Category: Awards and Honors

UF Engineering alum Madeley Arriola Guerrero (B.S., 2017) was selected as a 2019 New Face of Civil Engineering by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). This program recognizes notable achievements of young, distinguished civil engineers. Only 10 extraordinary professionals in the nation were honored with this prestigious award this year. Growing up in Nicaragua, Arriola Guerrero […]

ESSIE Engineering Alumni Honored As 2019 Gator100 Awardees The Gator100 recognizes and celebrates the 100 fastest-growing Gator-owned or Gator-led businesses in the world each year. The awards ceremony to recognize this year’s honorees was held on the main University of Florida campus today. Congratulations to our talented alums (and faculty) who made the list for leading […]

University of Florida Transportation Institute Director Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D., M.ASCE, has been awarded the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2019 Harland Bartholomew Award. The award consists of a plaque and a $1,700 cash prize. Dr. Elefteriadou was selected due to her influence in enhancing mobility by using advanced transportation technologies in Gainesville. This prestigious award spotlights […]

Jones Edmunds Professor of Environmental Engineering Timothy Townsend has been selected as a Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Awardee. This honor recognizes Dr. Townsend’s brilliance, innovation, and efficiency in doctoral student advising and mentoring. Dr. Townsend will be acknowledged at the Spring Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Awards Luncheon.

Environmental Engineering Sciences student Quinn Zacharias won third place in the Water Resources Student Research Poster Contest at the 28th Annual Southwest Florida Water Resources Conference on Friday, January 25. Zacharias’ poster titled “Re-Examining a Decade and Half Long Standard: A Case Study on the Florida Everglades 10 Parts-Per-Billion Phosphorous Water Quality Standard,” focused on progression toward […]

Congratulations to Mr. Trey Crouch, Environmental Engineering Sciences Water Institute Fellow, for receiving funding from the Research Abroad for Doctoral Students (RAD) Program. Trey was one out of 10 doctoral candidates to receive the award. This esteemed program provides travel funding to doctoral candidates in the STEM disciplines to conduct research at a laboratory or […]

Dr. Denise R. Simmons is a leader to watch within the civil engineering profession and construction industry. Using deep insights from a fourteen-year industry career and her strengths as a systems thinker, Dr. Simmons is developing and disseminating empirically-grounded models and strategies for improved human competence, motivation, and learning. The NSF-funded and award-winning University of […]

Congratulations to ESSIE graduate Dr. Jun Wang (Ph.D. ’13) for receiving the Golden Seed Award from the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA). This prestigious award recognizes faculty who have made significant contributions to industrial hygiene in the area of student development, mentoring, or early career guidance; demonstrated a commitment to promoting the profession of industrial […]

Congratulations to Trevor Tilly, student in the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences (EES) in the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment (ESSIE) for receiving a scholarship award under the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program. The SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program has been established by the Department of Defense (DoD) to support undergraduate […]

Congratulations to the University of Florida team for winning first place in the Florida Water Environment Association (FWEA) Student Design Competition. The competition is intended to promote “real world” design experience for students interested in pursuing an education and/or career in water engineering and sciences. This competition tasks teams of student members within FWEA to […]