Dr. Daniel Moon, UNF biology professor, and about two dozen other ecologists representing the Gulf Coast Ecology Working Group collaborated on an editorial that appeared in The Florida Times-Union about the possible ecological problems due to the BP oil spill.
The challenge: Build a better election debate timer. And make it cheap.
Three UNF engineering students say they are on the verge of doing just that after a local tea party organizer commissioned such a device, saying it would be necessary to help the fervent political movement host better forums in time for the 2012 elections.
The new director of the UNF's School of Engineering in the College of Computing, Engineering and Construction is already taking home top national honors.