AWARDS
From Faculty Excellence to Student Research awards
UCF Awards Promotions to Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering Faculty
Consideration for promotion and tenure takes nearly an entire academic year as faculty are evaluated on three main areas: research, teaching, and service Eighty-nine UCF faculty received promotions and another 48 earned tenure status [...]
Wahl Receives NSF CAREER Award
Thomas Wahl, an assistant professor in the UCF Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, has been recognized by the National Science Foundation with a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award for his research [...]
Mohamed Abdel-Aty Receives National Transportation Award
Mohamed Abdel-Aty, professor and trustee chair for the UCF Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, is the 2022 recipient of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) prestigious S.S. Steinberg Award. [...]
UCF students are winners at Florida’s Water Conference
UCF environmental engineering students recently participated in the Florida Section of the American Water Works Association’s 2021 Annual Conference that was held at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Florida [...]
Doctoral Candidate Jessica Cormier Wins National Award!
Jessica Cormier has received the American Water Works Association’s 2021 Holly A. Cornell Scholarship from Jacobs Engineering for her studies in Environmental Engineering. The award was created in 1990 in [...]
Doctoral Student Paula Campesino Receives Award by the Southeast Desalting Association
Paula Campesino, an Environmental Engineering doctoral student, received the Southeast Desalting Association’s (SEDA’s) 2021 Scholarship Award, which is annually awarded students with outstanding academic and service records pursuing a degree relating to drinking water [...]
Congratulations ABC team members!
Chapter Advisor Dr. Amr Oloufa Associated Builders & Contractors Student Chapter won third place in the Project Management AND Quality Control section for the competition! Anabelle Manriquez - President Juan-Pablo Gomez - Vice President [...]
Daniela Diaz received the 2020-2021 University Award for the Outstanding Mater’s Thesis
Daniela Diaz received the 2020-2021 university award for the Outstanding Master’s Thesis in the Engineering, Physical Sciences, and Life Sciences category. This award recognizes the quality, content, and exceptional contribution in her field [...]
Congratulations to Dr. Wahl and Dr. Wang on the UCF awards
The annual recognition celebrates the outstanding academic achievements of our faculty members and students. The Founders’ Day Awards celebrate the outstanding academic achievements of our faculty members and students. As we recognize these achievements, [...]
UCF ITE Student Chapter was selected for the ITE Florida Puerto Rico District 2020-2021 Student Chapter Momentum Award
The UCF student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) has recently received the Student Chapter Momentum Award for the Florida Puerto Rico district of ITE. This award is designed to recognize a [...]
Congratulations Dr. Wahl on the IAPSO Early Career Scientist Medal
Dr. Thomas Wahl, University of Central Florida, USA, is the recipient of the 2021 IAPSO Early Career Scientist medal in physical ocean science. This is awarded in recognition of his fundamental contributions to [...]
Dr. Aty is 2020 Roy W. Crum Award recipient
2021 TRB Annual Meeting: Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Aty, 2020 Roy W. Crum Award recipient Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Aty is the recipient of the 2020 Roy W. Crum Award, to be received at the 2021 Annual Meeting. [...]
Dr. Catbas and his team received Kikuchi-Karlaftis Award
Dr. Catbas and his team from CITRS made three presentations during the Annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) Meeting about some of their on-going work: 1) “Fast Track Ultrasonic Imaging of Concrete Bridge Decks, 2) Load [...]
University of Central Florida is the winner of the Solving for Safety Visualization Challenge
U.S. Transportation Secretary Announces Solving for Safety Visualization Challenge Winner Date: Thursday, November 21, 2019 WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced University of Central Florida (UCF) as the winner of the [...]
UCF is leading an NSF project to design a smart air quality monitoring network for Orlando
The National Science Foundation has recently awarded a new $1.2 million grant to UCF to design a smart air quality monitoring network for Orlando. The study team consists of three UCF professors: Dr. Haofei [...]
UCF Transportation Researchers Active at TRB 98th Annual Meeting
TRB-2019 brochure Transportation Research Board (TRB) 98th Annual Meeting was held January 13–17, 2019, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, D.C. The information-packed program attracts more than 13,000 transportation professionals [...]
Prof. Catbas was awarded Aftab Mufti medal
CECE Faculty Prof. Catbas was awarded Aftab Mufti medal from the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII) and Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). The medal was awarded for [...]
Dr. Talea Mayo selected to present research to congress
Dr. Talea Mayo and CECE undergraduate student Cindi-Ann Findley showcased their work on tides and hurricane storm surges during the Coalition for National Science Funding’s Capitol Hill Exhibition on May 9. The exhibition is [...]
UCF students sweep awards at Sinkhole Conference
UCF geotechnical engineering students together with faculty advisor Dr. Boo Hyun Nam participated in the 15th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes held at Shepherdstown, West Virginia (April 6, 2018). Ryan Shamet, Moataz Soliman, [...]
Dr. Wahl attended EGU 2018 to receive Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award
From April 8th to 13th the European Geoscience Union (EGU) held its annual General Assembly in Vienna. As Europe’s premier geosciences union, the EGU is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the Earth, [...]
Winners in 2018 Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence
Zachary Loeb, a CECE undergraduate won the Judges Choice Award for the Engineering, Optics, Photonics, and Computer Science category. Zachary presented a modified and improved version of his IDEAS project (originally developed with [...]
Dr. Kevin Mackie received the Arthur N. L. Chiu Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award
Faculty advisor for the UCF Chi Epsilon chapter Dr. Kevin Mackie received the Arthur N. L. Chiu Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award. The national award is made once every two years at Conclave. [...]
UCF CECE Students Present At Membrane Technology Conference
UCF environmental engineering students (from right to left) Daniel Whalen, Carlyn Higgins and Angela Rodriguez joined Dr. Duranceau to participate in the 2018 Membrane Technology Conference, a joint international event sponsored by the American [...]
ASCE-UCF Concrete Canoe team won two second place awards
Our Concrete Canoe team placed second in the Women’s Sprints and second in Women’s Endurance races.