Cox

Robert Cox is a professor and the director of the M.E. Rinker, Sr., School of Construction Management at the University of Florida. He completed his PhD in civil engineering at Virginia Tech. At the Rinker School, he engages with industry partners while supporting faculty, staff, and students in keeping UF as one of the most reputable construction management programs in the country.

He previously served as a senior associate dean for globalization at Purdue University. There he provided leadership for more than a dozen global collaborative partnerships across four continents and was recognized with Purdue’s 2019 Global Vision Award. He has been active in designing, implementing, and monitoring employee development, strategic quality management and continuous improvement programs within construction firms. He has given lectures on effective collaboration, continuous improvement, high performance management techniques, trust building, and globalization strategies throughout the world.

Robert led the development of the Global Partners European Alliance (GPEA), bringing together six university partners from Europe and the United States (four European and two U.S. institutions) to foster increased collaboration in faculty mobility, student exchange, and research.