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Capstone students in the LDRAM learning from Dr. Subhash about Split Hopkins Pressure Bars.
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ME Capstone Students Shrink Material Testing Apparatus Using Innovative Wave Propagation Techniques

October 8, 2024

Mechanical Engineering (ME) Capstone students at the University of Florida (UF) are collaborating with Professor Ghatu Subhash to revolutionize materials testing by reimagining the Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) apparatus. Their goal is to harness the unique propagation properties of waves in solids to significantly reduce the size and cost of this testing equipment, making […]

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Capstone students watching members of the US Army 3rd infantry division perform a camouflage demonstration by concealing a military truck under a camouflage material.
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US Army 3rd Infantry Division performs camouflage demonstrations at UF for ME Capstone students

May 1, 2023

A group of US Army personnel from the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) traveled to Gainesville from Fort Stewart, Georgia, in February to interact with UF Capstone students, perform vehicle camouflage demonstrations, and discuss the collaboration between them, UF, and the Civil-Military Innovation Institute (CMI2). This collaboration is about bringing soldiers’ ideas for military innovation to […]

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A composite of two images. One featuring members of the RaveBio group including Dr. Truam in front of a building and holding the shaker table they developed. The other images shows group members presenting their shaker table product to a group of people.
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MAE Capstone Spin-Off RaveBio Scores $10K in UF’s Big Idea Competition 

April 28, 2023

RaveBio Inc., a biotech equipment startup spun out from the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Department, beat out over 140 teams at UF’s Big Ideas business plan competition last week, winning 2nd place and a $10,000 prize.  RaveBio began in Fall 2022 as a student team in MAE’s EML4502 senior design course. The team was […]

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