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Elizabeth (graduate student) and Danielle (undergraduate researcher) co-authored and published their first journal article, titled Leveraging faculty knowledge, experience, and training for leadership education in engineering undergraduate curricula, in the European Journal of Engineering Education. This paper explores the sources of knowledge, exp., and roles that #faculty members in eng. draw upon to inform their […]

On Jan 12, Hwangbo passed his examination to candidacy. He did an outstanding job presenting his work to committee members and answering thought-provoking questions. His dissertation is titled “The Social Ties of Asian Women that Influence Their Intention to Pursue a Civil Engineering Career.” He is currently at the stage of processing IRB protocol for […]

Hwangbo, our graduate student, is selected as a Black Trailblazers in Engineering(BTE) fellow and will be participating in virtual workshops at Purdue University. This will prepare him to become a faculty who is committed to building a diverse and successful national talent pool in Engineering!

Dr. Simmons received an NSF award to conduct research on “Partnering workers with interactive robot assistant to usher transformation in future construction work.” We are excited to collaborate on this $2 million research project led by researchers at the University of Michigan to equip construction workers with new skills. Check out more information via the […]

  This week, the Simmons Research Lab was excited to celebrate two years with postdocs Dr. Madeline Polmear and Dr. Anh Chau. The fully vaccinated team gathered at a local outdoor venue for a lovely evening in Gainesville. Pictured below is Gainesville’s 4th Ave Food Park, a fun outdoor location with boho style decorations, beautiful […]

This past year has been unique in many ways. The Simmons Research Lab has taken the necessary precautions for reducing the risk of the spread of COVID-19, and is excited to announce another very successful regardless of having to have navigate these unforeseen circumstances! Our lab has onboarded one graduate and two undergraduate and students […]

In this speech Dr. Simmons discuss policies practices and partnerships or the three P’s and suggest concrete actions for Construction Management to raise our equity quotient. You can watch the full speech here in YouTube: https://youtu.be/u5aaEm86eJQ

Youtube Link Abstract Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are essential for a modern workforce and indicators of the development and sustainability of an industry. Construction is yet to be considered a fully diverse, equitable, and inclusive industry sector (Sang and Powell 2012) due to pervasive structural prejudices and unconscious biases.  The construction workforce is dominated […]

Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., PMP, LEED-AP recently had a manuscript featured as the Editor’s Choice in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Civil Engineering Education. Dr. Simmons also received the Editor’s Choice in the ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management in 2018 and the ASEC Journal of Management in Engineering in […]

Elizabeth Volpe has just completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering at Clemson University in the Spring of 2020. During her time as an undergraduate student she enjoyed mentoring incoming Engineering students and assistant teaching math classes for the Clemson LIFE program. This involvement in the STEM community lead to her taking a […]