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A few of our graduating PhD students are enjoying food and camaraderie at ECE HQ, celebrating with their families and ECE faculty & staff. ECE Chair Mark Tehranipoor and Associate Chairs John Shea and Philip Feng were on hand to extend best wishes to the grads & their families.🎓

Join us in congratulating James Spoto (BSEE '73, MSEE '74) on his induction into the ECE Hall of Fame! With 40 years of impact in semiconductors and EDA, James has led with vision—from radiation-hardened IC design at Harris, to Cadence. Learn more: ow.ly/88Fr50VKAlA

Sachio Semmoto, Ph.D. (ME ‘68; Ph.D. ‘71), ECE alumnus and world-renowned entrepreneur, delivered the commencement address at the UF Spring Doctoral Commencement Ceremony Thursday, May 1. See his full address: ow.ly/kqJC50VM9sE

Congratulations to Steve Yatauro (BSEE '89), president of ExxonMobil Pipeline Company, on his induction into the ECE Hall of Fame! With over 35 years at ExxonMobil, Steve has exemplified technical expertise and a deep commitment to safety & innovation. ow.ly/ckyf50VKEza

We’re proud to recognize Jim Martz (BSEE '09), inaugural recipient of the ECE Distinguished Young Alumni Award, for his incredible achievements in aerospace technologies! At @Vast, he's working on the first commercial space station. ow.ly/Egqb50VLYon

We are proud to honor Dr. Rafael C. Gonzalez (ME '67, Ph.D. '70), recipient of the inaugural ECE Distinguished Alumni for Academics award! A pioneer in image processing and computer vision. 👏 Congratulations! ow.ly/CB7f50VLZ5S

Proud to celebrate Bud Deffebach (BSEE '88), inaugural recipient of the ECE Distinguished Alumni Award for Entrepreneurship! As co-founder of Groundswell on Florida’s Space Coast, he’s helped entrepreneurs raise over $150M. ow.ly/R0YO50VM3Cj 👏 Congratulations, Bud!

We are thrilled to honor Randy Glein (BSEE '88), inaugural winner of the ECE Distinguished Alumni for Entrepreneurship Award! Randy is a Founder and Managing Partner at DFJ Growth and a powerhouse in venture capital. ow.ly/AUUz50VM4sC 👏 Congratulations, Randy!

We are proud to recognize Dr. Robert Kemerait (BSEE '60, MSEE '66, Ph.D. '71), inaugural winner of the ECE Distinguished Alumni Award for Career Achievement! 👏 Congratulations, Dr. Kemerait, and thank you for your outstanding contributions! 🌍💼🚀

ECE Professor Yong-Kyu Yoon was recently in the Dominican Republic, invited to speak at the Korea-Dominican Republic Business Forum, exploring avenues for cooperation between the two nations, particularly in the semiconductor sector.

Hamed Dalir, PhD, is part of a nationally-funded initiative to develop a transformative three-dimensional optical packaging platform that redefines how data is routed across and between chips. More: ow.ly/gs0u50VSQmz

Jie Fu, Ph.D., has been awarded $1.3M in from the U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory for “Strategic Planning in Hierarchical Games.” Distinguished Professor Warren Dixon, chair of UF MAE, serves as co-PI on the project. More: ow.ly/A4eT50VTWcp

Rohde & Schwarz introduced the first network analyzer in 1950 and has been building upon it with innovative features over the last 50 years. Join them for a two-part seminar reviewing the basic VNA concepts this Wednesday, May 21 at 5:00pm in LAR 234. See flyer for details.

Congrats to Domenic Forte, PhD, just notified that he is a recipient of a Springer Nature Editor of Distinction Author Service Award for his contributions to the Journal of Hardware and Systems Security. Forte also serves as assistant director of Florida Institute for National Security (FINS). ow.ly/XmXt50W0XM7

You've likely heard of machine learning. But what about 'machine unlearning?' On Friday, June 6 at 12:45pm in MALA 5050, Sijia Liu, PhD, is going to tell us all about it as he presents "Machine Unlearning for Generative AI.” Abstract & bio: news.ece.ufl.edu/2025/05/20/sem… Also, 🍕🍕!

. Trust in Digital Life is hosting a webinar on June 12, "The Evolution of Computing: The influence of security, privacy and trust on the overall technology direction," featuring ECE's Domenic Forte, PhD, and Sandip Ray, PhD, as panelists. More: trustindigitallife.eu/event/the-evol…

A wonderful profile published just now featuring Catia Silva, Ph.D., instructional assistant professor at ECE. Silva is the recipient of the 2025 @ufwertheim Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award as well as a 2025 Rising Star Award from UF Center for Teaching Excellence. news.ece.ufl.edu/2025/06/23/a-u…

Join us Tuesday, July 1 at 12:45pm in MALA 5050 as we host Xiaoyi Lu, PhD, associate professor in the CSE Department at the University of California, Merced. He presents “Heterogeneity-Enriched Communication for Parallel and Distributed AI Systems.” 🍕🍕 ow.ly/r8YJ50Wg4jM

Good times at yesterday's ECE Staff Retreat at Austin Cary Forest Campus where we enjoyed some much-needed time away from work with our colleagues. We were joined by reps from GatorCare and UF's Employee Assistance Program for some learning and growing. And fun!

We couldn't do it without them!