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Message from the Chair
We are pleased to share with you our Spring 2020 electronic newsletter. >>>
Kirk Hatfield, Ph.D.
Director,
Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment
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Song Receives Prestigious NSF Career Award
Xiaoyu Song, an assistant professor of civil engineering at the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) to study failures in unsaturated porous media. “I am honored to receive the NSF CAREER award and am…
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Leading Global Sustainability: Fawn Bergen
Fawn Bergen (B.S. Environmental Engineering ‘99) has emerged as a leader in the global sustainability initiative. Her role as Global Sustainability Program Manager at Intel Corporation fulfills her lifelong passion in math, science and the environment. “I am leading Intel’s carbon footprint and water stewardship programs across the world. This includes setting and achieving our…
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Thomas Lutza Awarded UF Outstanding Four-Year Scholar
Thomas Lutza (BSCE ’19) was named a University of Florida (UF) Outstanding Four-Year Scholar at the Outstanding Leaders & Scholars ceremony on December 13. Lutza just received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Every commencement, UF and the Alumni Association select outstanding students based on overall achievements. The…
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ARPA-E Supports Ferraro $1.1 Million to Research Boron Concrete to Mitigate Neutron-Induced Expansion
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program has awarded $1.1 million to Christopher Ferraro, Ph.D., P.E., to perform research on the prevention of damage on concrete used to house nuclear reactors. When concrete is exposed to radiation, like it is in nuclear reactors, the aggregates within have potential to expand…
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Angelini Receives Two Awards for Early Achievements
Christine Angelini, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment, has received two awards for her achievements in the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences — the 2019 Water Institute Faculty Fellow Early Career Award and the Cronin Award for Early Achievement by the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF). The…
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UF Engineering hopes to curb harmful chemicals in landfills with EPA grant
Municipal solid waste (MSW) includes the household waste we carry to the curb each week in our trash cans and recycle bins. Most MSW is composed of food, paper, plastic, and a variety of other discarded products and packaging materials. In the United States, roughly half of our MSW is recycled or burned to produce…