Mar 18, 2020 | Breaking Barriers, Civil Engineering, Engineering, News, Women of CEC, Worlds Ahead
Armana S. Huq, a doctoral student in civil and transportation engineering at FIU and assistant professor at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), knows what it’s like to be a woman in the male-dominated field of engineering. According to the... 
Mar 6, 2020 | Engineering, Grant, Mechanical Engineering, News, Women of CEC
Mariana Ontiveros remembers a time when she wanted to leave Miami to attend college. Now, as a mechanical engineering student in her sophomore year, Ontiveros says coming to FIU has been “one of the best things” to happen to her. Mariana Ontiveros (right) at the 2020... 
Feb 4, 2020 | News, Women of CEC
In a field of study generally dominated by men, two successful women in engineering shared stories of their studies to encourage women engineers FIU’s Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and FIU’s Student Programming Council (SPC) hosted the Women In Engineering event at... 
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 | 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,... 