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Ian Flood, UF Research Foundation Professor, Holland Professor, BCN PhD Program Coordinator, is the recipient of the 2015 Computing in Civil Engineering Award for extraordinary leadership in the advancement of computing in civil engineering through academic research, project application and Society service. For more information: http://blogs.asce.org/flood-achieves-the-computing-in-civil-engineering-award/

On Oct. 18, the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management inducted Harley Miller, Tom Miller and Karl Watson, Sr. into the Construction Hall of Fame. The Rinker School established the Construction Hall of Fame Award in 1980 to recognize the accomplishments of those distinguished leaders who have made a difference in our industry, the

The Department of URP has been named a top planning school by the the Planetizen Guide to Graduate Planning Programs. The program is ranked 14th overall (up three spots from last year), third in the southeast and first in the SEC. The ranking process is based on a combination of statistical data collected from the

Kevin Thompson, associate professor of landscape architecture, has been awarded an American Indonesian Exchange Foundation (AMINEF) Fulbright Senior Scholar award for academic year 2014/2015. He is currently resident scholar on the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Planning, Department of Architecture, at the Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya (ITS), Timur Jawa, Indonesia. At ITS, Professor Thompson

As part of the Envision Heritage initiative, the UF Historic Preservation Program conducted a two-day workshop on 3D laser scanning and imaging for heritage for the Myanmar Ministry of Culture (Department of Archaeology division). More than 20 staff members from across Myanmar traveled to the country’s first World Heritage site – Pyu Ancient Cities. The

SoA professors, Nancy Clark and Martha Kohen, attended the International Union of Architects UIA XXV World Congress Edition, Aug. 3 – 8, in the city of Durban in South Africa. The Congress was attended by more than 5000 delegates from around the world who presented, discussed and exhibited their ideas on the theme, “Architecture Otherwhere:

To: DCP Faculty and Staff Re: MyDCP, http://my.dcp.ufl.edu/ As some of you know from the DCP Faculty meeting in August, the college created an updated intranet this summer called MyDCP. This site provides news and information from the college and includes: A calendar of events and deadlines for the college College news Links to governance and

In conjunction with the DCP symposium and reunion weekend, Oct. 9 – 11, we’re selling tickets to the UF vs. LSU game. DCP block seating is available. To purchase LSU football tickets, contact Marsha Phillips at mjphillips@dcp.ufl.edu or 352-294-1410. For more information on the reunion weekend, click here.

Dr. Issa, BCN professor, attended the 2014 meeting of the Pan American Union of Engineering Societies (UPADI) in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Aug. 11-16. At the meeting he was nominated by the American Society of Civil Engineers and elected as Vice-President for the North American region of UPADI. UPADI’s members represent over four million engineers in

Dr. Nawari Nawari, SOA associate professor, has received a 2014-2015 Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant for teaching and research in Kuwait. Nawari will be conducting research and teaching in Kuwait for ten months during Fall 2014 and Spring 2015. The project has an 80% teaching part and a 20% research component. Nawari will focus his teaching