Mar 18, 2020 | Breaking Barriers, Civil Engineering, Engineering, News, Women of CEC, Worlds Ahead
Armana S. Huq, a doctoral student in civil and transportation engineering at FIU and assistant professor at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), knows what it’s like to be a woman in the male-dominated field of engineering. According to the...
Feb 17, 2020 | Alumni, Breaking Barriers, Computer Engineering, Computing and Information Sciences, Engineering, News
With online learning growing in universities across the nation, most myths have been dispelled, but some remain. Several of Florida International University’s online alumni discuss what they feel are the biggest misconceptions regarding online degree programs and...
Feb 14, 2020 | Alumni, Breaking Barriers, Engineering, News, Student Success, Worlds Ahead
Little did Estrella Viniachi and Eloy Perez know that their educational paths would lead to love. The pair met at a Miami Dade College international club at the start of their educational journey. They later transferred to FIU for their undergraduate degrees. Both...
Feb 11, 2020 | Breaking Barriers, Engineering, Faculty Achievement, News, Staff Achivements, STEM
MIAMI (Feb. 10, 2020) – Florida International University is among the 21 U.S. doctoral institutions that produced the most Fulbright U.S. Scholars in 2019-2020, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced Monday. Six scholars...
Feb 11, 2020 | Breaking Barriers, Engineering, Events, Future, K-12 Outreach, News, STEM, Student Success
“What we hope to take away from today is to win!” said Marcos Santa-Cruz, a middle school student from St. Hugh Catholic School. His takeaway came true as his team took first place at South Florida’s Future City Competition, which was hosted by FIU’s College of...
Jan 14, 2020 | Breaking Barriers, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Innovation, News, Patents, Research, RF and Microwave, STEM
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) has awarded FIU a $4.2 million grant to research vacuum nanoelectronics and generate a new technology called Nanoscale Vacuum Field Effect (VFETs). VFETs will help improve radar signal quality and...
