Category: News

SRL met for a celebratory lunch to celebrate the end of the spring semester, achievements, and birthdays of lab members, and to say farewell to Dr. Hwangbo Bae. Dr. Bae was an integral part of SRL for many years. His research, mentorship, and teaching skills provided a great role model to new students in the […]

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 titled, Exploring the Role of Social Capital in Civil Engineering Students’ Leadership Development to learn […]

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 a position as a transportation engineer. Danielle’s research will also be published and presented at […]

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 collaboration. Welcome Edward to the Simmons Research Lab and the University of Florida!

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 this lab working on a number of research projects and mentoring students while conducting his […]

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 that make them leaders and on fostering agency toward their professional progression. To find more, […]

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 Beren Auditorium in Slawson Hall at the University of Kansas. Dr. Simmons will talk about […]

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 efforts to developing this paper and making this great accomplishment!   If you want to […]

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 Students Prepare to Become Engineers: The Role of Out-of-class Activities in Civil Engineering Students’ Career […]

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 access resources for their early career navigation. This symposium will be held from August 17 […]