Mar 30, 2020 | Biomedical Engineering, Community, Engineering, Giving, Innovation, News, Worlds Ahead
In response to the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers treating patients during the coronavirus pandemic, Florida International University (FIU) and Baptist Health South Florida are partnering to 3D-print reusable face shields. The first...
Mar 26, 2020 | Computer Engineering, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Internships, News
FIU’s First-Year Experience course, designed to teach students life skills and prepare them for professional success, is providing learners with a new collaboration opportunity in virtual reality. COMMUNITY is a virtual reality-based experience produced in...
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...
Mar 16, 2020 | Alumni, Engineering, First Job, Mechanical Engineering, News, Student Jobs, Student Success
In this series, grads share their journey to landing that first job out of college. After years of studying and working toward a degree, these Panthers’ hard work paid off. Now they’re paying it forward by letting you know how they did it. Name: Marcos A. Rodriguez...
Mar 16, 2020 | Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Faculty Achievement, Future, Innovation, News, Research, RF and Microwave, Staff Achivements
Congratulations to John Volakis, dean of the College of Engineering & Computing, for becoming a URSI Fellow and receiving the 2020 URSI Booker Gold Medal Award for his citation, “Seminal contributions to electromagnetics, including small, ultra-wideband and...
Mar 13, 2020 | Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Faculty Achievement, Future, Innovation, News, Research, Staff Achivements
Researchers in the College of Engineering & Computing have strapped themselves into the driver’s seat and entered the fast-evolving world of electric vehicle batteries. Professor Bilal El-Zahab and his team have a patent pending on a high-density lithium model...
