Funding & Research Grants

  • 2024 - 2026

    Information Technology University of Florida. The Technology Fee Grant. Funding to create a Graduate AI Certificate at the School of Architecture.

    Principal Investigator. $59,176

  • 2023 - 2026

    VP for Research and Provost Office. From BIM to DT. Funding for three PhD students to work developing DT protocols for UF buildings.

    Principal Investigator. $447,000

  • 2023-2024

    AI2 Center at University of Florida, Florida Climate Center, City Lab Orlando, SoA and DCP at University of Florida. Conference Playing Models.

    Principal Investigator. $17,800

  • 2023-2024

    International Center University of Florida. Collaborative Faculty Team Projects. Developing a conference on Resilience in the Built environment towards toward SDG Sustainable Cities.

    Principal Investigator. $12,000

  • 2022 - 2024

    National Academies of Science (NAS), GulfSouth. Developing An Interdisciplinary Design Studio Course: Investigating Complex Challenges in the Gulf of Mexico.

    Co-Principal Investigator. $500,000

  • 2022 - 2023

    College of Education, University of Florida. HDOSE Seed Grant. Using Artificial Intelligence Methods to Create a Built Environment Vulnerability Classifier using Satellite and Street view images near College Campuses that Experienced Natural Disasters.

    Co-Principal Investigator. $12,500

  • 2022 - 2023

    Center of European Studies, University of Florida. European Studies Working Group Conference Grant. European and American perspectives on Technology and Culture in the Built Environment.

    Principal Investigator. $5,000

  • 2022 - 2023

    The Informatics Institute, University of Florida. UFII Seed Grant. From Text to Structural Forms.

    Principal Investigator. $30,000

  • 2022 - 2023

    The Informatics Institute, University of Florida. UFII Seed Grant. A comparison between AI decision making versus Human-AI collaborations in high-risk settings.

    Co-Principal Investigator. $21,000

Job Description

We are not looking for any position, but if you are interested in working with us. Please write us an email.

 
 
 

Are you interested in joining the SHARE Lab or contributing to our work? We are a collaborative, multidisciplinary team looking for enthusiastic members who share our research objective. Our research is tailored towards technology-oriented architects and engineers. If these criteria are descriptors of your design workflow we believe you will be a good fit for our research lab.

 
 

UF Students

We sometimes post specific positions on this page, but we also accept students for projects that are not currently published. If you would like to work with us but don't see a specific position open, check out our current projects and write to Professor Saldana Ochoa with a brief statement about your background, the projects you are particularly interested in, and how your attributes may assist our research.

 

Graduate Students

Prospective graduate students interested in joining the group should apply to one of several UF degree programs. Within the School of Architecture, students can apply for the degrees of M.Arch, M.S.A.S, or the SOA Ph.D. in the College of Design, Construction, and Planning depending on their background and interests. Our cohort also includes cross-disciplinary students from other colleges like the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering with a concentration in Computer Science and Civil Engineering or the M.E. Rinker School of Construction management. If you are interested in applying, please feel free to reach out to Professor Saldana Ochoa to discuss which program(s) may be the best fit for you.

 

Visitors

Apart from UF undergraduate and graduate students, we also have a reduced number of visiting researchers, generally graduate students from other universities funded through external programs. If you are interested in coming, please get in touch with Professor Saldana Ochoa with details about your background, the Program you would be visiting, and why you are interested in joining the group.

 

Collaborators

We are always interested in possible collaborations with other research groups, especially those with thematic overlap and complementary expertise. Please let us know if we are a good fit for one of your projects or if you would like to contribute to one of ours.

 

SHARE Lab can be reached by email through Professor Saldana Ochoa at ksaldanaochoa@ufl.edu. Administrative inquiries can also be directed to Cameron Jacques Admissions Officer 1, Upper-division and Graduate Advisor, at phone: 352-294-1460, email: cjacques1@ufl.edu, office: ARCH 231D.