May 12, 2021 | Breaking Barriers, News, STEM, Student Success, Worlds Ahead
In its fifth year, the NSF-awarded Florida IT Pathways to Success project (Flit-Path) has provided 127 scholarships to FIU students in computer science, information technology and computer engineering. Ninety of these students have graduated and are working in the...
May 7, 2021 | Breaking Barriers, Electrical and Computing Engineering, News, School of Electrical, Computer and Enterprise Engineering, Student Success, Worlds Ahead
At age 16, Nathan Thomas has completed a stellar undergraduate career. This spring, Thomas graduated with a bachelor’s in electrical engineering and was named Outstanding Undergraduate in Electrical Engineering at FIU for Spring 2021. He will continue his studies at...
Apr 21, 2021 | Breaking Barriers, Fellows, News, Student Success
Research is a crucial component of education. And it’s one for which FIU students are garnering national attention. Both graduate and undergraduate students immerse themselves at FIU labs or participate in faculty-led research. Likewise, faculty and staff actively...
Apr 20, 2021 | Breaking Barriers, Electrical and Computing Engineering, News, School of Electrical, Computer and Enterprise Engineering, Student Success, Women of CEC
Melany Gutierrez Hernandez, a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in the College of Engineering & Computing Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was recently selected as a 2021 GEM Fellow. The National GEM Consortium is an organization...
Apr 14, 2021 | Breaking Barriers, Grant, Innovation, News, STEM, Worlds Ahead
With funding from a $543,439 grant awarded by the Stevens Initiative, FIU researchers will use virtual reality (VR) to create an English-Arabic language learning community: “Virtual Tabadul” (meaning exchange in Arabic). The Tabadul project will gather evidence-based...
Mar 8, 2021 | Breaking Barriers, News, Student Success, Women of CEC
#ChooseToChallenge is the theme of 2021’s International Women’s Day, which is being observed Monday, March 8th. International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to...
