December 14, 2021 in Civil & Coastal Engineering, ESSIE in the News, News, Structural Engineering
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ACI Fellowship Profile: Madeleine Murphree
Madeleine (Maddy) Murphree was awarded the 2020-2021 ACI Foundation Concrete Materials Fellowship. She is pursuing her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering with a focus on materials at the University of Florida.
UF Center for Coastal Solutions awarded multi-institution grant to study Harmful Algal Blooms
University of Florida Center for Coastal Solutions (CCS) Associate Director David Kaplan, Ph.D., and a team of CCS-affiliated scientists and engineers from UF, the University of South Florida, North Carolina State University and the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation have received $2.3… Read More
Collaborative UF Research Team Receives NSF Grant to Reimagine ROV Performance for Emerging Workforce
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $1.4 million to the University of Florida for a collaborative project to optimize the operation of undersea robots (ROVs) for offshore industries and workers. The Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier (FW-HTF)… Read More
Civil Engineering Academic Advisor Receives NACADA Global Award
Sophie Spratley, Ph.D., an undergraduate academic advisor in civil engineering, was awarded the NACADA 2021 Global Award for her dissertation on “Leadership Development Opportunities for Professional Academic Advisors of Color at a Predominantly White, Land-Grant Institution.” Her dissertation used a critical race perspective to… Read More
Identifying and Filling the Gaps: Civil Student Brings Student Chapter Back to Life
Aldrin James B. Gaffud, a sixth-year senior, seeking dual degrees in civil engineering and architecture, received the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering’s Service to the Global Community Award for their global awareness and dedication in humanitarianism. Gaffud reestablished the Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM)… Read More
Making a Change from Coast to Coast
Elliott White Jr., Ph.D., (Ph.D., EES ‘19) knows firsthand the powerful effects mentoring can have on student success, and he is determined to repeat it. Dr. White credits his mentor for being his biggest motivator, advocate and critic. Now, Dr.… Read More
Predicting Damage from Hurricanes Before They Make Landfall
Weather forecasting systems today predict ever more accurately where hurricanes will make landfall, but tomorrow they may also predict how much damage the hurricanes will do. Maitane Olabarrieta, Ph.D., associate professor, and Arthriya Subgranon, Ph.D., assistant professor, in the Department of Civil &… Read More
McVay Named Professor Emeritus
After four decades of conducting research in geosystems engineering, Michael McVay, Ph.D., a University Term Professor in the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering within the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE), retired and has been named professor emeritus. Dr. McVay joined the department in December of 1981 as an assistant professor, he was promoted to associate professor… Read More
UF Steel Bridge and Concrete Canoe Make History: Only Civil Program To Win National Championships Twice
The University of Florida’s Eckhoff Steel Bridge team and Concrete Canoe design team have won their respective national competitions. This is the second time in UF’s history that this has happened, the first time was in 2015. No other civil… Read More