{"id":31,"date":"2015-11-03T16:07:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T21:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.eng.ufl.edu\/faculty-site\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:27:21","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/elliot-douglas\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-552\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/elliot-douglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2021\/10\/Douglas-pic-2019-05-07-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/elliot-douglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2021\/10\/Douglas-pic-2019-05-07-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/elliot-douglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2021\/10\/Douglas-pic-2019-05-07-140x210.jpg 140w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/elliot-douglas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2021\/10\/Douglas-pic-2019-05-07.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Elliot P. Douglas, Ph.D., F.ASEE<\/h4>\n<p>Professor and Department Head, Environmental Engineering Sciences<\/p>\n<p>Professor, Engineering Education<\/p>\n<p>Distinguished Teaching Fellow<\/p>\n<h3>Contact Info<\/h3>\n<p>Box 116450<br \/>\nDepartment of Environmental Engineering Sciences<br \/>\nUniversity of Florida<br \/>\nGainesville, FL 32611<br \/>\n352-846-2836<br \/>\nedouglas@ufl.edu<\/p>\n<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D., 1993, Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA<\/li>\n<li>S.B., 1988, Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA<\/li>\n<li>S.B., Humanities (Music) and Engineering (Materials Science and Engineering), 1988<em>, <\/em>Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Professional Experience<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>University of Florida, Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, Gainesville, FL<br \/>\nDepartment Head, May, 2024 &#8211; present<br \/>\nProfessor, August, 2017 \u2013 present<br \/>\nAssociate Professor, September, 2015 \u2013 August, 2017<\/li>\n<li>University of Florida, Department of Engineering Education, Gainesville, FL<br \/>\nProfessor, June, 2019 \u2013 present<\/li>\n<li>National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA<br \/>\nProgram Director for Engineering Education, June, 2015 &#8211; December, 2017<\/li>\n<li>University of Florida, College of Engineering, Gainesville, FL<br \/>\nDean\u2019s Fellow for Engineering Education, November, 2012 \u2013 May, 2015<\/li>\n<li>University of Florida, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Gainesville, FL<br \/>\nAssociate Chair, August, 2010 \u2013 November, 2012<br \/>\nAssociate Professor, August, 2002 \u2013 September, 2015<br \/>\nAssistant Professor, August, 1996 \u2013 August, 2002<\/li>\n<li>Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM<br \/>\nPolymer Team Leader, June, 1995 &#8211; August, 1996<br \/>\nTechnical Staff Member, October, 1993 &#8211; June, 1995<br \/>\nPostdoctoral Associate, September, 1992 &#8211; October, 1993<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Professional Society Memberships<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>American Society for Engineering Education Board of Directors<br \/>\nVice President of Finance, 2025-2027<br \/>\nPIC I Chair, 2022-2025<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Engineering Education<br \/>\nDeputy Editor, 2013-2015<br \/>\nAssociate Editor, 2012-2013<\/li>\n<li>Educational and Research Methods Division, American Society of Engineering Education<br \/>\nChair, 2013-2015<br \/>\nVice Chair for Programs and Program Chair, 2013<br \/>\nBrouhaha Chair, 2012<br \/>\nChair, Best Paper Committee, 2011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elliot P. Douglas, Ph.D., F.ASEE Professor and Department Head, Environmental Engineering Sciences Professor, Engineering Education Distinguished Teaching Fellow Contact Info Box 116450 Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 352-846-2836 edouglas@ufl.edu Education Ph.D., 1993, Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA S.B., 1988, Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-sidebar-none.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/elliot-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/elliot-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/elliot-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/elliot-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/elliot-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/elliot-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":675,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/elliot-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/elliot-douglas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}