{"id":26521,"date":"2025-07-16T14:27:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T18:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/rinker\/?page_id=26521"},"modified":"2025-07-23T11:33:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:33:48","slug":"research-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/rinker\/research-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Research News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Research News @ Rinker School<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Here, we highlight the latest accomplishments and milestones of our faculty and graduate students. It features updates on externally funded research awards received by our faculty, showcasing the breadth and impact of their contributions to advancing knowledge in construction management and the built environment. This page also serves as a space for announcing upcoming PhD and master\u2019s thesis defenses, celebrating the achievements of our graduate students and inviting the academic community and public to engage with their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t

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Please join us for Dean Mucaj\u2019s MSc\u00a0Defense titled \u201cEvaluating Robot Mobility Strategies for Wireless Network Systems on Construction Sites\u201d at 12:30 PM\u00a0on Friday, October 16, in RNK303.\u200b<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Please join us for Richard Fagan\u2019s MSc\u00a0Defense titled \u201cAssessing the Temporal Dynamics of Government Participation and Their Influence on the Effectiveness of Net-Zero Building Roadmaps \u201d at 11:30 AM\u00a0on Monday, October 19, in RNK303.\u200b<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Please join us for Erfan Moayyed’s PhD Defense titled \u201cLarge Language Models for Automated Smart Contract Generation in Construction: A Performance-Driven, Human-in-the-Loop Governance Framework\u201d at 3:00 PM\u00a0on Monday, October 12, in RNK140.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Please join us for Heril Jain\u2019s MSc\u00a0Defense titled \u201cMapping Construction Hazards to Robotic Solutions\u201d at 10:30 AM\u00a0on Monday, October 19, in RNK304A.\u200b<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Please join us for Jianhao Gao’s PhD Defense titled \u201cA One-Parameter Gradient Enhancement Method for Damage-Plasticity Constitutive Models\u201d at 1:00 PM\u00a0on Thursday, October 15, in RNK303.\u200b<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Please join us for Maria Eduarda Guerra de Carvalho\u2019s MSc\u00a0Defense titled \u201cCausal Configurations of Cost-Schedule Performance: Interplay of Procurement, Context, and Capital\u201d at 8:30 AM\u00a0on Thursday, October 15, in RNK303.\u200b<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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