Jun 30, 2020 | Breaking Barriers, Computer Engineering, News, Worlds Ahead
Collins Vaye recalls the answer his 10th-grade physics teacher gave when Vaye asked the class, “What is engineering?” His teacher responded, “engineering is the application of math and science to solve real-world problems.” The term, solve real-world problems, stuck... 
Jun 9, 2020 | Breaking Barriers, Construction, News, Women of CEC
More than 90 percent of those in construction management are male, but FIU is working to change that. When the FIU construction management program began, more than 46 years ago, few, if any, women enrolled in the program or could see themselves working in a... 
May 20, 2020 | Breaking Barriers, Mechanical Engineering, News, Student Success, Women of CEC
Growing up as a woman interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), Patricia Garcia, a mechanical engineering major in the College of Engineering & Computing, faced the same question that all women on a similar path have to face. Is the... 
May 14, 2020 | Breaking Barriers, Faculty Achievement, Future, News
Working to improve diversity and inclusion on campus is a tall order, especially when the campus is as large as FIU, with over two thousand instructional employees. A new program is being launched to make sure faculty members have easily identifiable point persons to... 
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... 