COVID-19 has reshaped our daily lives. With social distancing guidelines and stay-at-home orders, many people have transitioned from in-store shopping to online shopping, from face-to-face interactions to Zoom meetings, and from commuting to working from home. Xia...
Name: Andrea Peña Yuja Hometown: Miami, Florida What is your major? Construction management Where did you intern? What was your role there? I completed my internship at Juneau Construction Company. I worked in the Preconstruction and Operations departments. How did...
As someone who struggled with mathematics in high school, Denisse Aranda never imagined she’d pursue a career in mechanical engineering. Graduating from high school at 17, Aranda wanted to spend her days following one of her many passions—dancing. But after taking an...
The Center for Diversity and Student Success in Engineering and Computing (CD-SSEC) launched its inaugural student research cohort this spring with 12 students from six different majors and eight faculty mentors. The mission of OURS (Opportunities for Undergraduate...
In this series, recent grads share their journey to landing that first job out of college. After years of studying and working toward a degree, these Panthers’ hard work paid off. Now they’re paying it forward by letting you know how they did it. Name: Cesia Bulnes...
More than 90 percent of those in construction management are male, but FIU is working to change that. When the FIU construction management program began, more than 46 years ago, few, if any, women enrolled in the program or could see themselves working in a...