Engineering students’ seawater battery project wins first at Go Green North America
Lithium is a metal that dominates the battery industry. Lightweight and powerful, lithium-ion batteries are used in laptops, phones, scooters, electric toothbrushes and other consumer electronics. Global lithium mine production nearly quadrupled from 2010 to 2021,...
The Wall of Wind can blow away buildings at Category 5 hurricane strength to help engineers design safer homes – but even that isn’t powerful enough
In an airplane hangar in Miami, engineers are recreating some of the most powerful hurricane winds to ever strike land. These Category 5 winds can shatter a test building in the blink of an eye. Yet the giant fans creating them aren’t powerful enough to keep up with...
Kaseya is Helping to Build Miami’s Tech Workforce
Kaseya is one of the hottest tech companies to work for right now. Headquartered in the exciting city of Miami, which is experiencing a tech renaissance, the company is committed to helping employees — known as Kaseyans – grow on their professional journeys. Through...
Real innovation presented at engineering and computing showcase
More than 400 engineering and computing students, consisting of 135 teams, participated in this spring’s Senior Design Showcase, hosted by the College of Engineering & Computing (CEC) on April 22. The students presented their team-based, senior projects to...
U.S. patent awarded to FIU researchers could be key to treating and preventing cardiovascular disease
A collaboration between researchers at FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (HWCOM) and the College of Engineering & Computing (CEC) has resulted in a U.S. patent that could eventually revolutionize how heart disease is treated ― and prevent disease in those...
World’s largest computing society honors FIU engineering professor with top education award
Mark Allen Weiss, an associate dean of the College of Engineering and Computing and distinguished professor of computer science at FIU, is being honored with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award for advancing the...
FIU receives $1.8 million National Institutes of Health grant to further research in kidney-related cardiovascular disease
Josh Hutcheson, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Florida International University’s College of Engineering & Computing, has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to support his research into a...
FIU receives NSF grant to develop high-frequency communications technologies, train critical workforce
Florida International University’s College of Engineering and Computing has received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for Phase 1 development of the Center for High-Frequency Electronics and Circuits for Communication Systems (CHECCS). The...
Berrin Tansel Receives Turkish Science Academy Award
Congratulations to Berrin Tansel, professor of environmental engineering and undergraduate program director in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, for being elected to the Science Academy (Turkish) for her distinguished contributions in the field of...
12 FIU programs ranked in the top 50 among public universities in the U.S. by QS World University Rankings
Twelve FIU programs were ranked in the top 50 in their category among public universities in the U.S., according to the 2022 QS World University Rankings. FIU’s top 50 public ranked programs included: Hospitality & Leisure Management: FIU ranked No. 8...
Game-changer: FIU class project leads to engineering career at Texas Instruments
Felipe Diaz-Cruz and his classmates shrank a Texas Instrument (TI) system from the size of an older PC to that of a home phone. His work caught the attention of TI recruiters. Not everyone can pinpoint a transformational event in their life. But Felipe Diaz-Cruz is...
JEDI Ambassadors in the College of Engineering & Computing conduct research, work within the community to diversify the field
Watching an interaction between hydrogen peroxide, yeast, water and dish soap, children at the Lester H. White Boys & Girls Club in Fort Lauderdale were awed by the resulting giant foamy reaction. As they created this “elephant toothpaste,” the youngsters learned...