Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department at UF

08/31/2026

📣 Calling all second-year engineering students! We're excited to welcome you into the MAE family! 🐊

👉 Attendance is required for all second-year MAE students. Be sure to check your email to RSVP! 👈

Join us for the MAE Second-Year Student Transition Event:

📍 Reitz Union Grand Ballroom
📅 September 1
🍕 Arrive at 5:15 PM for FREE pizza | Event starts at 6:00 PM
👕 FREE T-shirts will be distributed at the event!

08/30/2026

✈️ Take your resume "from paper to payload" with Northrop Grumman for a three-part virtual Tech Talk series and discover how its Aeronautics Systems team is pushing the boundaries of what is possible.

Industry professionals representing six technical disciplines will share insights into Northrop Grumman’s capabilities, the impact of its work, and the early-career opportunities and career paths available within Aeronautics Systems.

✅ Tuesday, 9/1
Avionics Integration - 6 PM
Product Support - 7 PM
✅ Wednesday, 9/2
Software - 6 PM
Systems Engineering - 7 PM
✅ Thursday, 9/3
Test & Evaluation - 6 PM
Vehicle Engineering - 7 PM

Participants must register online: https://bit.ly/4gZqGh5

08/28/2026

💙 What a wonderful first full week of classes! Thank you to everyone who stopped by our first day pop-up, we had a blast! 🧡

08/24/2026

Congratulations to UF-ITAC on earning the 2026 U.S. Department of Energy Center of the Year Award!

Directed by Dr. S.A. Sherif, and the expertise of Dr. Cristian Cardenas-Lailhacar, UF-ITAC has been recognized as the top-performing ITAC in the nation, honoring a decade of excellence in energy efficiency, innovation, and training the next generation of energy engineers.

Congratulations to Sherif, Cristian, and the entire UF-ITAC team on this incredible achievement!

Read the story here:

The University of Florida Industrial Training and Assessment Center (UF-ITAC), housed in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and directed by S.A. Sherif, Ph.D., has been named the…

08/19/2026

🚀 This , we’re featuring Samantha Kormanyos from the Senior Design Lab in the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department at UF! Samantha and her team created Digest-a-Bull, a system that simulates a cow's stomach to help advance livestock feeding research.

Using a sealed system, this advancement allows researchers to track methane production, nutrient absorption, and more. The Wi-Fi-enabled design makes real-time data monitoring easier, helping improve feeding practices, animal nutrition, and sustainability in food production. 🌱🐄

🎥 Watch the full segment below or on our YouTube channel! Special thanks to SCAD Media, LLC and WCJB TV20 News for producing this feature!

08/19/2026

🏎️ This , we’re highlighting Gator Motorsports, the official University of Florida Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (FSAE) team in the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department at UF.

Students apply the knowledge they learn in class to build a car from scratch. They have just one year to design, build, and test it before competing against +100 other teams from around the world in the annual FSAE competition.

Team captain Daniel Patel shared that the biggest challenge isn’t just the engineering. It's managing different personalities whilst working towards a common goal, making this as much of a people management project as an engineering one.

We’re proud to see how Gator innovation and teamwork are driving performance on and off the track.

🎥 Watch the full segment above or visit our YouTube channel to learn more.
Special thanks to SCAD Media, LLC and WCJB TV20 News for producing this feature!

08/19/2026

Fall 2026 is here, and we’re excited to welcome our UF MAE Gator Engineers to another great semester! Whether you are a new or returning student, faculty, or staff, come celebrate the start of the semester with us!

📅 Thursday, August 20
⏰ 12 PM
📍 NEB Rotunda

Come by the NEB Rotunda to take your official first-day photo, meet fellow Gator Engineers, and grab some UF MAE swag to start the semester in style!

Go Gators! 🐊

08/14/2026

What if the key to longer space missions is hidden in the way liquids boil?

University of Florida researchers have uncovered surprising behavior in boiling cryogenic liquids that could help engineers better manage the ultracold fuels and coolants future spacecraft will rely on.

Published July 8 in npj Microgravity, the findings lay important groundwork for next-generation spacecraft systems, helping us get one step closer to making deep-space missions more efficient, reliable and sustainable.

Read the article here:
https://mae.ufl.edu/2026/08/11/uf-researchers-uncover-surprising-boiling-behavior-in-liquids-that-could-advance-future-space-missions/

UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
UF Astraeus Space Institute

When astronauts travel deeper into space, every drop of fuel becomes critical, and keeping those fuels stable for months or even years is one of the biggest engineering challenges facing future…

08/12/2026

Harnessing Heat to Power the Future!

Dr. Moon is bringing innovative heat-transfer research to the Cade Museum’s Invention of Cool exhibition. Through interactive demonstrations, visitors can explore how heat can be converted into electricity for deep-space applications and how electricity can enable direct cooling without conventional coolants. Discover how engineering innovation is transforming the way we think about energy, cooling and the future of space exploration.

08/07/2026

Today is National Sea Serpent Day! 🌊🐍

While mythical sea serpents have captured imaginations for centuries, the ocean still holds many real mysteries waiting to be explored.

At the University of Florida, mechanical and aerospace engineers are helping push the boundaries of discovery through robotics, advanced sensors, fluid dynamics, and innovative technologies that allow us to better understand the world around us.

Of course, here in Gator Nation, we know there's one legendary reptile that stands above the rest. 🐊

Tag a UF MAE researcher, student, or lab whose work is exploring the unknown OR comment with your favorite mythical sea serpent!