Tag: Denise R. Simmons

By Dave Schlenker  When University of Florida Professor Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., learned she had been accepted recently as a fellow with the American Society of Civil Engineers, she immediately paused for a quiet moment of gratitude.  “I thought about the women in my family who taught me to lead with integrity, stay confident and […]

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) this year has inducted three faculty members from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida as ASCE Fellows: Lily Elefteriadou, Kyle Riding and Scott S. Washburn.

Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering and associate dean for Workforce Development in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, is the leading principal investigator for the $1.28 million, four-year project “Critical Conversations: Systemic and Agentic Empowerment of Black Ph.D. Students and their Faculty Advisors in Engineering,” which is sponsored by the Racial Equity in STEM Education program, an initiative of the National Science Foundation’s Education and Human Resources (EHR) division that supports racial equity in STEM.