The Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) is excited to welcome seven new faculty members. Katherine Deliz Quiñones Lecturer Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences Research Areas: Microbiome Engineering, Remediation, Ecotoxicology, Ecosystem and Social Resilience B.S., Biology, 2000, University… Read More
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UF Engineering hopes to curb harmful chemicals in landfills with EPA grant
Municipal solid waste (MSW) includes the household waste we carry to the curb each week in our trash cans and recycle bins. Most MSW is composed of food, paper, plastic, and a variety of other discarded products and packaging materials.… Read More
Douglas Presents at the AEESP conference
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,… Read More
The Researcher Within
Five or six years ago, David Mazyck taught an informal workshop to help students put together their applications for the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The fellowship is among the most generous funding for graduate students and gives… Read More
Meet Our Graduates: Ryan Ward
Before Ryan Ward definitively declared a major, he attended a lecture on atmospheric chemistry by Environmental Engineering Sciences Emeritus Professor Joseph Delfino, Ph.D. After that lecture, he decided to pursue Environmental Engineering. Ward continued to explore other fields within engineering… Read More
Creating an Autonomous Solar-Powered Video Monitoring Station for Boats, Coastal Erosion and Wildlife
Boats, yachts and other commercial and recreational ships are among the biggest threats to maintaining coastal habitats along in Florida, according to Christine Angelini, Ph.D., associate professor in the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment (ESSIE). There has been… Read More
Alumni Spotlight: Bruce Bodine, Senior VP – Phosphates at Mosaic Company
UF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER RETURNS TO FLORIDA TO LEAD IN PHOSPHATE MINING FIELD When Bruce Bodine graduated from the University of Florida with his Environmental Engineering degree in 1995, he probably did not know that his career would take him all the… Read More
New Faculty Hires
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… Read More
Civil and Environmental Graduate Programs Among Top 20
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… Read More
Dr. Timothy Townsend Receives Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Awardee
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… Read More