Congratulations to the following recipients of the 2022-2023 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering (HWCOE) Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards:

Dr. Kyle Allen received the UF Doctoral Mentoring Award
This honor, based on an extensive review of their credentials, letters of recommendation, and peer and student evaluations, recognizes excellence in mentoring our students.

Dr. Kevin Otto received the UF Doctoral Mentoring Award
This honor, based on an extensive review of their credentials, letters of recommendation, and peer and student evaluations, recognizes excellence in mentoring our students.

Dr. Wesley Bolch received the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Teacher Scholar of the Year
As the oldest and most prestigious award offered to UF faculty, this award seeks to honor the faculty member whose scholarship or creative activity is recognized both nationally and internationally as innovative and pacesetting and whose teaching and mentoring are both exemplary.

Dr. Parisa Rashidi received the UF Research Foundation Professorship for 2023-2026
The University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) Professorships are awarded to tenured faculty members with a “distinguished current record of research,” in recognition of “recent contributions and to provide incentives for continued excellence in research.”

2022-2023 Attributes of a Gator Engineer Award Winners

Service to the Global Community: Humanitarianism: tolerant, respectful, socially conscious, selfless, interdependent, cooperative, willing to nurture and serve community, mentoring, compassionate.
Alejandro Hernandez

Integrity: Honest, ethical, willing to work for achievements (persistent, hard-working, determined), impelled toward right action, trustworthy, humble, inspires integrity in others.
Kiara Xhindi

2022-2023 HWCOE Commencement Awards

Dean F.K. Jonathan Earle Engineering Leadership Award: This award will be presented to a student who has continually exhibited outstanding service to the community and University, leadership, and dedication to the ideals, ethics and principles of engineering and the engineering profession, for the betterment of present and future students of the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering and University of Florida.
Zinia Noureen Basil

Dean Joseph Weil Engineering Leadership Award: This award will be presented to a student who has continually exhibited outstanding leadership and organizational abilities in promoting ideals, ethics and principles of engineering and the engineering profession, for the betterment of the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.
Marion Diana Hagstrom

Dean Cammy Abernathy IDEA Award: This award will be presented to a student who has demonstrated outstanding service to the community and University through a strong commitment to advancing inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA), for the betterment of the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering and University of Florida.
Oluwabusayo Adeyemi Oni