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The University of Florida and Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, in concert with North Carolina State University, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University and UF’s Innovation Station-Sarasota, recently convened a five-session virtual summit on “Innovating Coastal Resilience.” Thought leaders and industry experts gathered online to help envision new technologies and applications, and converse about a workforce […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A recent study from the University of Florida found that sea level rise—combined with the burrowing and grazing activities of Sesarma, a native marsh crab—are causing salt marshes across the U.S. South Atlantic Coast to rapidly fracture and reorganize. These findings, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, […]

The unprecedented coronavirus pandemic forced the world to shut down for months. Homes turned into classrooms, work places and restaurants. Now, as America continues to reopen, people are adjusting to a new normal when entering public places and interacting with others. Eric Jing Du, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure […]

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 […]

Dear students, staff, and faculty, We stand with President Kent Fuchs, Dean Henry Frierson of the Graduate School, and Dean Cammy Abernathy of the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, in condemning the brutal murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Rayshard Brooks. These murders, and countless others, involving unarmed Black citizens are the tragic outcome of racial violence […]

The Destroyed Houses from the Nashville, TN, Tornado David O. Prevatt, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment (ESSIE) within the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, conducts structural engineering research to advance the sustainability of communities subjected to severe wind events. On March 3, 2020, a tornado touched down […]

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 […]

Immigrant. Reluctant rebel. Widower with young children. Sergio Galeano’s life intersected with harsh chapters of history and with heartache. But his determination to “move forward,” always, would shape his family and an industry. by David Finnerty Just after midnight on April 17, 1961, Sergio Galeano and 1,400 other CIA-trained Cuban exiles slipped into the island […]