Dec 7, 2018 | Biomedical Engineering, Breaking Barriers, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computing and Information Sciences, Construction, Corporate, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Enterprise Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Industry, Innovation, Logistics Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, News, Research, Student Success, Women of CEC
Brian Cuadra is sporting a Microsoft t-shirt and making his way down the aisles at the College of Engineering & Computing’s Senior Design Showcase. It’s easy to mistake him for one of the students, but he’s not. Cuadra is a university recruiter for Microsoft and... 
Nov 28, 2018 | Breaking Barriers, Civil Engineering, Engineering, Internships, News, Student Success
Melody Gonzalez interned for Black and Veatch, Coral Gables office. The consulting firm is responsible for the design for the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department. The company focuses on three business lines – water, power and telecommunications. As part of the water... 
Nov 7, 2018 | Biomedical Engineering, Breaking Barriers, Engineering, Faculty Achievement, Innovation, News, Patents, Research, Women of CEC, Worlds Ahead
The Neural-enabled Prosthetic Hand System (NEPH) developed at Florida International University by Ranu Jung and her Adaptive Neural Systems Laboratory team, restores a sense of touch/grasp force and hand opening by stimulating sensory nerve fibers in the residual limb... 
Sep 11, 2018 | Breaking Barriers, Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, News, Women of CEC
FIU’s Diversity Mentor Professor Initiative is a special program aimed at recruiting multiple excellent STEM faculty with strong research programs to FIU who have a history of and commitment to the mentorship of women and underrepresented minority students in STEM,... 
Aug 8, 2018 | Alumni, Breaking Barriers, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, First Job, Internships, Job Opportunities, News, RF and Microwave, STEM, Student Jobs, Student Success, Women of CEC
Karina Quintana earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering with a concentration in communication systems from FIU’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Karina’s first job after graduation was a flight test engineering... 
Jul 6, 2018 | Breaking Barriers, Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, News, Student Success, Women of CEC
Rossana Zotti always had her eyes set on becoming a doctor, but she changed gears to focus her undergraduate studies on mechanical engineering to give her an edge as a physician. Medicine has been a constant in Zotti’s life. While pregnant with her in Paraguay,... 