Graduate Student, Elizabeth Volpe, just published her first first-author manuscript along with co-authors and SRL members Denise R Simmons, Madeline Polmear, and Danielle Weisenfeld, in the American Society of Civil Engineering’s Journal of Civil Engineering Education! Check out the paper… Read More
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Danielle Weisenfeld Successfully Completed her Honor’s Thesis exploring An Autoethnographic Account of a Black Woman Civil Engineering Intern
Danielle Weisenfeld has been a valued member of SRL for three years and worked on a number of projects on leadership and broadening participation in civil engineering. She has successfully completed her honors thesis and will be moving on to… Read More
SRL Welcomes new PhD Student Edward Chukwubuikem Obi-Rapu
The Simmons Research Lab is excited to announce the addition of a new PhD student Edward Chukwubuikem Obi-Rapu to our lab! Edward completed his bachelors degree at the University of Benin, Nigeria. His research interests include workforce development and human-robot… Read More
SRL Celebrates Dr. Hwangbo Bae Graduating the University of Florida with his PhD in Civil Engineering
The Simmons Research Lab is excited to announce that graduate student Hwangbo Bae became Dr. Hwangbo Bae today December 16, 2023. Pictured is Dr. Bae and Dr. Simmons after the commencement ceremony. Dr. Bae has been a big part of… Read More
Dr. Simmons gave a KU Engineering Tiberti Lecture to focus on forging a rewarding engineering career (Youtube link available)
Dr. Simmons gave this year’s JA Tiberti Family Lecture at the U of Kansas School of Eng. In her talk, “Forging a Practically Ingenious and Rewarding Engineering Career,” she told KU students that they should work on developing professional skills… Read More
Dr. Simmons gives a lecture to emphasize the call for forging a rewarding engineering career
Dr. Simmons, an associate dean of workforce development and associate professor in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at UF, is invited to give a lecture focusing on forging a rewarding engineering career at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 20 in the… Read More
Our work published in the Journal of Civil Engineering Education won Editor’s choice
An article titled “Bridging the Gap between Industry Expectations and Academic Preparation: Civil Engineering Students’ Employability” won an Editor’s choice of the Journal of Civil Engineering Education, a prestigious journal outlet administered by the ASCE. Congrats, Hwangbo, for leading the… Read More
Elizabeth’s first conference presentation at ASEE
Elizabeth gave her first conference presentation at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). She did a phenomenal job on delivering her findings to the audience and answering thought-provoking questions. Her presentation was on her conference paper titled, “How Undergraduate… Read More
Hwangbo received the FIRE Fellowship
Join us congratulating Hwangbo for receiving the FIRE fellowship. As a fellowship recipient, he is going to participate in the Fostering Innovation with Rising Experts (FIRE) symposium which provides a variety of opportunities for attendees to gain professional networks and… Read More
Simmons Research Lab is recruiting graduate students for Fall 2022!
We are currently recruiting graduate students. They are going to work on a research project that focuses on human-robot collaboration in construction. They are also going to have opportunities to work on VR and AI research projects. For more information,… Read More