Jun 24, 2021 | Civil and Environmental Engineering, Community, Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability, News
The partial collapse of a condominium building north of Miami Beach around 1:30 a.m. today led to loss of life and fear among those who live in the vicinity. More than 70 units in the 40-year-old beachfront high-rise in the city of Surfside were reported as being...
Jun 3, 2021 | Biomedical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability, News, School of Biomedical, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Student Success
Three recent College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) graduates—two in civil engineering and the third in biomedical engineering—have received scholarships to pursue their graduate degrees from the Association of Cuban-American Engineers (ACAE) and the...
Jan 29, 2021 | Civil and Environmental Engineering, Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability, News
FIU’s Wall of Wind (WOW), a large-scale hurricane simulator capable of generating 157 mph wind speeds with rain intrusion, received a $5.62 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue as a national “Experimental Facility” under the Natural...
Dec 15, 2020 | Civil and Environmental Engineering, Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability, News, Women of CEC
Every year, the American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists (AAEES) honors an individual who demonstrates leadership, originality and has innovative solutions to current environmental challenges. Berrin Tansel, professor of environmental engineering...
May 19, 2020 | Civil and Environmental Engineering, Innovation, News, Student Success
FIU students earned first place out of 50 teams in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s eighth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge. The competition encourages students from across the country to submit green infrastructure designs and solutions to help address...
May 15, 2020 | Biomedical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, News, Student Success
A multi-disciplinary team of FIU students came together to design a solar photovoltaic, the conversion of light into electricity, and storage system to maximize energy savings for 20 years as part of a new competition by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National...
