At one point in time, Grace Uddin felt intimidated by men in the construction field because she assumed they knew exactly what they were doing and she didn’t. Learning how to read plans and specifications was not part of the curriculum when Uddin attended college....
Name: Brandon GarcigaHometown: Miami Lakes, FLWhat is your major? Mechanical Engineering Where did you intern? What did you do there? I am currently interning with Medtronic in Minneapolis, Minnesota. My role is a systems engineer, although I do work a lot with the...
You may have heard of Sophia – the humanoid robot who uses AI and facial recognition to imitate human gestures and facial expressions. She can answer some basic questions and even maintain a simple conversation. What Sophia lacks is the ability to understand social or...
Name: Samantha J. FernandezHometown: Miami, FloridaWhat is your major? Information TechnologyWhat organization have your partnered with to impact our community? I partnered with Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE), the largest student organization for technology at FIU. They...
Research shows natural disasters are on the rise worldwide. The year 2018 was the fourth warmest year on record dating to 1880, according to NASA, and the cost of natural disasters totaled $155 billion, according to The Washington Post. As part of the 2019 South...
On June 21, the College of Engineering and Computing hosted the “Education + Industry: Partnering for the Future of Construction” panel discussion in Washington, D.C., to celebrate a historic gift made by alumnus Chad Moss ’94… Read the entire story in FIU...