16 year old named outstanding electrical engineering student

16 year old named outstanding electrical engineering student

At age 16, Nathan Thomas has completed a stellar undergraduate career. This spring, Thomas graduated with a bachelor’s in electrical engineering and was named Outstanding Undergraduate in Electrical Engineering at FIU for Spring 2021. He will continue his studies at...
Engineering doctoral student receives prestigious national fellowship

Engineering doctoral student receives prestigious national fellowship

Melany Gutierrez Hernandez, a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in the College of Engineering & Computing  Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was recently selected as a 2021 GEM Fellow. The National GEM Consortium is an organization...
Engineers create break-through technology to detect illegal Bitcoin mining on everyday users’ computers

Engineers create break-through technology to detect illegal Bitcoin mining on everyday users’ computers

Cryptocurrencies may be the way of the future. At least, that’s what many are betting on. Entrepreneurs and companies are buying, selling and investing funds in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Some retailers are accepting payments in cryptocurrency already. And, most...
FIU Engineering Team Finishes 5th in National Cybersecurity Competition

Cyberstalkers can hack into HDMI ports – FIU researchers are studying a way to detect these attacks

In this day and age, there’s a feeling that hackers lurk around every corner waiting to take advantage of innocent people — through the internet, your credit card, even your smart home devices. A team of FIU researchers are studying how to prevent individuals...