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We are pleased to share with you our Fall 2021 electronic newsletter. >>>
Kirk Hatfield, Ph.D.
Director,
Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment
The National Science Foundation awarded $1.4 million to a team of UF researchers, led by Eric Jing Du, Ph.D., a civil associate professor, to optimize the operation of undersea robots for offshore industries and workers.
UF Center for Coastal Solutions Associate Director David Kaplan, Ph.D., and a team of CCS-affiliated scientists and engineers received $2.3M from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study how nutrients flowing from Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee River affect coastal water quality.
Maitane Olabarrieta, Ph.D., associate professor, and Arthriya Subgranon, Ph.D., assistant professor, received $1M from the Office of Naval Research to improve capabilities to forecast coastal impacts from land-fall hurricanes.
Dr. White knows firsthand the powerful effects mentoring can have on student success. He credits Dr. Kaplan for being his motivator, advocate and critic. He'll use that mentorship model to guide underrepresented students at Stanford University.
Gaffud received an award for their global awareness and dedication in humanitarianism. Gaffud reestablished the oSTEM student organization because they saw a dire need for diversity in STEM and a lack of support given to LGBTQIA+ students in these spaces.
Elliot P. Douglas, professor and undergraduate coordinator in the Department of Environmental Engineering, has been named a 2021 ASEE Fellow. He is one of six UF faculty to be named since its inception.
After four decades of conducting research in geosystems engineering, Michael McVay, Ph.D., a University Term Professor in the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, retired and has been named professor emeritus.
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