keisha Castillo-Torres and Nicolas Garraud win SPIE Best Paper Award

Congratulations to Keisha Castillo-Torres and Nicolas Garraud for winning the SPIE ‘Smart Biomedical and Physiological Sensor Technology XIII’ Conference Best Paper Award for their paper titled ‘Investigation of magnetic microdiscs for bacterial pathogen detection’.  Dr. Arnold and Dr. Eric McLamore (ABE Dept.) are co-authors.

Casey Barnard wins Attributes of a Gator Engineer Award for Leadership

Casey Barnard was selected for the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Attribute of a Gator Engineer Award for the 2016-2017 academic year.  Specifically, Casey won the award in the area of Leadship based on his service within IMG, MAE, COE and NRF.  In addition his activities within IMG, he currently serves on MAE Graduate Student Council, chairs the COE Graduate Student Council, and serves on the NRF Users Advisory Committee. 

Dr. Arnold awarded UFRF Professor for 2016-2019

Prof. David Arnold has been selected by the University of Florida Research Foundation as one of the 34 UFRF Professors for 2016-2019. The recognition goes to faculty who have a distinguished current record of research and a strong research agenda that is likely to lead to continuing distinction in their fields. IMG extends its warmest congratulations!

For more information, please visit  UF News.