Kyle A. Riding, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering within the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) at the University of Florida, has been named a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI).… Read More
Awards and HonorsAwards and Honors
Simmons Receives AJEE 2021 Best Paper Award
Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, received the 2021 Best Paper Award from the Australasian Journal of Engineering Education (AJEE). In collaboration with colleagues, Cassandra McCall, Ph.D., Ashley Shew, Ph.D., Marie… Read More
ACI Fellowship Profile: Madeleine Murphree
Madeleine (Maddy) Murphree was awarded the 2020-2021 ACI Foundation Concrete Materials Fellowship. She is pursuing her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering with a focus on materials at the University of Florida.
Civil Engineering Academic Advisor Receives NACADA Global Award
Sophie Spratley, Ph.D., an undergraduate academic advisor in civil engineering, was awarded the NACADA 2021 Global Award for her dissertation on “Leadership Development Opportunities for Professional Academic Advisors of Color at a Predominantly White, Land-Grant Institution.” Her dissertation used a critical race perspective to… Read More
Buzzing at the Top: Concrete Canoe Wins Back-to-Back National Championships
The University of Florida’s Concrete Canoe design team has done it again: they have won the American Society of Civil Engineer’s (ASCE) National Concrete Canoe Competition for the second consecutive year. This year, the team faced a different challenge, which was to compete at the ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition virtually. The… Read More
Elliot Douglas inducted as an ASEE Fellow
Since its inception, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) has inducted 430 of its members as Fellows of the organization, including six members who have served as faculty of the University of Florida – Timothy J. Anderson (2006), Jennifer… Read More
Simmons Receives ASCE’s Editor’s Choice from a Third Journal
Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., a civil engineering associate professor in the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE), recently had a manuscript featured as the Editor’s Choice in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Civil Engineering… Read More
Gator100 Recognizes 17 Engineering Alumni in 2021
Alumni from the University of Florida have created and guided some of the most innovative and profitable businesses in the nation and the world. Each year, the UF Alumni Association, in partnership with the UF Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center recognizes… Read More
University of Florida’s Lily Elefteriadou Honored With Prestigious National Research Award
This article was written by ARTBA and originally published on the Construction Equipment Guide website. Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D., the Barbara Goldsby Professor of civil engineering and the director of the UF Transportation Institute (UFTI), received the American Road & Transportation Builders… Read More
Environmental Graduate Program Rises to No. 18, Civil Ranked No. 19
The Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences graduate program within the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) is now ranked No. 18, jumping two spots from No. 20, according to the 2021 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate… Read More