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Olabarrieta Receives the PECASE Award

In Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, Honors & Awards, News, Research & Innovation

The PECASE award is described as the highest honor given by the U.S. Government to exceptional new scientists and engineers who contribute to the advancement of the STEM fields through scientific leadership, community outreach and public education.  Dr. Olabarrieta was one of four University of Florida faculty members to receive the PECASE award.  “I am very honored,” Dr. Olabarrieta said. …

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31 Faculty Awarded University Term Professorships

In Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, Honors & Awards, ICYMI, J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, News, Research & Innovation

The University Term Professorship was established in 2016 and is presented to 250 eligible faculty members annually. Selection of University Term Professorships is based on an assessment of academic accomplishment by either a faculty advisory committee and/or the department chair and approved by the dean. Each award runs for 3 years and provides a $5,000/year salary supplement to the awardee. …

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UF Alum Madeley Arriola Guerrero Selected as a New Face of Civil Engineering by ASCE

In Alumni Spotlight, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, News

UF Engineering alum Madeley Arriola Guerrero (B.S., 2017) was selected as a 2019 New Face of Civil Engineering by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). This program recognizes notable achievements of young, distinguished civil engineers. Only 10 extraordinary professionals in the nation were honored with this prestigious award this year. Growing up in Nicaragua, Arriola Guerrero knew at 16 …