Andrew Cannon

• Member of the Semiconductor Career Readiness Organization
• Completed three COOP rotations with a top engineering company
• Favorite memory as an undergraduate student: eating dinner with friends freshmen year at the Gator Dining Center
• Fun Fact: Andrew wanted to be an astronaut but he found the food was terrible at a space camp he attended. The first time he visited the US is when he arrived at UF.
• After graduation, Andrew will continue with the ECE Department, pursuing a Master of Science degree.

Benjamin Hicks

• Member of ETA Kappa Nu for three years. Served as president, vice president, and corresponding secretary
• Served as an undergraduate peer instructor (UPI)-EEL3701C, EEL4744C, EEL4712C, and EEL4720
• Completed research with Dr. Stitt  in the ARC Lab and Dr. Farahmandi  in the FICS Lab.
• Benjamin was published with ARC  lab for the EUROGP Conference and  DATE conference for the FICS Lab
• Favorite memory as an undergraduate student: hanging out with friends
• Fun Facts:  Benjamin is a juggler. He can a cut rug on any dance floor.  Rubik’s Cube—never solved it
• After graduation, Benjamin is moving to the San Francisco Bay to begin his career with Astera Labs as a digital design engineer

Cody Hutcheson

• Completed research with Dr. Zare in the Machine Learning and Sensing Lab. Member of Internet of Things for Precision Agriculture (IoT4Ag) project
• Favorite memory: working at the UF Teaching Center tutoring in math and physics
• After graduation, Cody plans to enter the workforce in the engineering industry.

Dylan Philpot

•  Completed an Internship with a top engineering company
• Completed research with Dr. Stitt focusing on high-level synthesis targeting FPGAs
• Served as an undergraduate peer instructor (UPI)—EEL4744C
• After graduation, Dylan plans to enter the workforce in the engineering industry.

Ian Yu

• Completed an Internship with a top engineering company in the area of hardware engineering
• Served as an undergraduate peer instructor (UPI)-EEL3701C
• After graduation, Ian will begin his engineering career at Ericsson as an ASIC design engineer

Jake Freedman

•  Served as an undergraduate peer instructor (UPI)-EEL3701C
• Completed research with Dr. Stitt  in the ARC Lab

John A. Holguin III

• Member of Tau Beta Pi, IEEE, Westside Baptist College Ministry served as small group leader and involvement coordinator
• Completed an Internship with a top engineering company
• Completed research with Dr. Wayne Giang focusing on analyzing user interaction strategies with health insurance decisions aids
• Favorite memory: playing intramural sports with friends and roommates
• After graduation, John is  getting married then moving back home to work on Eglin Air Force Base as an electronics engineer. After a year of work, he will return to school to earn a master’s degree.

John Christian Michaelis

• Member of Solar Gators, served as motor controller lead, business coordinator, electrical project manager, and president
• Completed an internship with a top engineering company
• Served as an undergraduate peer instructor (UPI)-EEL3111C
• Fun Facts: He is a jazz pianist and free diver
• After graduation, John will begin his engineering career at Lutron as an embedded project engineer

Patrick Dunleavy

•  Member of Solar Gators—participated on the power board team
• Served as an undergraduate peer instructor (UPI)-EEL3111C
• Favorite memory: meeting new people in my classes and the New Engineering Building (NEB)
• Fun Facts: Favorite class is Dr. Wang’s Power Electronics course. Favorite sport is hockey
• After graduation, Patrick will begin his engineering career with Alstom as a hardware architect

Robert Herring

• Member of Gator Robotics—outreach director; AeroGator—flight supervisor/vice president/president; Engineering Leadership Circle—president; ASABE Robotics—electrical lead; WECE—Maker Garage coordinator
• Completed two internships and a COOP rotation with top engineering companies
• Favorite memory: attending the Naval Academy Leadership Conference
• Fun Facts: Robert is pilot. The Airbus A321 (Delta Airlines) has his name written on the side
• After graduation, Robert will begin his career with the Gulfstream Aerospace in Savannah, GA designing aircrafts cockpits.

Trevor Free

•  Completed research with Dr. Arnold’s  group working in IoT4Ag (Internet of Things for Agriculture), with a focus on magnetics and electronics
• Served as an undergraduate peer instructor (UPI)-EEE3308C
• Favorite memory: being part of the University of Florida Fightin’ Gator Marching Band and playing at the FSU game in his first year.
• Fun Facts: Collects old maps of Florida
• After graduation, Trevor will continue his studies at UF, planning to earn his PhD.

Trinidad Grinspan

• Member of Puppy Club, Sabor Latino, HSA’s official dance team served as Sabor Latino’s assistant secretary and vice president.
• Completed two internship with a top engineering company
• Completed research with Dr. Arnold focusing on wireless  power transfer and supercapacitors
• Favorite memory: watching the 2022 World Cup with all my friends in the Reitz Union!  Viva Argentina!!!
• Fun Facts: I give myself monthly challenges to keep learning! I know all of the country flags and capitals. I am originally from Argentina. At one time, I was a competitive dancer, now I am a dance teacher.
• After graduation, Trinidad plans to enter the workforce in the engineering industry then earn a MBA.

William Heatherington Davis

• Member of Gator Amateur Radio, Eta Kappa Nu, Gator Robotics, and Gator Judo
•  Completed an internship with one of our US Military branches
• Completed research with Dr. Greene and Dr. Wong focusing on  distributed, collaborative timing estimation algorithms
• Served as an undergraduate peer instructor (UPI)-EEL3135 and EEL4514C
• After graduation, William plans to pursue a Ph.D. in electrical engineering

Hannah Susan Kempfert

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