Category: Engineering Education Collaborative

This article was originally published on the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering’s New Engineer news site. We are thrilled to announce that five exceptional Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering alumni have been honored with the university’s “40 under 40” awards. These remarkable individuals exemplify the spirit of innovation and leadership, making significant contributions to their […]

University of Florida faculty and students will help advance the field of industrialized construction engineering with $2.5 million in strategic funding from the office of UF President Ben Sasse.  Working together, UF’s College of Design, Construction and Planning, and the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering will seek to revolutionize how the world conceptualizes, designs, and […]

As part of efforts at the University of Florida (UF) Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) to build relationships in Latin America and explore student and professional exchanges there, representatives from the school embarked on multiple visits to South America this past February. The team completed five site visits to Panama and two […]

Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, received the 2021 Best Paper Award from the Australasian Journal of Engineering Education (AJEE). In collaboration with colleagues, Cassandra McCall, Ph.D., Ashley Shew, Ph.D., Marie C. Paretti, Ph.D., and Lisa D. McNair, Ph.D., the paper, “Exploring student disability and professional […]

Since its inception, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) has inducted 430 of its members as Fellows of the organization, including six members who have served as faculty of the University of Florida – Timothy J. Anderson (2006), Jennifer Curtis (2010), Daniel C. Drucker (1983), Raymond W. Fahien (1985), L. E. Grinter (1983) and […]

Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., a civil engineering associate professor in the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE), recently had a manuscript featured as the Editor’s Choice in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Civil Engineering Education. Dr. Simmons also received the Editor’s Choice in the ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering […]

Researchers in the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida received a $4.5 million cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This funding is a renewal of an existing Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Experimental Facility, which supports a highly […]

Dr. Elliot P. Douglas, professor and undergraduate coordinator of Environmental Engineering Sciences, presented and served as a panelist at the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors conference. The AEESP conference was held at Arizona State University in in Tempe, AZ, from May 14 to 16. This year’s theme was Environmental Engineers & Scientists see […]

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 […]

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 […]