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Building 50: Science and Engineering

Florida Engineering Society hosts career fair preparation event

Brett Nweeia, Multimedia Journalist Sep 23, 2019

Sometimes, there are few opportunities for individuals to go out and find jobs and internships due to lack of concentration of the job in a surrounding area. On Tuesday, September 24, there will...

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Dr. Juan Aceros demonstrates the adaptive toys.

Adaptive Toys at UNF

Kristina Smith Feb 24, 2019

In a busy week of homecoming and the inauguration of President David Szymanski, the Adaptive Toy lab was one of many to showcase their projects and accomplishments for the school. The lab may be hidden...

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Osprey Racing Team set to appear in ‘Auto-Italia’ magazine

Osprey Racing Team set to appear in ‘Auto-Italia’ magazine

Carly Kramer May 2, 2018

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A18aWfboCXw[/embedyt] Video by Carly Kramer UNF’s Osprey Racing Team will be featured in Auto-Italia, an England-based publication that showcases Italian...

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Dally with a small-scale model of the surf rover built by students. Photo by Sam Chaney.

UNF professor makes waves with new surf rover

Sam Chaney Apr 23, 2018

No scientific endeavor is without its risk, and to survey the surf zone of the ocean is to potentially risk one’s life. Exposing oneself to this region of water has been historically hazardous in...

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Girls working together to build a marshmallow catapult.

Shoot for the stars and maybe Mars: Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

Cori Santucci and Carly Kramer Apr 15, 2018

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqyxjr4oZE0[/embedyt] Young girls around Jacksonville were inspired to pursue their dreams at the Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day event, hosted by the UNF...

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Robots of the future and UNF's involvement

Robots of the future and UNF’s involvement

Colin McCann Dec 3, 2017

In a world where advances in technology pave the way for endless opportunities, fears and questions also arise. Since the invention of robotics, there have been concerns. Will they take our jobs? Will...

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UNF engineers bring an early Christmas to children with disabilities

UNF engineers bring an early Christmas to children with disabilities

Colin McCann Dec 3, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag-4uMd1t40 Video by Carly Kramer The joint effort between physical therapy students and engineering students at the University of North Florida made the Adaptive...

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Building 50: Science and Engineering

Deep Dive | Engineering Building

Pierce Turner Nov 28, 2017

Welcome to Spinnaker’s Deep Dive. Here, we will take a look at some of the interesting, beautiful, and scary rooms on campus that you typically don’t get to see. The photo series will cover the whole...

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MSERF: UNF's newest research facility

MSERF: UNF’s newest research facility

Joslyn Simmons Jul 20, 2017

Tucked between a wall of plywood and construction zone is a little known research facility that will open for the UNF community this fall. Dr. Paul Eason, an associate professor of mechanical engineering,...

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Santavicca holding one of the sensors that is able to be connected to standard equipment. 

Photo by Michael Hererra

The tiny frontier: nanoscience at UNF

Christian Ayers Aug 25, 2015
Thanks to a group of dedicated scientists, UNF is a hotbed of activity for a field where small machines have a huge impact.
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Engineering course rebuilds children’s toy cars to aid in rehabilitation

Sarah Ricevuto Oct 2, 2014
Electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and physical therapy students at UNF are working together to aid children with physical disabilities in rehabilitation. Students build toy cars for the children, build sensors to record data of children learning and work with the children in their rehabilitation process.
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Students get free ticket to ride NASA’s vomit comet

Saphara Harrell Mar 12, 2014
A team of eight UNF students, one of 19 teams chosen nation-wide, will experience zero gravity and participate in NASA research.
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