Category: Civil & Coastal Engineering

Concrete canoes that float. Steel bridge models that hold 2,500 pounds. Over a thousand civil engineers in one place. This is how Becca Kiriazes, University of Florida (UF) student and conference coordinator, described this year’s American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Southeast Regional Conference. Months of planning and teamwork helped to prepare the UF ASCE […]

Duane Ellifritt, Esteemed Structural Engineering Professor and UF’s “Man of Steel”, Dies At 82 Internationally recognized engineer, distinguished educator, researcher, artist and friend. These words are how colleague, Dr. David Prevatt, describes the beloved University of Florida structural engineering professor, Dr. Duane S. Ellifritt. Ellifritt, also referred to by friends as UF’s “man of steel,” […]