{"id":2339,"date":"2024-12-17T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T18:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/?p=2339"},"modified":"2026-01-09T14:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:34:14","slug":"congratulations-dr-volpe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/2024\/12\/congratulations-dr-volpe\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations Dr. Volpe!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_x_elementToProof\"><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The Simmons Research Lab<\/b>\u00a0is thrilled to announce that graduate student\u00a0<b>Elizabeth Volpe<\/b>\u00a0became\u00a0<b>Dr. Elizabeth Volpe<\/b>\u00a0on December 13, 2024! Pictured here with Dr. Simmons after the commencement ceremony, Dr. Volpe has played a pivotal role in our lab, leading multiple research projects and mentoring fellow students throughout her doctoral journey.<\/div>\n<div>Earlier this semester, Dr. Volpe successfully defended her dissertation, titled:<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_x_elementToProof\"><b><i>\u201c<span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Exploring Inclusive Spaces for Women in Civil Engineering<\/span>\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div>We are incredibly proud of Dr. Volpe\u2019s achievements and look forward to her continued contributions to the field. Please join us in celebrating this significant milestone!<a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/image000000\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2335\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/12\/image000000-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/12\/image000000-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/12\/image000000-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/12\/image000000-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/12\/image000000-158x210.jpeg 158w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/12\/image000000.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/img_0080_1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2337\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/12\/IMG_0080_1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/12\/IMG_0080_1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/12\/IMG_0080_1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/12\/IMG_0080_1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/12\/IMG_0080_1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/12\/IMG_0080_1-158x210.jpg 158w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/138\/2024\/12\/IMG_0080_1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Simmons Research Lab\u00a0is thrilled to announce that graduate student\u00a0Elizabeth Volpe\u00a0became\u00a0Dr. Elizabeth Volpe\u00a0on December 13, 2024! Pictured here with Dr. Simmons after the commencement ceremony, Dr. Volpe has played a pivotal role in our lab, leading multiple research projects and mentoring fellow students throughout her doctoral journey. Earlier this semester, Dr. Volpe successfully defended her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1039,"featured_media":2335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-templates\/single-sidebar-none.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2341,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339\/revisions\/2341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/simmons-research-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}