Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida

Department Information, Research

Information, and Application Submission
Information for the Fall 2025 PhD Program

Questions? Fee Waivers and more

Email: grad@che.ufl.edu information
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29 Primary Faculty Members

450 Undergraduate Students
95+ PhD Students
40+ MS and ME Students

Welcoming and Inclusive Engaged Student Organizations

Environment • GRACE
• UF Women's Advancement and
• Committed to educating you via a rigorous
Mentoring (WAM)
chemical engineering curriculum and supporting • UF NOBBChE
your growth toward research excellence • 1st Year ChE PhD Student Mentors
• Outstanding research infrastructure & access to • UF NSBE
state-of-the-art centers • UF SfB
• UF African Student Union
• Interdisciplinary research programs for • UF Asian GSO
interactions and collaborations across campus
• Diverse, socially & intellectually active student
body that supports each other through the PhD
program
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UF Chemical Engineering Primary Faculty

Travis Jason Butler Won Tae Choi Henry Chu Carl Denard Rich LiLu Helena Hagelin- Piyush Jain
Anderson Dickinson Funkenbusch Weaver

Yeongseon Peng Jiang Dmitry Tony Ladd Fernando Josh Moon Ranga Mark Orazem Sumant
Jang Kopelevich Mérida Narayanan Patankar

Fan Ren Juan M. Restrepo- Carlos Rinaldi- Janani Whitney Spyros VJ Tocco Sergey Jason Weaver Kirk Ziegler
Flórez Ramos Sampath Stoppel Svoronos Vasenkov
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UF Chemical Engineering Primary Faculty – 21 with Growing Research Programs!

Travis Jason Butler Won Tae Choi Henry Chu Carl Denard Rich LiLu Helena Hagelin- Piyush Jain
Anderson Dickinson Funkenbusch Weaver

Yeongseon Peng Jiang Dmitry Tony Ladd Fernando Josh Moon Ranga Mark Orazem Sumant
Jang Kopelevich Mérida Narayanan Patankar

Fan Ren Juan M. Restrepo- Carlos Rinaldi- Janani Whitney Spyros VJ Tocco Sergey Jason Weaver Kirk Ziegler
Flórez Ramos Sampath Stoppel Svoronos Vasenkov
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14 Affiliate Faculty- can take ChE PhD Students*

Zhanar Abil Yong Huang Jamal Lewis Amor Menezes Lisa McElwee-White Renato “Sam” Navarro Angelika Neitzel
Assistant Professor Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Crow Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor
Department of Biology Department of Mechanical and J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Mechanical and Department of Chemistry Materials Science and Materials Science and
Aerospace Engineering Department of Biomedical Aerospace Engineering Engineering Department Engineering Department
Engineering

Juan Nino Sindia Rivera-Jimenez Christine Schmidt Blanka Sharma Idalis Villanueva Alarcón Nathalie Wall Fan Zhang
Professor Assistant Professor Pruitt Family Professor Associate Professor Associate Professor Professor Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Department of Engineering J. Crayton Pruitt Family J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Engineering Department of Materials Department of Pharmaceutics
Science and Engineering, Education Department of Biomedical Department of Biomedical Education Science and Engineering, College of Pharmacy
Nuclear Engineering Program Engineering Engineering Nuclear Engineering Program

*affiliate faculty may choose to participate in pool recruiting or may admit ChE students directly into their groups. Affiliate faculty members make this choice, and it
should not be expected that all are taking students each year. Information on actively recruiting affiliate faculty will be communicated each August during matching
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We have excellent staff support to assist in our smooth and efficient function!

Gabrielle Donalson and Shirley Kelly serve in the Graduate

Sharla Alexander Shaniece Benis Nicole Bristow Jill Boswell Student Advising Office, helping with everything from
recruiting, to registration, to paperwork (e.g., i-20s), to
petitions, to helping you in times of stress.

They also help monitor and respond to the

grad@che.ufl.edu inbox
Gabrielle Donalson Christina Formisano Janice Harris Shirley Kelly

David Sante Shaura Thomas Preston Towns

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UF Chemical Engineering
Graduate Program
Leadership
Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos Mark Orazem
Department Chair and Dean's Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
Leadership Professor and William P. and Tracy Cirioli Term
Distinguished Professor

Whitney Stoppel Travis J. Anderson Sumant Patankar

Assistant Professor, Dr. and Mrs. Professor, Graduate Program Instructional Assistant Professor and
Frederick C. Edie Term Professor, and Recruitment Coordinator Master's Program Coordinator
Graduate Program Recruitment
Coordinator
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Chemical Engineering Buildings and Facilities

Chemical Engineering Building- Will be undergoing renovation Chemical Engineering Student Center- Under renovation now,
starting in 2025 will be open in Dec. 2024
 Houses most faculty offices and some research labs  Funded 100% by Alumni donations
 3-story unit operations laboratory  Designed by students and faculty
 Conference rooms, Copy room  Multiple study and collaboration spaces
 Faculty and student mailboxes  Vast, multi-story atrium for social events
 PhD student office spaces  Following renovation, will house PhD student offices and
 All research spaces and student offices have new spaces for spaces for student organizations
relocation
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Chemical Engineering Research Groups in Wertheim Building:

Wertheim Laboratory for Whitney Stoppel Affiliate Faculty:
Yeongseon Jang Jamal Lewis
Engineering Excellence Carl Denard Yong Huang
Rich Dickinson Zhanar Abil
• 21,000 sq. ft. of collaborative
research space
• $3.8M in new research
equipment for PhD student
use
• Interdisciplinary research floor
with open bench spaces and
grad student offices
• Wertheim Engineers’ Biotech
Organization (WEBiO)
organizes interdisciplinary
social, research, and
professional development
activities in the building
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ChE Groups in NEB

New Engineering Building • Josh Moon
Where classes are often held, too • Won Tae Choi

Moon Lab

Choi Lab
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Easy WALKING access to state-of-the-art

facilities!

PhD students have the opportunity to learn

how to use specialty equipment

Equipment is managed by PhD level

scientists and engineers who offer weekly
trainings, brown bag learning lunches,
webinars, and other professional
development opportunities

Students can easily navigate collaborative

efforts across campus without even getting
in the car

https://rsc.aux.eng.ufl.edu/
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Graduate Program Offerings: Apply Here!

MS and ME Programs PhD Program
• Admission for Fall or Spring semesters • Admission for Fall Semester Only
– Priority Deadline for Spring: September 15 – Priority deadline for Fall: December 5
– Priority Deadline for Fall: January 5 • Graduate Assistantship Offer
• Enrolled students pay tuition and fees – $34,000 stipend for Fall 2025
• Opportunities for merit scholarships for – Full tuition coverage
international students after enrollment – Health insurance provided
• Applicants must have a BS in a science or • Applicants must have a BS in ChE or a related field
engineering field, but do not need experience with of engineering
engineering – Solid math background with Differential equations
– Completion of differential equations is – Some research experience is recommended
recommended • Enrolled students are matched to a PI/advisor
• Enrolled student benefits: during the fall semester after enrollment
– Career fairs and resume sessions for graduate internships in – Do not need a recommendation from a UF faculty
industry
member to apply
– Hands-on learning and coursework to prepare you for career
– Pathways to PhD applications
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PhD Program Details

Apply Here!

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PhD Application Information

Priority deadline: December 5
• Application fee waivers expire on December 5th
• Apply Here!
• Ensure submission by December 15th for full consideration
• GRE is not required for any application to the UF ChE PhD Program
• TOEFL or similar scores need to arrive at UF by the first week of
January for applicants to remain under consideration
• Please make sure recommendation letter writers are timely with their
recommendation letter submission, but note that these do not need
to be in by Dec. 5th and won’t prevent you from using the fee waiver
code (ideally by ~Dec. 16th)

More information, including methods to obtain application fee waivers and detailed
Application Preparation Information can be found on our ChE PhD FAQs Page
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Application Requirements
Fall 2025 PhD Application includes:
• Application forms via the UF Graduate School
https://admissions.ufl.edu/apply/graduate/
• Official transcripts (must be physically mailed to the UF admissions department-
unofficial transcripts are ok for the initial submission)
• Personal statement (1-2 pages)
• ~2-page CV/resume
• 3+ recommendation letters from professors
• English Language Proficiency demonstration is waived for students from
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and many other countries where English
is the first language
• Reach out to the UF International Office for more info on this
• Waiver is not applied until application is fully submitted, so don’t be
surprised when it is still part of the process
ChE PhD FAQs Page
https://www.che.ufl.edu/academics/doctorate-program/ph-d-application-and-admission-faq/
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PhD Program Info: Supporting you along your PhD Journey

Highly Competitive Admissions Rate
– 15–25% Ph.D. admission rates

5 years of guaranteed funding for Ph.D. students making satisfactory progress

– Competitive Graduate Assistant Stipend: $34,000 per year salary
– Full Tuition, Health Insurance provided
– Very Low Cost of Living

Awards and Bonuses opportunities:

– Departmental awards for receiving external fellowships
– Travel awards for conference attendance
– Departmental awards for research achievements
– Departmental awards for service, leadership, and outreach

ChE Women’s Mentoring Group

Holiday Cookie and Gift Exchange
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Assignment of PhD Advisor and Project Selection Process

PhD project matching and advisor selection occurs in the first semester (fall) of the graduate program
Advisor selection is not a part of our PhD acceptance process- you got admitted because you are a strong, well-rounded
student identified by our application review committee

Timeline during your 1st Fall Semester in the Department:

Late August: Overview of Research Projects and Opportunities
August, September, and October: Meetings, Discussions, and Tours of Research and Office Space
 New PhD students meet with at least 3-5 faculty members to discuss details of available projects
 Students learn about mentoring styles, attend group meetings, and read relevant papers
 Students meet with current PhD students to learn about the environment and group culture
 Students participate in the annual Fall GRACE Symposium to learn about on-going research efforts
November: Advisor Matching
 Students submit their ranking of projects to the Graduate Program Associate Chair
 Faculty convene to match students to available projects and advisors
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Our goal is to prepare students for fruitful and successful careers in many
industrial, academic, and government sectors through rigorous scientific
and engineering research experiences and curriculum

– Prepares students to be entrepreneurs and business leaders

• Engages students in technology transfer and offers workshops and courses/graduate certificates on
entrepreneurship, business development and planning
• Prepares students to be leaders in industry with graduate certificates in engineering leadership Chemical Engineering Student Center
– Collaboratory for women innovators
– Assistance in finding graduate internships with industry partners
• Offers courses and training on instrumentation and equipment necessary for future employment
– Prepares students for academic careers
• Passport to Great Teaching graduate certificates to prepare for academic careers
– Department of Engineering Education courses and training opportunities
– Mock Interviews for PhD program alumni
– Encourages a sense of community through GRACE (Graduate Association of Chemical
Engineers)
• Support from the Gator Nation and a strong alumni network

Thankful artwork created while

celebrating “Festival of Lights” via
GRACE event
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PhD Program Opportunities

Many Certificates and Technical Training Opportunities
 Engineering Leadership Certificate
 Engineering Entrepreneurship Certificate
 Engineering Education Certificate
 Safety and UF ChE Unit Operations Training Opportunities

 Training and “Super-User” Status on instruments

 Training for Clean Room Operation
 Trainings for biological operation and cell culture
 Opportunities for graduate internships or co-ops
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UF ChE Research Areas and Project

Examples

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UF ChE Research Areas

Advanced Materials, Devices, and Nanotechnology
Anderson, Choi, Hagelin-Weaver, Jain, Jang, Jiang, Orazem, Ren, Rinaldi-Ramos,
Sampath, Stoppel, Ziegler
Biomolecular Engineering, Cellular Engineering, and Synthetic Biology
Chu, Denard, Dickinson, Jain, Jang, Orazem, Ren, Rinaldi-Ramos, Sampath,
Stoppel
Complex and Multiphase Flow Dynamics
Butler, Chu, Ladd, Narayanan
Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
Choi, Chu, Hagelin-Weaver, Jiang, Orazem, Moon, Restrepo-Florez, Sampath,
Vasenkov, Weaver, Ziegler
Heterogeneous Catalysis and Surface Science
Hagelin-Weaver, Weaver, Ziegler
Modeling, Theory, and Simulation
Chu, Hibbitts, Ladd, Narayanan, Orazem, Restrepo-Florez, Sampath
Transport, Molecular Thermodynamics, and Electrochemical Engineering
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Research Groups in the department span the spectrum of skills from

simulation and modeling to hands-on benchwork
Computational Experimental

Ren Choi
Chu Dickinson Denard Jiang
Narayanan Moon
Sampath Stoppel Jain
Orazem Anderson
Ladd
Butler Vasenkov Hagelin-Weaver
Restrepo-Flórez Jang
Rinaldi-Ramos Ziegler
Find more information on Weaver
research topics here!

In some groups, students perform both benchwork and computational work. In other groups, students really focus on one skill over
another. For more information, contact the professor or students in their group to get a better idea of the group organization
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Congratulations to new professional society fellows!

Ranga Narayanan Mark Orazem Fan Ren Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos

Fellow, American Fellow, AAAS Lifetime Fellow, American Fellow, AAAS Lifetime
Society for Institute of Chemical Fellow, Society of
Gravitational and Engineers Rheology
Space Research Fellow, AIChE
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Our faculty are routinely recognized for their excellence!

Won Tae Choi Yeongseon Jang Mark Orazem

Hanwa Non-Tenured Korean Institute of Electrochemical
Faculty Award Chemical Engineers Society Corrosion
President’s Young Division H.H. Uhlig
Investigator Award Award
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UF ChE Research Areas

Advanced Materials, Devices, and Nanotechnology
Anderson, Choi, Hagelin-Weaver, Jain, Jang, Jiang, Orazem, Ren, Rinaldi-Ramos,
Sampath, Stoppel, Ziegler
Biomolecular Engineering, Cellular Engineering, and Synthetic Biology
Chu, Denard, Dickinson, Jain, Jang, Orazem, Ren, Rinaldi-Ramos, Sampath,
Stoppel
Complex and Multiphase Flow Dynamics
Butler, Chu, Ladd, Narayanan
Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
Choi, Chu, Hagelin-Weaver, Jiang, Orazem, Moon, Restrepo-Florez, Sampath,
Vasenkov, Weaver, Ziegler
Heterogeneous Catalysis and Surface Science
Hagelin-Weaver, Weaver, Ziegler
Modeling, Theory, and Simulation
Chu, Hibbitts, Ladd, Narayanan, Orazem, Restrepo-Florez, Sampath
Transport, Molecular Thermodynamics, and Electrochemical Engineering
Butler, Choi, Chu, Ladd, Narayanan, Orazem, Rinaldi, Sampath, Vasenkov 26
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How do our UF Chemical Engineering PhD

students excel during their studies?

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Successful support during your PhD can lead to many outcomes

Jasmine McTyer
PhD Candidate
Stoppel Lab

2023 1st Place Poster Presentation: UF Society for

Biomaterials “Biomaterials Day”

2023 1st Place Poster Presentation: AIChE Minority

Affairs Committee Poster
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Successful support during your PhD can lead to many outcomes

Igin Benny Ignatius

2024 PhD Graduate
Narayanan Research Group
2022 Chateaubriand Fellow
• Awarded by the French Embassy
• University of Paris Saclay visiting scholar
• March 2022 - July 2022

2023 UF ChE Ray W. Fahien Graduate Teaching Excellence

Awardee
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Successful support during your PhD can lead to many outcomes

Cynthia Ezeh
PhD Candidate
Orazem Research Group

2023 WIC Travel Award Winner

2023 UF International Center Alec Courtelis Awardee
2023-2024 UF ChE Peer Mentor Awardee
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Successful support during your PhD can lead to many outcomes

Marisa O. Pacheco
PhD Candidate
Stoppel Research Group

2024 WCC Merck Research Award

2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellow
2022 WIC Travel Award Winner
2022-2023 SEC Emerging Scholar
21-22 UF ChE Research Excellence Awardee
2022-2023 and 2023-2024 UF ChE Peer Mentor Awardee
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Successful support during your PhD can lead to many outcomes

Fellowships to support your research Marisa Pacheco
REU 20 19
NSF GRFP Fellowship Recipient
Victor Rivera-Llabres SEC Emerging Scholar
NSF Graduate Research Stoppel Lab
Program (NSF GRFP) Andrew Simonson
Fellowship Recipient REU 20 21
Rinaldi-Ramos Lab NSF GRFP Fellowship Recipient
Hibbitts Research Group

Elizabeth Aikman
Diana Aponte Claudio
NSF GRFP Fellowship
REU 20 21
Recipient
NSF GRFP Fellowship
Stoppel Lab
Recipient
Sampath Research Group
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Successful support during your PhD can lead to many outcomes

Departmental Awards for Excellence in Research, Teaching, Leadership and
Service
2023-2024 Excellence in ChE PhD 2023-2024 Excellence in ChE
Research Leadership and Service
• Jian-Sian Li • Hayden Good
• Hansel Montalvo-Castro • Samantha Martinusen
• Santosh Ranaware
• Victor Riviera-Llabres 2024-2025 PhD Peer Mentoring Award
2023 Ray W. Fahien Graduate Teaching • Marisa Pacheco
Award in Chemical Engineering • Sree Laxmi
• Calvin Fai • Yinhao Jia
• Marisa Pacheco • Nikki Kragt
• Igin Ignatius • Ryan Johnson
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Successful support during your PhD can lead to many outcomes

Strong Publications and Publication Records

Hsiao-Hsuan (Renee) Wan

3rd Year Student
Ren Lab
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Successful support during your PhD can lead to many outcomes

Strong Publications and Publication Records with Collaborative Efforts

Yinhao Jia
3rd Year PhD Candidate
Sampath Research Group
2024-2025 Peer Mentor
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Research from the department is published in a variety of academic journals,

highlighting the efforts of the research teams!
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UF CHE PHD GRADUATES (2014-2024)- CURRENT

Based on these varied JOB SECTORS
successes, UF ChE PhD
Graduates are Employed
Education (Faculty) Management /
Consulting
Postdoctoral Position

Across the Globe National Labs Advanced Materials

Biotechnology Energy

Data Science and

Technologies
Semiconductors
Devices
Chemical Industry
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Common Questions and their Answers

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Common questions and their answers If I don’t have an advisor in my first semester, how am I
paid and who covers my tuition?
Do I have to TA or could I be put on a Teaching Assistantship? For most PhD students: During your first semester, you
In the ChE department, we do not have Teaching Assistantships are on a graduate assistantship that is paid for by the
for PhD students making satisfactory research progress in their ChE department. Once you match to your advisor, your
research. In general, PhD students remain on Graduate Research advisor is responsible for your costs (stipend, tuition,
Assistantships. However, you do spend 1 semester in a role that insurance). This starts January 1st each year.
allows you to participate in undergraduate or graduate course
execution. All PhD students enroll in one (1) 4-credit class, Should you fail to participate appropriately in the
commonly taken in the 3rd year, called Supervised Teaching. matching process or refuse your department assigned
When taking this class, you assist a faculty member in the match, you may be required to TA in the spring.
execution of their course, engaging in activities that help you
grow as an educator and mentor. PhD students are never responsible for paying for their
own tuition, stipend, or insurance as long as they mare
making satisfactory progress. Your PhD advisor signs a
Do I have to pay the difference between in-state and out-of-state
contract when they accept you into their lab agreeing
tuition costs?
to cover these costs for you. Finances are something
No. Ultimately your faculty advisor will pay your tuition at discussed between the advisor and the department
whatever rate is appropriate for you. These cost differences are chair. PhD students should never worry about being
never charged to the PhD student. paid when they are making satisfactory progress.
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Common questions and their answers

Does UF have a paid family leave policy for PhD students? What do the fees cover?
Yes. PhD students are eligible for 8 weeks of paid family leave. In addition to supporting things like University wide
More information can be found here. health and wellness, your fees give you access to:
• Access to the UF Recreational Facilities, such as
intramural sports and southwest rec
Are there official UF vacation policies for PhD students?
• Access to the Gainesville RTS bus system
Yes. PhD students are given 5 paid days off during each • Entry into UF Museums
semester in addition to other designated HR holidays • Harn Museum of Art
(different from semester breaks like spring break). More • Florida Museum of Natural History
information can be found here. However, many research • Reduced or free ticket prices for UF Events
groups have additional policies and flexibility for time off to • Phillips Center for Performing Arts
visit family. Feel free to ask each faculty member about • UF Sporting Events
their policy and how they implement it. • Some services via UF Student Health care:
https://shcc.ufl.edu/
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Employee Satisfactory Progress

Common questions and their answers Employment contracts are re-instated annually, but students
What is satisfactory progress? are reviewed each semester. They come with a form from
HR that allows the supervisor (usually your PhD advisor,
As a PhD student, you can think of yourself as 50% an
except for the 1st semester) to comment on your progress.
employee and 50% a student. Thus, you must maintain
satisfactory progress and good academic standing to ensure
PhD students are encouraged to use each of these times to
you remain in the PhD program.
discuss their progress and the supervisor’s expectations for
the employee over the next period and document this in
Academic Satisfactory Progress sections 1 and 2 below.
Graduate students at UF must maintain
a 3.0 GPA to remain in good academic
standing. Other general requirements
for graduate students are outlined in the
UF Graduate School Handbook.

More specific details about

requirements for academic progress can
be found in the UF Chemical Engineering
Graduate Student Handbook.
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Common questions and their answers You can also do this for all the current PhD
Students here:
How can I find information on a faculty member?
https://www.che.ufl.edu/people/ph-d-students/
Faculty member information is provided here:
https://www.che.ufl.edu/people/faculty/

You can click on a faculty member using the plus button as I Then you can click on “View Profile” in the bottom right
did for Dr. Hagelin-Weaver below: corner
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Additional Information on Student

Organizations and Support
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Fall GRACE
Symposium
Graduate Association of
Chemical Engineers
(GRACE)
Events foster relationships
between the student body and
department. It hosts several
events throughout the school
year: trips to the local springs,
research socials, tailgates, and
celebrations!
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PhD Program Opportunities organized by GRACE

First Friday Food Fling
 Monthly department sponsored Friday
afternoon social events
 Food
 Music
 Lawn (outdoor) games
Annual GRACE Symposium
 Research day with oral and poster
presentations by graduate students
 Opportunities to win departmental travel
awards
 Alumni keynote speakers
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UF ChE Professional
Development Committee
Events and efforts to help build
community
• Festival of Lights
• Relaxing Yoga for ChE Graduate
Students
• End of Semester “Ice Cream and
Therapy Dogs”
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Women’s
Advancement and
Mentoring
We are a group of faculty and students, located
in the Chemical Engineering department at the
University of Florida. Our mission is to empower,
advance, and advocate for women in chemical
engineering!
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1st Year PhD Student Peer Mentoring

 Groups of 4-6 1st year PhD On-going efforts are aimed at:
students are paired with a  Tracking student retention
mentor (year 3+) to help
 Formal and informal feedback from participants,
them acclimate to UF ChE
faculty, and mentors
 Social activities  Improving long-term student success
 Study groups
 Method to dispel “hidden 2022-2023 Cohort and Mentors
curriculum” in the PhD
2023-2024 cohort hanging out at
program the campus bowling alley

End of Semester Popsicles

End of Fall Semester Celebration
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The Florida Museum Curtis M. Phillips Center for Performing Arts Lake Wauburg
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Rock Climbing Surf
Intramural and Club Sports
Gymnastics

Soccer

Golf
Kick Boxing

Lacrosse
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Swamp Head Brewing Company 4th Ave Food Park

High Springs Brewing Company
First Magnitude Brewing Company
Cypress and Grove Brewing Company
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Crescent Beach Neptune Beach Amelia Island Daytona Beach

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Ginnie Springs Rainbow Springs State Park Sweetwater Wetlands

Springs
in North FL.
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The Hatchetbury Arcade Bar Vivid Music Hall