Jan 17, 2020 | Community, Future, K-12 Outreach, News, STEM
Clouds formed at Modesto A. Maidique Campus last week. But it wasn’t mother nature behind it. The Fort Lauderdale Museum of Discovery and Science mixed hot water and liquid nitrogen together to produce the cloud-like effect as part of FIU’s STEM-Weather Day. The FIU... 
Jan 14, 2020 | Breaking Barriers, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Innovation, News, Patents, Research, RF and Microwave, STEM
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) has awarded FIU a $4.2 million grant to research vacuum nanoelectronics and generate a new technology called Nanoscale Vacuum Field Effect (VFETs). VFETs will help improve radar signal quality and... 
Nov 20, 2019 | Biomedical Engineering, Engineering, Faculty Achievement, News, Research, STEM, Women of CEC, Worlds Ahead
The Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded $6 million to FIU biomedical engineering professor Ranu Jung and her team to expand testing of their pioneering prosthetic hand system – which allows amputees to “feel” again – to military veterans and other amputees. The... 
Nov 13, 2019 | Engineering, Internships, Mechanical Engineering, News, STEM, Student Success
Name: Rodolfo FernandezHometown: Miami, FLWhat is your major? Mechanical engineering Where did you intern? What did you do there? I interned at Boeing Research & Technology in Seattle, Washington. There, I was assigned two positions. The first one was as a process... 
Nov 13, 2019 | Computing and Information Sciences, Engineering, Internships, News, STEM, Student Success, Women of CEC
Name: Shanna SitHometown: Miami, Florida.What is your major? I’m currently an undergraduate student studying computer science. I’m also working toward obtaining a certificate in Japanese through FIU’s Asian Studies Program.Where did you intern? What did you do... 
Nov 4, 2019 | Alumni, Computing and Information Sciences, News, STEM, Student Success, Women of CEC
In order to graduate from the College of Engineering & Computing, seniors design innovative projects to create practical solutions for industry problems through a course called Senior Design Project. For her project, Rachelle Tobkes, now a computer science alumna,... 