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Students in Xalapa, Mexico, participate in a hands-on engineering activity.

From Gainesville to Xalapa, Mexico: Engineering Connections Through Hands-On Learning

September 29, 2026

In an international partnership designed to spark interest in STEM careers, University of Florida chemical engineering Assistant Professor Fernando Merida, Ph.D., recently brought hands-on engineering lessons into a classroom in Mexico.

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Faculty Create Unit Operations Lab Kits

Faculty Create Unit Operations Lab Kits in Response to Coronavirus Pandemic

October 15, 2020

As the world was closing down because of the global pandemic, the faculty at the UF Department of Chemical Engineering was coming up with new ways to continue delivering the same high-quality education while remaining physically distant.  As the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention.  The challenge: juniors and seniors in chemical engineering […]

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Chemical Engineering Welcomes New Faculty

June 10, 2019

The Department of Chemical Engineering proudly welcomes new faculty members. Carl Denard, Ph.D.(Assistant Professor) Ph.D. 2014, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Originally from Les Cayes, Haiti, Denard emigrated to the U.S. where he received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University. He then moved to the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department […]

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