A healthy obsession with traffic ―and a focus on leadership and professional development ―is what’s behind the success of FIU’s student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (FIU ITE). “With about 10 active student chapters in the district from...
When Arturo Leon was in engineering school as a young student in Peru, he envisioned himself designing and building bridges. But a spontaneous trip with a friend who was helping a tiny village build a rudimentary dam, changed everything. Today Arturo Leon, Ph.D., is...
Congratulations to our multidisciplinary teams and awardees. Highlights include: $12.8M Arindam Chowdhury Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering “Mid-scale RI-1 (M1:DP): National Full-Scale Testing Infrastructure for Community Hardening in Extreme Wind,...
Colleges are defined by the quality and commitment of their faculty, and great colleges are defined by having engaged teachers and scholars who bring new energy, ideas, perspectives, and partnerships to their students, to each other, and to the college. We welcome the...
Congratulations to our stellar faculty, who inspire and transform tomorrow’s engineering and computing professionals. Faculty points of pride 2 Test of Time Awards 3 National Academy of Engineers 8 National Academy of Inventors 24 NSF Career Awardees 37 Fellows...
In a tiny town in Turkey, a young Berrin Tansel spent much of her time swimming with her five brothers and sisters in the clear coastal waters. But when they began coming home with black, sticky tar on their feet ― a sign of the arrival of the petroleum industry ―...