Principal Investigator

Philip FENG, Ph.D.

Wally Rhines Endowed Professor & Associate Chair for Research
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering (HWCOE)
Graduate Faculty Professor, Department of Physics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS)

Email: philip.feng@ufl.edu |  Phone: (352) 294-6320 | Office: Malachowsky Hall 5000

Selected Honors:  Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) (2019) | National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award (2015) | National Academy of Engineering(NAE) Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Award (2014) | One of 81 Young Engineers Selected to National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontier of Engineering Symposium (2013)


Research Interests

Solid-State Devices  Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS)  Quantum Engineering  Nanotechnology  Transducers  High-Precision Measurement & Instruments  Advanced Materials

Honors and Awards

  • ECE Research Excellence Award, 2025
  • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) (2019)
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award (2015)
  • National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Award (2014)
  • National Academy of Engineering (NAE) US Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) Symposium Invited Participant (2013)
  • Best Paper Awards (for Advisees):  IEEE NEMS (2013), IEEE IFCS (2014), AVS (2014, 2016, 2021)
  • Finalists of Best/Outstanding Paper Awards (for Advisees):  IEEE MEMS (2015, 2017, 2022), Transducers (2019)

Education

  • Ph.D., California Institute of Technology