On behalf of our faculty and staff, it is my pleasure to showcase throughout this site the extraordinary growth and triumphs our college experienced in 2022. Our college is a leading education and research resource in engineering and computer science in South Florida, dedicated to the success of our exceptional faculty and students.
We strive for academic excellence in a highly diverse and inclusive environment and are committed to top research and transformational innovation. We are a college of 8,500 engineering and computer science students, with more than 1,200 master's and Ph.D. students. In lockstep with Miami’s unprecedented growth as a tech mecca, our college continues to experience growth in enrollment year after year.
We award more engineering and computing degrees to Hispanics than any other school in the nation. Our students engage in impactful research and industry collaborations at the epicenter of technologies that drive innovation in information sciences and cybersecurity, bioinformatics and biodevices, infrastructure and resilience and renewable energy, just to name a few. Upon graduation, our students are securing rewarding jobs with top global employers such as Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Google, JP Morgan, FPL, Boeing, Microsoft, Apple and Northrop Grumman, to mention a few.
In recent years, our college has more than doubled its research expenditures and the number of patents awarded to faculty surpassed 40 for five consecutive years, helping FIU rank among the top 50 universities for patents worldwide.
In the next decade, engineering and tech innovations in manufacturing, health, data sciences, artificial intelligence, data sciences and wireless communications will affect our daily lives more than ever. Our college has the momentum to prepare you for contributing towards these rapidly evolving areas.
Our top priority is to produce a dynamic and sustainable workforce of highly-skilled engineering professionals prepared to make impactful contributions to the industries of today and tomorrow.
Regards,
Dean, College of Engineering and Computing
Professor, Electrical & Computing Engineering Department
USNC-URSI Comm B Chair
Dean's Leadership Council
Adrian Gonzalez ’17
President & Owner
A&P Air Conditioning
Chad Moss ’94
Chief Executive Officer
MFO Worldwide
Executive Vice President
Moss & Associates
Sebastian Fajardo ’13, MSEM ‘14
Engineering Manager
Southern Gear & Machine, Inc.
Darlene Fernandez ’06
Executive Director
Miami-Dade Expressway Authority
Michael Jarro MBA ’01
Vice President Distribution Operations
Florida Power & Light Company
Robert T. Carballo ’86
Vice President of Infrastructure Major Projects Sector Leader
Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
Hal Delgado ’85, MSEM ‘01
President
MedQual Consulting
Jenna Emerson
Public Affairs Manager
CEMEX
Chris Drumgoole
Chief Operating Officer
DXC Technology
Oscar Morejon ’13
President & Founder
John Bell Construction, Inc.
Adrian Peña ’03
Senior Associate Vice President
RPJ, Inc Consulting Engineers
Christa Petros
Vice President of Product Development
Sirius XM Radio
Eddie Siman
Founder & Chief Hurricane Officer
Worldsphere.ai
Danny Sanchez ’05, MS ‘07
Florida Territory Vice President
Motorola Solutions
Claudia Rodriguez ’00
Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder
Tekmovil
Matt Reynolds
Automotive Industry Advisor
Technical Recruiter
Ramesh Sundaresan
Vice President of IT & Divisional CIO
Ryder System, Inc.
Sunil Navale
Vice President of Internal Audit
Northrop Grumman
DLC Member Spotlight
Daniel Sanchez '05, MS '07 is making strides at Motorola Solutions. He graduated from FIU with a master's in computer engineering in 2007 and received his bachelor's in the same field from FIU two years earlier, both times graduating summa cum laude.
Today, Sanchez is vice president for Motorola Solutions' State and Local Government Division in Florida, where he has made impactful contributions that have led to several promotions during his 15-year tenure with the company.
Sanchez started at Motorola as an intern in the summer of 2004 and has progressed through various roles, including software engineering, product management, marketing and business development officer. In his current role, he leads a team of public safety technology consultants who are responsible for more than $300 million in annual business across the state of Florida.
Sanchez gives back to his alma mater by serving as a keynote speaker and through his active role in the college's Dean's Leadership Council.
What I learned at FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing was not industrial engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering or biomedical engineering. I learned how to become a world-class problem solver. I have encountered many problems that need solutions, and that's what engineers are here to do.Daniel Sanchez '05, MS '07
Darlene Fernandez ‘06 is applying her engineering prowess and leadership skills to improve transportation in Miami-Dade County. The Florida Department of Transportation and the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) are combining resources to alleviate chronic traffic near downtown in Miami- Dade County. Fernandez is the executive director of MDX. She is one of the leaders helping to make this project and a multitude of other transportation innovations around Miami-Dade County happen. She was hired as head of MDX in March, making her the first woman to hold the position.
In her role, she is responsible for some of Miami’s greatest arteries of transportation. In addition to the Dolphins Expressway, MDX oversees State Road 112, which connects to Miami International Airport and three other highways in Miami-Dade County.
When Fernandez began classes at FIU, she was a biology major who interned at a local hospital and wanted to work in medicine. After her first year, she decided she wanted to make a change and switched to the College of Engineering and Computing, where she secured an internship at FDOT.
It was the beginning of what has been a decorated career. Over the last 20 years, Fernandez has worked in both the private and public sectors of transportation. She is excited about how MDX’s expressways will innovate as Miami grows. Her team is preparing to adapt highways for not only more cars but also additional buses and other methods of transportation.
Fernandez says that today's students will become important players in the future of engineering as new technologies emerge. She has a piece of advice for them, “Learn a little about everything.”