Category Archives: Awards

Million Cool Roofs Challenge: global grand prize

With the University of Pendidikan, Indonesia, our team was awarded the $750,000 global grand prize in the ClimateWorks Foundation’s Million Cool Roofs Challenge, with successive foundation awards continuing through 2027.

Million Cool Roofs Challenge: global grand prize

With the University of Pendidikan, Indonesia, our team was awarded the $750,000 global grand prize in the ClimateWorks Foundation’s Million Cool Roofs Challenge, with successive foundation awards continuing through 2027.

Virtual Zoning Review named UF Innovate Innovation of the Year

The AI-based Virtual Zoning Review system was named UF Innovate “Innovation of the Year,” selected from more than 300 disclosures university-wide. It is now in commercial deployment for automated municipal zoning plan reviews.

Virtual Zoning Review named UF Innovate Innovation of the Year

The AI-based Virtual Zoning Review system was named UF Innovate “Innovation of the Year,” selected from more than 300 disclosures university-wide. It is now in commercial deployment for automated municipal zoning plan reviews.

Early-career honors: Term Professorship, Teacher of the Year, and Excellence Award

Three honors from earlier in my University of Florida career: the University of Florida Term Professorship (2017–2020), recognizing sustained scholarly achievement among tenure-track faculty across ranks; the College of Design, Construction & Planning’s college-wide Teacher of the Year award (2015–2016),

Early-career honors: Term Professorship, Teacher of the Year, and Excellence Award

Three honors from earlier in my University of Florida career: the University of Florida Term Professorship (2017–2020), recognizing sustained scholarly achievement among tenure-track faculty across ranks; the College of Design, Construction & Planning’s college-wide Teacher of the Year award (2015–2016),