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IMG Members Presenting 6 Papers at the IEEE IFCS / ISAF 2020 Conference!

Submitted by Roozbeh Tabrizian on Mon, 07/20/2020 - 11:50am

IMG will be represented this week at the IEEE IFCS / ISAF 2020.

Thickness Scaling of Ferroelectricity In Reactively Sputtered Sc0.22Al0.78N (Invited Talk); Roozbeh Tabrizian, University of Florida, United States

Al0.7Sc0.3N Acoustically Coupled Filters with Large Bandwidth and Frequency Tunability; Sushant Rassay, Faysal Hakim, Roozbeh Tabrizian, University of Florida, United States

Haocheng Zhou Dissertation Defense

Submitted by Brett Freidkes on Wed, 05/27/2020 - 2:00pm
Event date: 
Mon, 06/01/2020 - 10:30am to 11:30am

Haocheng Zhou will defend his dissertation titled "A MEMS-based Five-Hole Probe with Optical Pressure Transducers" on Monday, June 1st, at 10:30 AM. 

The presentation will be held online through Zoom. See below for details. 

 

Time: Jun 1, 2020 10:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

 

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IMG Workshop 2 - COMSOL by Camilo

Submitted by Kartik Sondhi on Thu, 04/23/2020 - 11:09am
Event date: 
Thu, 04/23/2020 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Today (4/23) Camilo Velez, a Ph.D. from Dr. Arnold's group and presently a post-doc at CMU is coming back to teach all of us three different COMSOL modules. The modules that will be covered through an example of Joule heating actuator are: ACDC, Heat Transfer and Structural Mechanics.

This is useful for COMSOL beginners and intermediate level people. Be ready with your questions.

Zoom link: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/92195840607

IMG Professor Dr. Saeed Moghaddam receives $1.89M grant from the U.S. Department of Energy

Submitted by Brett Freidkes on Mon, 04/20/2020 - 3:03pm

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Dr. Saeed Moghaddam has received a $1.89M grant from the United States Department of Energy to develop revolutionary cooling and heating systems here at the University of Florida. This new technology will lead to a future with more renewable energy sources! Click here for more details! 

 

Austin Vera wins the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Award!

Submitted by Brett Freidkes on Fri, 04/17/2020 - 10:10pm

Congratulations to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering doctoral student Austin Vera on winning the prestigious NDSEG fellowship! Austin began his career in IMG as an undergraduate in 2016 under Dr. Mark Sheplak and is currently working towards his PhD. His research interests include the development of aeroacoustic instrumentation with a focus on dynamic pressure sensing technology for harsh environments. Great job Austin! 

Pablo Dopico Proposal Defense

Submitted by Pablo Dopico on Tue, 04/14/2020 - 2:41pm
Event date: 
Thu, 04/16/2020 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Pablo Dopico will defend his Ph.D. dissertation entitled: "Gangliosides/Vimentin, Circulating Tumor Cells and Tumor DNA" on Thursday, April 16th, at 1:00 pm.

The meeting will be held in an online format through Zoom:

Time: Apr 16, 2020 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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https://ufl.zoom.us/j/98109003444

Former IMG Member, Professor Daniel Blood, Helps Fight COVID-19 with 3D Printing

Submitted by Connor Smith on Tue, 04/14/2020 - 12:00pm

Daniel Blood, a former Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering PhD from IMG, has been making an impact as an assistant professor at Valparaiso University. Through 3D printing, Dr. Blood has been producing over 100 face shields a day for those on the front lines of the COVID-19 fight! We appreciate all that you do! Go gators and go IMG!