FIU opens doors for women in construction safety

FIU opens doors for women in construction safety

Enmaily has been focused on engineering since 6th grade. She was the president of the engineering club at her high school, TERRA Environmental Research Institute. She came into FIU primarily interested in coding and robotics, but It was FIU orientation that led her to...

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FIU scientist named Florida Heart Researcher of the Year

FIU scientist named Florida Heart Researcher of the Year

FIU researcher Hooi Hooi Ng has been named the 2021 "Stop Heart Disease" Florida Heart Researcher of the Year by the Heart Research Foundation. The $50K award was presented at the annual meeting of the Florida Chapter of the American College of Cardiology in Orlando....

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FIU climbs 17 spots in U.S. News rankings

FIU climbs 17 spots in U.S. News rankings

The FIU and South Florida communities on Monday celebrated the university’s rapid explosion on the national stage. In a year that more than any other has garnered wide recognition, unprecedented exposure and heightened prestige for the less-than-50-year-old urban...

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FIU ranks first among Florida public universities

FIU ranks first among Florida public universities

FIU has earned the highest score among public universities in the state according to the Florida Board of Governors performance-based funding scores announced today. In Florida, state universities are evaluated on key metrics including four-year graduation rate,...

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FIU breaks ground on $48M engineering complex

FIU breaks ground on $48M engineering complex

FIU is expanding its College of Engineering and Computing with a 125,000 square-foot, six-story building that will house makerspace labs, active learning classrooms and research laboratories at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. On Thursday, the university held a...

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Environmental engineering grad transforms former landfills

Environmental engineering grad transforms former landfills

A native of India, Somshekhar (Som) Kundral witnessed industrial waste turning lakes in his hometown toxic. It was then that he decided to transition from a civil engineer to an environmental engineer. Today, Kundral is an integral part of the design, construction and...

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