Six To Watch
By Alisson Clark
These engineering graduate students have the moxie to make a difference in our lives, from creating stronger space materials to computer modeling gene networks to making sure third-world countries have clean water. Gator Engineering has never looked so cool.
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Erin Taylor, ECE
Class of 2010"Gene networks are how we work — it's what makes us what we are. If we can understand them, we have the power to cure every disease known to man. This is the last missing piece of the puzzle — the future of genetic research."
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Kevin Homrich-Micocci, CCE
Class of 2009"I was attracted to civil engineering because I could see it everywhere around me. It's hands-on."
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Liming Xiong, MAE
Class of 2010"For aerospace, we can design materials and know they will be able to sustain high temperature and pressure at the micro, nano and atomic level. This will solve fundamental problems for engineers, whether they're designing a car or a space shuttle."
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Hyo Soo Kim, MAE
Class of 2009Eliminating periodic error could be critical for applications from biomedical engineering to semiconductor fabrication.
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Dipankar Ghosh, MAE
Class of 2009"The materials used in the space shuttle are not very strong, and they have poor oxidation protection. This research could help determine what can be used in future space shuttles. Whether it is armor or nose cones, a weakness or small crack can lead to catastrophic failure. The fundamentals are very important to understand."
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Steve Myers, BME
Class of 2010"The gold standard would be a controller that can predict and detect when a seizure is coming an hour before and stop it."
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