Category: Structural Engineering

When structures collapse, Jennifer Bridge’s phone rings. Often, it is family wanting insight from Bridge, an associate professor in the University of Florida’s Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering. She is a well-regarded expert in structural engineering, so that phone also rings with state officials and building industry leaders.

The University of Florida’s Eckhoff Steel Bridge team made history this year achieving its fourth consecutive win at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Southeast Student Symposium. The team placed first in key categories like Structural Efficiency and Construction Economy.  Additionally, for the first time in nearly a decade, UF’s ASCE student chapter posted […]

Kyle A. Riding, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering within the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) at the University of Florida, has been named a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI). Dr. Riding is one of 20 members inducted into the 2022 class. Dr. Riding has […]

“We all know we’re going to have to become much more sustainable if this species is going to be able to persist on this planet,” said Christopher Ferraro, Ph.D., an assistant professor in civil engineering. “And a lot of us are working to make that happen.”

Dr. Ferraro talks about the science of concrete, its durability and its impact on the environment.

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 […]

Researchers in the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida received a $4.5 million cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This funding is a renewal of an existing Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Experimental Facility, which supports a highly […]

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 […]

Rethinking How To Rebuild After Hurricanes This article is written by David O. Prevatt, Jason von Meding and Ksenia Chmutina and was originally published in The Conversation.