{"id":1642,"date":"2021-04-08T19:44:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T00:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2026-01-09T14:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:34:18","slug":"award-winning-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/2021\/04\/award-winning-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Simmons Receives ASCE&#8217;s Editor&#8217;s Choice from a Third Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essie.ufl.edu\/people\/name\/denise-simmons\/\">Denise R. Simmons<\/a>, Ph.D., PMP, LEED-AP recently had a manuscript featured as the Editor\u2019s Choice in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Civil Engineering Education. Dr. Simmons also received the Editor\u2019s Choice in the ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management in 2018 and the ASEC Journal of Management in Engineering in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2017, nearly 20% of Dr. Simmons\u2019 papers in these three journals have received the editor\u2019s choice award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 28 years of reviewing the performance of faculty at all ranks, I have seen no more than four individuals whose frequency of distinguished paper awards exceed that of Dr. Simmons\u2019. This is a great accomplishment,\u201d said Kirk Hatfield, Ph.D., the director and professor in ESSIE.<\/p>\n<p>This recent paper,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ascelibrary.org\/doi\/10.1061\/%28ASCE%29EI.2643-9115.0000031\">Connecting Engineering Students\u2019 Perceptions of Professional Competencies and Their Leadership Development<\/a>, collected quantitative and qualitative data from students to explore whether there was a correlation between the rating of professional competencies that enable leadership and the leadership development process. From\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=1931371&amp;HistoricalAwards=false\">the study<\/a>, she found that students who place greater emphasis on leadership and professional competencies are in the more advanced stages in their leadership identity development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored to have had my work selected as Editor\u2019s Choice in each of these three peer-reviewed ASCE journals. Contributing to the knowledge of scholars in civil engineering research and education is a prime motivator for me,\u201d Dr. Simmons said.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the reference entry for the paper:<br \/>\nSimmons, D. R., Clegorne, N., Polmear, M.P, Scheidt, M., &amp; Godwin, A. (2020). Connecting engineering students\u2019 perceptions of professional competencies and their leadership development. Journal of Civil Engineering Education, 147(2), 04020015. doi:<a href=\"https:\/\/ascelibrary.org\/doi\/10.1061\/%28ASCE%29EI.2643-9115.0000031\">10.1061\/(ASCE)EI.2643-9115.0000031 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., PMP, LEED-AP recently had a manuscript featured as the Editor\u2019s Choice in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Civil Engineering Education. 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