Category: News

Christopher Pernicano (BSME ’89, ME Env. Eng. ’93, MBA ’93), an esteemed alumnus of the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, was recently appointed to the North Florida Hospital District (Broward Health) Board of Commissioners by Governor Ron DeSantis. Pernicano currently serves as the chief technology officer at Tellus LLC, a leading provider of mobile […]

Alumni from the University of Florida have created and guided some of the most innovative and profitable businesses in the nation and the world. Each year, the UF Alumni Association, in partnership with the UF Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center recognizes these amazing entrepreneurs with the Gator100 Awards. Congratulations to our talented Herbert Wertheim College of […]

Gainesville, Fla. – Scientists in the University of Florida’s newly established Center for Coastal Solutions (CCS) and collaborators from the Ocean Conservancy are researching and tracking the ecological effects of the Piney Point reservoir leak into Tampa Bay. Over the past week, millions of gallons of wastewater were discharged into Tampa Bay, which could cause […]

A building’s shape is one of the earliest design decisions that has an impact on its structural system, performance, life-cycle costs and architectural appeal. The current design of buildings is based on blueprints that have historically provided good performance for structural loads, performance under extreme loads and life-cycle costs. Brian Phillips, Ph.D., a civil engineering […]

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 […]

Dear ESSIE students, staff, and faculty, We write to you today as we continue to mourn the victims of last week’s horrific shootings in Atlanta, which took the lives of eight people, including six women of Asian descent. This tragic crime occurred after a year of increasingly hateful attacks aimed at Asian Americans, spurred on by […]

Darina Castillo, Ph.D., earned her doctorate in environmental engineering sciences in 2013. After graduating, she accepted a position at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management. She gives a brief overview of her journey to her position as site manager and what she is doing to inspire those who come after her. What […]

Eric Jing Du, Ph.D., an associate professor of civil and coastal engineering within the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment, received an award from NASA’s Human Research Program to investigate teleoperation robot delays. NASA reports there are perceivable delays in most remote operation robots due to telecommunication bandwidth, distance and computing limitations. Dr. Du […]

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 […]