About DCP Research Symposium
Research is critical to what we do at the College of Design, Construction and Planning (DCP). Here DCP faculty and students lead research, commensurate with the University of Florida’s standing as a top five public university. The reach of the College is impressive: Research in play crosses allied design, construction and planning fields and intersects a range of other disciplines. Discover exciting scholarship at all levels, from student to faculty, and learn how DCP impacts Florida and the world firsthand.
The symposium also delves into research connected with artificial intelligence (AI), a strategic priority leading the next decade of growth for the University. Toward this end, UF is integrating AI across the campus through key industry partnerships and the deep recruiting of faculty with AI expertise. This initiative also enriches our college-wide research. The role of emerging technologies in our work and its broader global impacts undoubtedly will spark lively exchanges at the symposium’s future vision session.
Indeed, at this year’s DCP Symposium, discover a spectrum of genuinely transformative research. Join us virtually for lightning rounds, panels, presentations, and discussions. Join us in person for the keynote presentation (also available live stream) and reception in The John and Anne Sofarelli Family Gallery. We invite you to partake in one or all the following sessions:
Learn about the exciting scholarship from some of the newest members of the DCP faculty
Discover the cutting-edge AI-driven research occurring college-wide
Hear about the latest initiatives and impact from the DCP Research Centers
Imagine the future . . . Why does scholarship in the design, construction, and planning disciplines matter to people and places? And how does our research shape the future?
View Student Research Posters + Hear About Their Work
Research Foci across DCP – Opportunities for Student Research Engagement
Agenda
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26th
1PM – 5:30PM
1:00 PM
Welcome
Dean Chimay Anumba, College of Design, Construction and Planning
Margaret Portillo, Associate Dean of Research and Strategic Initiatives
New Voices Lightning Round
Jiayang Li
Stathis Yeros
Shenhao Wang
Nikola Marinčić
AI + DCP Lightning Round
Karla Saldaña Ochoa
Hassan Azad
Chaofeng Wang
Eva Agapaki
Emre Tepe
Lisa Platt
Refresh + Refill
2:00 PM
Here to There: Research Impacting Florida + Beyond
Center for Landscape Conservation Planning
Thomas Hoctor + Michael Volk
Center for Health and the Built Environment
Ruth Steiner
Center for Hydro-Generated Urbanism
Nancy Clark
Q + A
International Center for Adaptation Planning and Design
Zhong-Ren Peng
Center for Advanced Construction Information Modeling
Raymond Issa
GeoPlan – Geo-Facilities Planning and Information Research Center
Alexis Thomas
Shimberg Center for Housing Studies
Anne Ray
Q + A
Center for World Heritage Research and Stewardship
Cleary Larkin
Center for International Design and Planning
Abhinav Alakshendra
The Powell Center for Construction and Environment
Maryam Kouhirostami
Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience
Jeffrey Carney
Q + A
Refresh + Refill
4:00 PM
Future Visioning: Design/Construction/Planning Research on the Edge
Robert Cox + Masoud Gheisari
Roberto Rengel + Sheila Bosch
Lingqian Hu + Yan Wang
Jules Bruck + Yi Luo
David Rifkind + Bradley Walters
5:30 PM
WRAP
People
New Faculty Voices:
AI + DCP Faculty:
Here to There: Research Impacting Florida + Beyond
Future Visioning: Design/Construction/Planning Research on the Edge

Lingqian Hu
Associate Director of the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning and Professor of Urban and Regional Planning

Jules Bruck
Director of the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning and Professor of Landscape Architecture