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FSI Leadership & Team Members

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

Research Development

Associate Professor
Alan Hastings Faculty Fellow
Associate Director, Florida Semiconductor Institute

Contact

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

Office Location

MALA 3200
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Primary Research Area

Electrophysics

Research Interests

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

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HONORS AND AWARDS:
  • NSF CAREER Award, 2022
  • Best Paper Award, HOST International Conference, McLean, 2016

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

Workforce Development

Professor
Intel/Charles E. Young Chair in Nanotechnology
Director of the Nanoscience Institute for Medical and Engineering Technologies

Contact

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

Office Location

NRF 210
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Primary Research Area

Electrophysics

Research Interests

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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Honors and Awards:
  • Medal for Exceptional Public Service, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2013
  • Fulbright Senior Scholar, University of New South Wales, Australia, 2006
  • Okawa Foundation Award, 2002
  • National Science Foundation Career Award, 1999

Education

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