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FSI Leadership

Acting DIRECTOR


The Director casts the vision for the institute, sustains partnerships with all stakeholders, and coordinates the overall execution by the FSI team.

DAVID P. ARNOLD, Ph.D.

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George Kirkland Engineering Leadership Professor

Contact

Email: darnold@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-392-4931
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 116200, Gainesville, FL 32611-6200

Office Location

Malachowsky Hall (MALA) 3205 [ Map ]

Technical Expertise

Micro/nanostructured magnetic materials, magnetic microsystems, alternative power/energy systems (wireless power, energy harvesting, electromechanical circuits)

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Honors and Awards:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2024

  • ECE Faculty of the Year (student selected), 2021-2022

  • DARPA MTO Microsystems Exploratory Council, 2022-2025

  • UF ECE Excellence Award for Teaching, 2019

  • Best Application Paper, 2017 MARSS Conference, 2017

  • UF ECE Excellence Award for Service, 2017

  • Best Poster, Frontiers in Biomagnetic Particles Conference, 2015

  • UF Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award, 2013

  • UF Engineering Pramod P. Khargonekar Junior Faculty Award for Excellence, 2011

  • DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2009

  • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2008

Education

  • Ph.D. Electrical & Computer Eng., Georgia Tech, 2004

  • M.S. Electrical & Computer Eng., UF, 2001

  • B.S. Electrical Eng. & B.S. Computer Eng., UF, 1999

Deputy DIRECTORs


The FSI Deputy Directors lead the primary missions of the institute.

NAVID ASADI, Ph.D.

Research & Development

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Alan Hastings Faculty Fellow

Contact

Email: nasadi@ece.ufl.edu
Phone: 352-294-1075
Mailing Address: PO Box 116200 Gainesville, FL 32611-6200

Office Location

Malachowsky Hall (MALA) 3203
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Technical Expertise

Hardware security, Reverse engineering, 3D imaging and image processing, Failure analysis, Sensors, Thermal barrier coatings

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Education

  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, 2014
  • MS, Biomedical Engineering, Amir Kabir University of Technology, 2009
  • BS, Mechanical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, 2007

JACK W. JUDY, Ph.D.

Workforce Development

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Intel/Charles E. Young Chair in Nanotechnology

Contact

Email: jack.judy@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-846-1275
Mailing Address:  P.O. Box 116621, Gainesville, FL, 32611-6621

Office Location

Nanoscale Research Facility (NANO) 210
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Technical Expertise

The development of novel micro/nano scale systems and their use in a wide variety of engineering and bio medical applications.

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Education

  • PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of California-Berkeley, 1996
  • ME, Electrical Engineering, University of California-Berkeley, 1994
  • BE, Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1989