Category: Civil & Coastal Engineering

With fly ash supplies dwindling, a new UF-led study funded by NCHRP is exploring alternative materials to enhance the strength, durability, and sustainability of concrete used in transportation infrastructure.

Eliana Rose Duarte, a recent civil engineering graduate of the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment, has received the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GFRP). The five-year fellowship provides outstanding students in STEM with financial support totaling $159,000 over the course of their PhD. program.     Duarte graduated in December 2024 […]

Eric Jing Du, Ph.D., is a civil engineering professor at the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment within the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Du’s research focuses on human-robot collaboration and mixed reality exploring robotics design to enhance training on how we interact with robots. His work aims to develop AI, augmented reality, and […]

The Geo-Institute (G-I) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recently named John H. Schmertmann, Ph.D., a Geo-Legend. Schmertmann,  a retired University of Florida emeritus professor, built a career contributing to geotechnical engineering research, teaching, and practice.    The G-I  has developed a series of episodes  featuring prominent engineers in the geotechnical field. In […]

When structures collapse, Jennifer Bridge’s phone rings. Often, it is family wanting insight from Bridge, an associate professor in the University of Florida’s Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering. She is a well-regarded expert in structural engineering, so that phone also rings with state officials and building industry leaders.

The University of Florida’s Eckhoff Steel Bridge team has made history. For the fourth year in a row, the team has won at the American Institute of Steel Construction’s 2024 Student Steel Bridge Competition National Finals.  No other team has won national championships for three consecutive years, let alone four. The UF team claimed its […]

The University of Florida Research Foundation has recently named 34 of the university’s most productive and promising faculty members as UFRF Professors for 2024. Two professors Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D., the Barbara Goldsby Professor in the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, and Timothy Townsend, Ph.D., the Jones, Edmunds & Associates, Inc. Professor in the Department of […]

The University of Florida’s American Society of Civil Engineers student chapter achieved back-to-back first place finishes in the regionals for Concrete Canoe, Steel Bridge, and overall competitions, marking the second time in almost a decade they have achieved this, echoing their similar success in 2014 and 2015. Concrete Canoe The UF’s ASCE Concrete Canoe (UFCC) […]