Tag: 2024FallNewsletter

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 education. Her efforts are focused […]

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 sciences, is a part of […]

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 UF’s ASCE Concrete Canoe (UFCC) […]

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 key industry partners joined UF […]

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, making significant contributions to their […]

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%.

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 the world conceptualizes, designs, and […]