University of Florida
Director: Dr. SA Sherif
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Grant Funding Opportunity NOW OPEN
Up to $300k at 50% cost share for qualifying* projects.
Grant Funding Opportunity Open
Qualifying* small and medium-sized US manufacturers, that received an ITAC, Onsite Energy/CHP TAP, or qualified equivalent assessment since 2018 can now apply for grants for implementation of assessment recommendations at up to 50% of qualifying* project costs with a maximum of $300,000 per grant.
IMPORTANT: The grant program now operates on a rolling basis and applications may be submitted at any time through the year, with quarterly reviews.
*See Full Grant Solicitation for full qualification and selection details.

The University of Florida Industrial Assessment Center (UF-ITAC) provides free energy, productivity, and waste assessments to small and medium-sized industrial facilities through funding provided by the US Department of Energy.

UF-ITAC Activity Map
575 Assessments
4,827 Recommendations
14.87 Tbtu Energy Saving*
$184.78 million Cost Savings*
189 Students Trained
*Recommended Savings
Contact
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Recent Case Studies

Noteworthy Feedback
"At the time of the audit (2/25/2019) and during the implementation interview (5/13/2021), the client indicated its interest in receiving a UF-IAC student... more"
- Source: Corey Drew, Environmental and Plant Engineer, Saputo, 2021-05-13
"At the time of the audit (2/20/2019) and during the implementation interview (05/01/2021), the client indicated its interest on receiving a UFIAC student... more"
- Source: Chad Riveland, Plant Engineer, Frito Lay Inc., 2020-05-01
"After the energy assessment and once the report was sent, the client issued Appreciation Certificates to the UF-IAC team."
- Source: Mr. Yaron Segal, Kimball Electronics, 2017-08-03

Assessment - Case Studies

Dura Automotive Systems Finds Significant Savings


Noteworthy Feedback

"At the time of the audit (2/25/2019) and during the implementation interview (5/13/2021), the client indicated its interest in receiving a UF-IAC student... more"
"At the time of the audit (2/25/2019) and during the implementation interview (5/13/2021), the client indicated its interest in receiving a UF-IAC student through a paid internship (as discussed in the IAC Directors Meeting), or hire a UF-IAC alumnus. Conversations will resume after more information becomes available from the client, and from the UF-IAC regarding possible funds coming from the US DOE to the program." "At the time of the audit (2/25/2019) and during the implementation interview (5/13/2021), the client indicated its interest in receiving a UF-IAC student through a paid internship (as discussed in the IAC Directors Meeting), or hire a UF-IAC alumnus. Conversations will resume after more information becomes available from the client, and from the UF-IAC regarding possible funds coming from the US DOE to the program." "At the time of the audit (2/25/2019) and during the implementation interview (5/13/2021), the client indicated its interest in receiving a UF-IAC student through a paid internship (as discussed in the IAC Directors Meeting), or hire a UF-IAC alumnus. Conversations will resume after more information becomes available from the client, and from the UF-IAC regarding possible funds coming from the US DOE to the program." "At the time of the audit (2/25/2019) and during the implementation interview (5/13/2021), the client indicated its interest in receiving a UF-IAC student through a paid internship (as discussed in the IAC Directors Meeting), or hire a UF-IAC alumnus. Conversations will resume after more information becomes available from the client, and from the UF-IAC regarding possible funds coming from the US DOE to the program."
- Source: Corey Drew, Environmental and Plant Engineer, Saputo, 2021-05-13
"At the time of the audit (2/20/2019) and during the implementation interview (05/01/2021), the client indicated its interest on receiving a UFIAC student... more"
"At the time of the audit (2/20/2019) and during the implementation interview (05/01/2021), the client indicated its interest on receiving a UFIAC student through a payed internship (as discussed in IAC Directors meeting), or higher a UFIAC alumni. Conversations will resume after more information is available from the client, and from UFIAC regarding possible funds coming from the USDOE to the program." "At the time of the audit (2/20/2019) and during the implementation interview (05/01/2021), the client indicated its interest on receiving a UFIAC student through a payed internship (as discussed in IAC Directors meeting), or higher a UFIAC alumni. Conversations will resume after more information is available from the client, and from UFIAC regarding possible funds coming from the USDOE to the program." "At the time of the audit (2/20/2019) and during the implementation interview (05/01/2021), the client indicated its interest on receiving a UFIAC student through a payed internship (as discussed in IAC Directors meeting), or higher a UFIAC alumni. Conversations will resume after more information is available from the client, and from UFIAC regarding possible funds coming from the USDOE to the program." "At the time of the audit (2/20/2019) and during the implementation interview (05/01/2021), the client indicated its interest on receiving a UFIAC student through a payed internship (as discussed in IAC Directors meeting), or higher a UFIAC alumni. Conversations will resume after more information is available from the client, and from UFIAC regarding possible funds coming from the USDOE to the program."
- Source: Chad Riveland, Plant Engineer, Frito Lay Inc., 2020-05-01
"After the energy assessment and once the report was sent, the client issued Appreciation Certificates to the UF-IAC team."
- Source: Mr. Yaron Segal, Kimball Electronics, 2017-08-03

Contact Center

Center Director Dr. SA Sherif
Email sasherif@ufl.edu
Phone # 1 (352) 392-7821
Mailing Address Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida
1064 Center Drive, Engineering Building Room 181
Gainesville, FL 32611
Assistant Director Dr. Cristian Cardenas-Lailhacar

University of Florida has trained 189 students

The following students participated in ITAC assessments with University of Florida since 2017.
The 72 students (in BOLD) have also been awarded ITAC student certificates for exceptional participation.
Aayush Mittal
Abdulmajeed Alghamdi
Abdulrahim Kalendar
Abdurrahman Bejjaj
Abhilash Muthyala
Abishek Arumugam Navukkarasan
Adnan Alosaimi
Adnan Fatehi
Agnidhra Gain
Ahmad Mahmoud
Ahmed Alqattan
Ajaykiran Sirimallu Rajagopal
Alankrit Baruaole
Alexandra Bonilla
Allen Mathis
Amey Kelkar
Amit Agarwal
Amlan Mahamallik
Andres Bihan Thomas
Andres Morales-Vargas
Aniket Chitte
Aniruddh Shrikrishna
Anton Davis
Anubhav Singh
Aojia Jiang
Arash Shad
Aravind Subburathinam
Arif Islam
Avni Rakesh Mehta
Ayyoub Mehdizadeh
Baalaganapathy Manohar
Bahvana Banjeree
Ben Smith
Bogi Bhageerath
Brandon Lowe
Brett Dickstein
Camille Mekwinski
Carlos Estrella
Carolina Padilla
Chan-Wen Chiu
Charles Chacko
Chenchu Sakthi Charan Kondugari
Christine Bursey
Cinthia Perez
Claudia Escobedo
Constanza Soto Gomez
Cristina Arimany
Darinka Butirich
Darshan Gabani
Darshan Girase
David M. Winsberg
Deepesh Makhija
Dieudonne Mann
Dionni Campbell
Drew Meyerson
Edward Rios
Faisal Altwijri
Fawaz Alhomaidan
Fotouh Al Ragom
Freddy Sarmiento
Gary-Gregoire Coquillo
Gaurav Kumar
Gaye Kidan
George Gonzalez
Gladys Athina
Gordon Taub
Gretel Barany
Hashnayne Ahmed
Hassan Alashwan
Heather Mevers
Hemanth Kumar Murugesh
Henash Patel
Howard Wang
Isabel Esguerra
Jake Gipson
James Holladay
Janani Kalpaki
Janhavi Agashe
Jatin Lamba
Jingwen Wang
Jithin Gopinadhan
Joey Zamora
John Rodriguez
Jorge Habib
Jose Landivar
Jose Rosa
Julian Cardenas
Kamlesh S Porel
Kanva Rawal
Kanwar Bajaj
Karthik Naganathan
Kavya Navaneetha Krishnan
Keshavan Desikan
Kimberly Schlitt
Kolaleh Torkaman
Krystal Harriot
Kunal Surana
Laura Locke
Lynnae Hughes
Mahsa Farzaneh