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 2023 Letter from the Director
Dear alumni, friends and colleagues, Greetings from the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE). I am pleased to share the school’s continued progress and partnerships. To begin, we…
Kirk Hatfield, Ph.D.
Director,
Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment
Civil And Environmental Graduate Programs Among Top 20 For Five Consecutive Years
Our Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate programs are now ranked No. 16 and No. 20, respectively, among the best public programs, according to the 2024 U.S. News & World Report. This year marks the fifth consecutive year with both graduate programs ranked in the top 20 among public universities
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Generations of Gator Engineers Create a Lifelong Legacy
Larry Smith Sr. paved the way for his son, Larry Smith Jr., to empower the next generation Born and raised in Gainesville, Lawrence “Larry” Smith Jr. (BSCE, ’85) knew that he would one day be a Gator just like his father, Lawrence “Larry” Smith Sr. (BSCE, ‘55, MSCE, ‘66). “My…
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Ferraro Receives Junior Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching, Research, and Mentorship
Christopher Ferraro, Ph.D. P.E., an assistant professor in the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, is the recipient of the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering’s 2022-2023 Pramod P. Khargonekar Junior Faculty Award. The Pramod P. Khargonekar Junior Faculty Award was created by Dr. Khargonekar, former dean of the College. It…
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Lifting Communities Through Improved Public Transit: UF part of USDOT-funded Research in Equitable Transportation
The University of Florida (UF) and four other institutions were selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to create a consortium to study equitable transit-oriented communities. Led by the University of New Orleans—the group, which also includes the Florida Atlantic University, the University of Utah and the University of…
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ESSIE Representatives Strengthen Connections in Latin America with Multiple Site Visits to Panama and Colombia
As part of efforts at the University of Florida (UF) Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) to build relationships in Latin America and explore student and professional exchanges there, representatives from the school embarked on multiple visits to South America this past February. The team completed five site…
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Built Different: UF Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge Defeat Regional Competition
The University of Florida’s American Society of Civil Engineers (UF ASCE) Concrete Canoe and Eckhoff Steel Bridge teams made history, again. The two design teams placed first in their regional competitions and the collective group, UF ASCE, placed first overall at the Southeast ASCE Student Symposium which was held from…