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For the third year in a row, the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment’s (ESSIE) Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering and Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences are ranked among the top 20 public universities, according to the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools. The Civil Engineering graduate program jumped two […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A paper recently published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution (TREE) suggests a new approach is needed to study the depletion of oxygen in the ocean. The paper describes a need to shift our focus from temperate ecosystems to tropical zones, and to consider the dynamics of whole ecosystems and communities. Oxygen […]

This article was written by Radboud University and originally published on the ru.nl website. Christine Angelini, Ph.D., an associate professor of environmental engineering sciences, worked with a talented, international team to boost marsh and seagrass restoration success by mimicking emergent traits of coastal plants. Coastal ecosystems are in rapid decline around the world. Restoring them is […]

The Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering is proud to announce the appointment of Michael Annable, Ph.D., as head of Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences. Dr. Annable has been a faculty member within the department since 1992, beginning as an assistant professor. His appointment as department […]

David Kaplan, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) within the University of Florida Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, along with a team of scientists, wrote an amicus curiae brief for the U.S. Supreme Court about a case regarding the Clean Water Act (CWA) that will have a […]

The Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) and the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences recognizes Chang-Yu Wu, Ph.D., for six years of his tireless leadership as Department Head as his tenure came to an end in December. Dr. Wu continues to serve as a professor within the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences. “I […]

Aiming to help front-line health care workers from exposure to COVID-19, the University of Florida College of Medicine’s department of anesthesiology has teamed up with UF’s wind engineering laboratory to produce simple face shields and intubation technology when supplies of personal protective equipment were unknown in early April. Using a 5-foot by 10-foot table computer numerical control, or […]

The Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences graduate program within the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) is now ranked No. 18, jumping two spots from No. 20, according to the 2021 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools. “We are thankful for the support of engineering deans and chairs who continue to […]

Fawn Bergen (B.S. Environmental Engineering ‘99) has emerged as a leader in the global sustainability initiative. Her role as Global Sustainability Program Manager at Intel Corporation fulfills her lifelong passion in math, science and the environment. “I am leading Intel’s carbon footprint and water stewardship programs across the world. This includes setting and achieving our […]