Welcome to the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) at the University of Florida’s digital newsletter. Each semester, you will receive an email from us highlighting School updates and successes. We look forward to connecting with you!
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Spring 2024 Letter from the Director
Greetings from ESSIE, We have completed another great spring semester in Gainesville. I’m so proud of the accomplishments of our students, faculty, alumni, centers and institutes as we continue to…
Kirk Hatfield, Ph.D.
Director,
Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment
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Using Trustworthy AI to Improve Emergency Response in Hurricanes and Wildfires
Climate-related evacuations consistently result in chaos. However, with the support of a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, Xilei Zhao, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the University of Florida’s Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, aims to utilize trustworthy AI to enhance emergency response modeling, training, and…
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UF Researchers Tackle Florida’ Waste Management Challenges with EPA Grant
Scientists in the University of Florida’s Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences are investigating Florida’s waste management system to quantify the amount of garbage and recycling produced in Florida and evaluate the capacity of existing infrastructure to manage the state’s various waste streams. Hannah Sackles, a doctoral student in environmental engineering…
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UF Concrete Canoe and Eckhoff Steel Bridge Project Managers Spotlight
The University of Florida’s American Society of Civil Engineers student chapter achieved back-to-back first place finishes in the regionals for Concrete Canoe, Steel Bridge, and overall competitions, marking the second time in almost a decade they have achieved this, echoing their similar success in 2014 and 2015. Concrete Canoe The…
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University of Florida Transportation Institute revolutionizes transportation technology through grand opening of its $2M I-STREET™ Living Lab
This article was original written by Ines Aviles-Spadoni. The University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI), housed in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, announced the grand opening of its I-STREET™ Living Lab on Friday. Guests from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), the City of Gainesville (COG) Transportation Department, and…
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Two Alumni Named 40 Under 40
This article was originally published on the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering’s New Engineer news site. We are thrilled to announce that five exceptional Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering alumni have been honored with the university’s “40 under 40” awards. These remarkable individuals exemplify the spirit of innovation and leadership,…
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Sea otters’ homecoming to a California estuary shows payoff in conservation efforts
This article, written by Karen Dooley, was original published on UF News. In a groundbreaking study published today in Nature, scientists reveal that the return of sea otters to their former habitat in a Central California estuary has slowed erosion of the area’s creekbanks and marsh edges on average by 69%.
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With $2.5 million in strategic funding, the University of Florida plans to advance the field of industrialized construction engineering
University of Florida faculty and students will help advance the field of industrialized construction engineering with $2.5 million in strategic funding from the office of UF President Ben Sasse. Working together, UF’s College of Design, Construction and Planning, and the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering will seek to revolutionize how…