BlackboardFlorida's Professional Engineers Board Reaches Full Capacity
Board Members
On March 27, 2012, two more appointments and one re-appointment were made by Governor Rick Scott to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers. These latest appointments fill the remaining two seats on the Board since the appointment of members William Bracken, P.E., Anthony Fiorillo, P.E., and Kenneth Todd, P.E. made on January 30, 2012. We congratulate Ms. Nola Garcia on her re-appointment and welcome newest members Dr. Michelle Rambo-Roddenberry, Ph.D., P.E. and Richard C. Wohlfarth, P.E.
Dr. Michelle Rambo-Roddenberry, P.E., is an Assistant Professor at the Florida A&M - Florida State University College of Engineering in Tallahassee, Florida. She received her Bachelor and Master's degrees in Civil Engineering from Florida State University, and her Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech. She has seven years of previous experience as a Bridge Engineer and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Florida. At FAMU-FSU, she has taught "Senior Design Project," an engineering professional issues course, and structural engineering courses, including Concrete Design, Bridge Engineering, and Pre-Stressed Concrete. Her research is primarily in concrete failure behavior and bridge engineering, particularly prestressed concrete bridges, analysis, in-field measurements, and load rating.
Based on Dr. Roddenberry's work with the "Senior Design Project" course, her department is the past winner of the NCEES Engineering Award Grand Prize for the "Connecting Professional Practice with Education." She is an active member of the Florida Engineering Society (FES) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Aside from normal academic service activities such as reviewing technical journals and NSF proposals, she is involved in service to the community and students through her work in K-12 outreach, MathCOUNTS, the regional science fair, advising the FAMU-FSU ASCE-FES Student Chapter, and hosting annual Order of the Engineer Ring Ceremonies for students and engineering professionals. She is also author of several technical journal articles and conference papers.
Dr. Roddenberry fills the Education seat on the Board and her term is approved for March 27, 2012 through October 31, 2013.
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