Driving away with top honors: FIU’s transportation engineers
A healthy obsession with traffic ―and a focus on leadership and professional development ―is what’s behind the success of FIU’s student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (FIU ITE). “With about 10 active student chapters in the district from...
Alumni Spotlight: Meet Natalie Neshama
The College of Engineering & Computing (CEC) is proud of its alumni. Meet alum Natalie Neshama who works at the Pokémon Company International as a Security Governance, Risk, & Compliance Engineer. Name: Natalie Neshama Hometown: Miami, Florida...
Immersion by water: Chance encounter led Arturo Leon to engineering career in hydraulics
When Arturo Leon was in engineering school as a young student in Peru, he envisioned himself designing and building bridges. But a spontaneous trip with a friend who was helping a tiny village build a rudimentary dam, changed everything. Today Arturo Leon, Ph.D., is...
CEC Announces New Director for the School of Biomedical, Materials and Mechanical Engineering
Florida International University’s (FIU) School of Biomedical, Materials and Mechanical Engineering (BMME), housed under the College of Engineering & Computing (CEC), welcomes its new director. Dean John Volakis has announced the appointment of Arvind Agarwal as...
Student Spotlight: Meet Alan George
The College of Engineering & Computing (CEC) is proud of its students’ commitment to research, study, and accomplishments in the classroom and beyond. Meet undergraduate student, Alan George. Name: Alan George Hometown: Plantation, FL Degree/Major: Mechanical...
Engineering student uses data to solve big-picture problems
Today’s world is loaded with information. For someone with the right computer skills, that data can represent tremendous opportunities to help people. College of Engineering and Computing senior Lara Garcia has a passion for using data to solve problems. She is...
FIU Engineering Programs Continue to Rank Among Best in the Nation
FIU is engineering bright futures! Times Higher Education just ranked two FIU engineering programs among the top 50 U.S. public universities in its Worldwide University Rankings by Subject category, with FIU’s Engineering program ranked in the top 40. Among the...
Meet the faculty behind the college’s recent patents
Congratulations to our recent patent holders. Highlights include: Raju Rangaswami, Adnan Maruf, Ashikee Ghosh, Janki Bhimani Machine Learning Based Tiered Memory Systems and Methods To support the rapid growth of data-intensive computing applications, this invention...
At Madden, former FIU UPE leader puts computer skills to action
Every Madden player knows the iconic introduction, “EA Sports, it’s in the game!” But for May Márquez ’20, MS ’21, an EA Sports software engineer, it’s more important what’s not in the game. Márquez is a two-time computer science alumna from the College of Engineering...
Meet the faculty behind the college’s recent research awards
Congratulations to our multidisciplinary teams and awardees. Highlights include: $12.8M Arindam Chowdhury Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering “Mid-scale RI-1 (M1:DP): National Full-Scale Testing Infrastructure for Community Hardening in Extreme Wind,...
Alumnus working for a major international cement and building materials producer shares tips, discusses trends
Ruben Terrazas, Vice President of Integrated Supply Chain at Titan America says non-stop building in Florida has most manufacturers depleted of capacity, but he leans on his experience at FIU to help improve systems and inventory. About 15 years ago, Titan sponsored...
FIU receives $1.69 million to support STEM research and education
Department of Defense grants to support robotics, optical communication, advanced device packaging The FIU College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) has received three awards totaling $1.69 million from the Department of Defense (DoD) to support research, education...