Category: Civil & Coastal Engineering

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering strives to educate the New Engineer who will transform the society of the future. These students express the attributes of the Gator Engineer – creativity, leadership, integrity, professional excellence and service to the global community. Luis Gonzalez has exemplified the Gator Engineer in so many ways during his time […]

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 […]

New Faculty Hires The Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) is excited to welcome four new faculty members. Eric Jing Du Lecturer Associate Professor Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering Joined UF: January 2019 Website: https://faculty.eng.ufl.edu/ericdu Before coming to the University of Florida, Dr. Eric Jing Du served as a faculty member at Texas […]

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 […]

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 […]

Patrick Bollinger graduated with a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Florida. His journey was different from most students who were recognized at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering’s Fall 2018 commencement ceremony. Bollinger, originally from Maryland, left college more than two decades ago to work in his family’s roofing business and then […]