Category: Awards and Honors

Thomas Lutza (BSCE ’19) was named a University of Florida (UF) Outstanding Four-Year Scholar at the Outstanding Leaders & Scholars ceremony on December 13. Lutza just received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Every commencement, UF and the Alumni Association select outstanding students based on overall achievements. The […]

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program has awarded $1.1 million to Christopher Ferraro, Ph.D., P.E., to perform research on the prevention of damage on concrete used to house nuclear reactors. When concrete is exposed to radiation, like it is in nuclear reactors, the aggregates within have potential to expand […]

Christine Angelini, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment, has received two awards for her achievements in the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences — the 2019 Water Institute Faculty Fellow Early Career Award and the Cronin Award for Early Achievement by the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF). The […]

Municipal solid waste (MSW) includes the household waste we carry to the curb each week in our trash cans and recycle bins. Most MSW is composed of food, paper, plastic, and a variety of other discarded products and packaging materials. In the United States, roughly half of our MSW is recycled or burned to produce […]

Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) Assistant Professor Maitane Olabarrieta, Ph.D., was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The PECASE award is described as the highest honor given by the U.S. Government to exceptional new scientists and engineers who contribute to the advancement of the STEM fields through scientific […]

Two civil engineering associate professors, Eric Jing Du, Ph.D., and David O. Prevatt, Ph.D., were recently recognized by the American Society of Civil Engineers as 2018 Outstanding Reviewers. Drs. Du and Prevatt serve as reviewers for peer-reviewed manuscripts submitted, respectively to the Journal of Construction Engineering and Management and the Natural Hazards Review. This honor […]

The University of Florida American Society of Civil Engineers (UF ASCE) Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge teams brought home the win at the 2019 Southeast ASCE Student Conference. UF ASCE took home the second place overall trophy. The conference took place from March 28 to 30 at the University of Tennessee. Throughout the conference, ASCE […]

The Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment (ESSIE) is proud to announce that the graduate rankings of the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering and the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences have risen. According to the 2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools, the Civil Engineering graduate program is now ranked No. […]

Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., an Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) civil engineering associate professor, has received the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award to support her research in “Co-Curricular Participation of Students Underrepresented in Engineering.” This prestigious CAREER Award is the highest award bestowed from the National Science Foundation to new […]

UF Civil Engineering Associate Professor Denise R. Simmons has been selected as a recipient of Clemson University’s 2019 Glenn Department of Civil Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award. Dr. Simmons was selected due to her contributions, achievements and accomplishments in civil engineering. Dr. Simmons received her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree in civil engineering along with a graduate […]