Dec 7, 2018 | Biomedical Engineering, Breaking Barriers, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computing and Information Sciences, Construction, Corporate, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Enterprise Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Industry, Innovation, Logistics Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, News, Research, Student Success, Women of CEC
Brian Cuadra is sporting a Microsoft t-shirt and making his way down the aisles at the College of Engineering & Computing’s Senior Design Showcase. It’s easy to mistake him for one of the students, but he’s not. Cuadra is a university recruiter for Microsoft and... 
Dec 5, 2018 | Engineering, Internships, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, News, Student Jobs, Student Success
Daniel Enrique Martinez is pursuing a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. He interned at Michigan State University in their Summer Research Opportunities Program. The program focused on preparing students for graduate school. Apart from doing research with a faculty... 
Nov 28, 2018 | Breaking Barriers, Civil Engineering, Engineering, Internships, News, Student Success
Melody Gonzalez interned for Black and Veatch, Coral Gables office. The consulting firm is responsible for the design for the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department. The company focuses on three business lines – water, power and telecommunications. As part of the water... 
Nov 26, 2018 | Engineering, Internships, News, Research, STEM, Student Success
In 1952, a young Italian couple set voyage to Argentina in a cramped ship to flee the devastation of World War II. Sixty-four years later, Silvina Di Pietro is working on a project to remediate problems caused by the very same war her grandparents fled. Read more in... 
Nov 21, 2018 | Computer Engineering, Computing and Information Sciences, News, Student Success, Worlds Ahead
Pinecrest Police Department Chief Samuel Ceballos wanted to bring policing into the 21 century. With the help of FIU’s Dr. Masoud Sadjadi and his students, they created a virtual roll call so officers could skip the briefing and do roll call from their patrol cars.... 
Nov 6, 2018 | Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Internships, News, Student Jobs, Student Success
Roberto interned for the United States Department of Defense (DoD) Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I was a program manager for software and cybersecurity projects. He obtained my internship through the BEYA STEM Conference, which took... 