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A joint team from the Nearshore Extreme Events Reconnaissance (NEER) Association and the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association, funded by the National Science Foundation, is mobilizing to investigate the impacts of Hurricanes Helene and Milton on Florida’s coast. This collaborative effort seeks to deliver critical insights into storm surge and wave action, examining how […]

It’s a wrap, folks A huge congratulations to four of our students in the environmental engineering sciences department on successfully defending their dissertations and becoming Dr. Hallie Fishman, Dr. Sara Swaminathan and Dr. Sydney Williams and to Yvanna Serra, for successfully defending her master’s thesis! What an incredible culmination of these students’ hard work, ingenuity, tenacity and grit.  Take […]

The sway of plants caused by the flow of water resembles a dance to graduate student Katie Schoenberger, who is researching how this movement can affect the growth and removal of algae in Florida’s springs. Excessive algae growth in many of the state’s springs have rendered blue, pristine bodies of water green and coated in […]

In August, we celebrated the graduation of four outstanding students from UF’s Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences and the Center for Coastal Solutions (CCS). Hallie Fischman, Yvanna Serra, Sara Swaminathan and Sydney Williams are all set to continue their exciting journeys in research. Whether they’re pursuing Ph.D. studies, stepping into faculty roles, or diving into […]

In March, three undergraduate students got their first taste of what it’s like to do field research during a daylong field trip to St. Augustine research sites, organized by Ph.D. students Britney Hay and Adam Hymel from the UF Center for Coastal Solutions (CCS). Students Katie Austin, Molly Golding and Abigail Moore dipped their toes into the role of CCS interns for a day, learning the basics of field […]