{"id":1950,"date":"2023-01-18T12:43:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T17:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/?page_id=1950"},"modified":"2026-01-09T14:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:33:58","slug":"edward-obi-rapu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/edward-obi-rapu\/","title":{"rendered":"Edward Obi-Rapu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\" aria-label=\"Content Header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 34px;font-weight: bold\">Edward Chukwubuikem Obi-Rapu<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<article id=\"post-1030\" class=\"post-1030 page type-page status-publish hentry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1946 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2023\/01\/DSC0070-1-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2023\/01\/DSC0070-1-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2023\/01\/DSC0070-1-768x808.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2023\/01\/DSC0070-1-200x210.jpg 200w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2023\/01\/DSC0070-1.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Office: 457\u00a0 Weil Hall<\/li>\n<li>Email: edward.obirapu@ufl.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Area of Research:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Human-robot collaboration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Education:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>MSc., Civil Engineering, University of Florida, (expected &#8211; December 2024)<\/li>\n<li>B. Eng., Civil Engineering, University of Benin, 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Biography:<\/h3>\n<p>Edward C. Obi-Rapu joined the Simmons Research Lab at the University of Florida in January 2023 as a Master student. He received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Benin in 2021. His primary research interest is in the integration of robots and similar technologies into the construction industry. <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/11\/CV-for-SRL-website.pdf\">CV here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edward Chukwubuikem Obi-Rapu Contact Information: Office: 457\u00a0 Weil Hall Email: edward.obirapu@ufl.edu Area of Research: Human-robot collaboration Education: MSc., Civil Engineering, University of Florida, (expected &#8211; December 2024) B. Eng., Civil Engineering, University of Benin, 2021 Biography: Edward C. Obi-Rapu joined the Simmons Research Lab at the University of Florida in January 2023 as a Master [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":792,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"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-1950","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/792"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2285,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1950\/revisions\/2285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}