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A USF-Led Team Awarded NSF Convergence Accelerator Grant To Link The Green Economy To The Blue Economy At The Coast
A USF-led team headed by Maya Trotz, environmental engineering professor and principal investigator (PI), has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a project titled: "Linking the Green Economy to the Blue Economy at the Coast." The phase I grant awards up to $750,000 to develop the concept, identify team members, and participate in the innovation curriculum coordinated by the NSF.
May 21, 2021Civil Environmental
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering undergraduate programs certified as Global Pathways
Student members of USF’s Engineers Without Borders chapter partnered with Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful during the Fall 2019 semester to clean the Hillsborough River and Purity Springs Park.
April 26, 2021Civil Environmental
CUTR Part of Team Receiving $571M to Establish Transportation Center
The Center for Urban Transportation Research at USF is part of a team of surface transportation research organizations led by ENSCO, Inc. that was recently awarded a $571 million USD contract by the Federal Railroad Administration to provide research, testing, engineering, and training services at the Transportation Technology Center.
April 26, 2021Civil Environmental
Mauricio Arias Awarded McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship
USF Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Mauricio Arias (center) stands in the Hillsborough River with five USF civil and environmental engineering PhD students in his Watershed Sustainability Lab in the spring of 2019.
October 28, 2020Civil Environmental
A Collaborative Approach To Harmful Algal Blooms In Florida’s Largest Freshwater Lake
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded a team of engineers and geoscientists at USF a $1 million grant to research new methods for preventing and controlling harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Lake Okeechobee.
September 29, 2020Civil Environmental
The Balter Family Is Bullish On Supporting Engineering Student Success
Supporting student success at the College of Engineering is an ongoing effort of Balter’s that began with contributing to fund scholarships on an annual basis. Working with the College’s development staff, Balter and other family members established an endowment to fund the Balter Family Scholarship that financially supports full-time junior and senior undergraduates who are majoring in Civil and Environmental Engineering, in perpetuity.
September 24, 2020Civil Environmental
A Patent For Humanity
Created by a team of USF engineers led by Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Daniel Yeh, human wastewater converter NEWgenerator will be recognized as a winner of the 2020 Patents for Humanity award by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
August 28, 2020Civil Environmental
Engineering Faculty Leading USF’s COVID-19 Response Efforts
This April and May, nine projects led by USF engineering professors were funded during two rounds of the USF COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants program created by the USF Pandemic Response Research Network — an interdisciplinary initiative organized by university leadership and faculty researchers to quickly respond to current and future pandemics.
July 29, 2020Biological, Civil Environmental, Computer, Medical
Engineers Defy A Stereotype With Music
University of South Florida, USF College of Engineering, USF Center for Urban Transportation Research, Robert Bishop, Robert Bertini, Kristin Larsson, David Fink, Veronica Jo, Dave Snider, Jason Jackman, William Lee
May 26, 2020Civil Environmental
Jeffrey Cunningham Awarded AEESP Award For Outstanding Contribution To Environmental Engineering And Science Education
USF Civil and Environmental Engineering professor Jeffrey Cunningham, Ph.D., has been awarded the 2020 Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Award for Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Engineering & Science Education. This award is given annually to recognize excellence in teaching scholarship and/or professional society educational initiatives.
April 16, 2020Civil Environmental
Research Of USF Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Featured In Sustainability Nature, Could Guide Hydropower Development In The Amazon
USF Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Mauricio Arias, Ph.D., has spent the last decade conducting research into the effects of dams built on some of the most biodiverse rivers in the world.
March 25, 2020Civil Environmental
Environmental Engineering Award For On-Site Wastewater Project
olving the problem of environmental pollution from domestic wastewater sources like septic tanks is the focus of a University of South Florida civil and environmental engineering research project that has won a prestigious award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES).
March 17, 2020Civil Environmental