NSF funded project helps dozens of engineering students pursue careers in STEM

May 12, 2021 | Breaking Barriers, News, STEM, Student Success, Worlds Ahead

In its fifth year, the NSF-awarded Florida IT Pathways to Success project (Flit-Path) has provided 127 scholarships to FIU students in computer science, information technology and computer engineering. Ninety of these students have graduated and are working in the...

FIU professors awarded Stevens Initiative grant to build virtual reality experience in support of second language acquisition

Apr 14, 2021 | Breaking Barriers, Grant, Innovation, News, STEM, Worlds Ahead

With funding from a $543,439 grant awarded by the Stevens Initiative, FIU researchers will use virtual reality (VR) to create an English-Arabic language learning community: “Virtual Tabadul” (meaning exchange in Arabic). The Tabadul project will gather evidence-based...

Wall of Wind competition inspires high school students to become engineers, tackle real-world problems

Apr 13, 2021 | K-12 Outreach, News, STEM, Worlds Ahead

It was the moment of truth. Students from South Florida high schools anxiously watched Zoom live streams to determine whether their models of flat rooftops would stand up against 70 mph winds at FIU’s NHERI Wall of Wind (WOW) Experimental Facility. Every year, FIU...

University hosts socially distanced celebration announcing new Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences

Feb 25, 2021 | Knight Foundation SCIS, News, STEM, Worlds Ahead

With a flourishing College of Engineering & Computing (CEC), entrepreneurship incubator programs, and a student population predominately hailing from and intending to stay in South Florida, Florida International University has long been a major feeder for the...

Knight Foundation, FIU to accelerate growth of Miami’s tech ecosystem, name School of Computing and Information Sciences

Feb 24, 2021 | Knight Foundation SCIS, News, STEM, Worlds Ahead

Building on South Florida’s momentum around technology and entrepreneurship, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has made a $10 million gift to FIU’s School of Computing and Information Sciences to develop technical talent at scale to meet the demands of...

NASA awards 3 engineering student fellowships to advance space exploration, increase minority STEM opportunities

Aug 18, 2020 | Electrical and Computing Engineering, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, News, School of Biomedical, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, School of Electrical, Computer and Enterprise Engineering, STEM, Student Success

NASA has awarded fellowships to three College of Engineering & Computing (CEC) students in support of their research in advancements of space exploration and increased engagement of minority students in STEM opportunities. FIU is one of a dozen minority-serving...