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

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

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

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

  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… Read More

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… Read More

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