FIU engineers help develop, expand wireless power capabilities
From medical devices to cell phones, we have become dependent on batteries and chargers to keep us functioning. Imagine the day, however, when there is no longer a need for transmission lines, charging cords and manually plugging electric vehicles into an outlet....
FIU Engineering receives $22.9 million from U.S. Army to advance research on high performance additive manufacturing technologies
Florida International University (FIU) has received a five-year, $22.9 million grant from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory to advance additive manufacturing technologies that aid in the repair, design and durability of...
Prestigious NSF grant awarded to FIU engineering professor for ‘smart’ bandages
In the future, a “smart” bandage being developed at FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing could remotely send real-time information directly to physicians to advise them how well a patient’s chronic wound is healing. That’s the hope of the project’s mastermind,...
FIU ranked among top 50 U.S. patent producers in the world
FIU ranks among the top 20 U.S. public universities in the world for the number of U.S. utility patents produced. FIU was awarded 60 patents in 2020, spanning the fields of engineering, computer information sciences, public health, chemistry, medicine, genetics,...
FIU receives $3M Department of Energy grant to train next-generation workforce in power, energy and cybersecurity
Florida International University’s (FIU) College of Engineering and Computing has received a $3 million U.S. Department of Energy three-year grant to lead an initiative to prepare minority students for careers with national security entities. The grant from the...
Construction management professor awarded two grants on worker safety, health training from U.S. Department of Labor
Nipesh Pradhananga – who is an associate professor at the College of Engineering and Computing in the Moss Department of Construction Management – was awarded a total of $360,000 in grants from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Moss Department of Construction Management welcomed more than 40 companies, nearly 200 students at its Fall 2021 Career Expo
The Moss Department of Construction Management hosted its Fall 2021 Career Expo in person Oct. 18 at the FIU ballrooms. The networking event was open to FIU engineering students and alumni. More than 40 companies and nearly 200 students were in attendance. “After...
David Garber receives 2021 Educator of the Year Award from the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
Congratulations to David Garber, associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of workforce development for FIU’s Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center, for being named the 2021 Educator of the...
Construction trades program helps underserved members of the community thrive in the workforce
Leodanys Collazo had reached a dead end, personally and professionally. A suggestion from his wife and avid supporter to look into an FIU program changed everything, opening a career path that landed him a lucrative job in construction safety management. Collazo is a...
FIU grad is committed to engineering bright futures
Local HVAC business owner and FIU alumni, Adrian Gonzalez, becomes the first to make a private donation toward the construction of FIU’s new engineering center A local HVAC business, owned and operated by alumni, is the first to make a private donation toward the...
Biomedical engineering professor receives $2.6M NIH grant to research brain disorders
Nikolaos Tsoukias — who is an associate professor at the College of Engineering and Computing in the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) — has been awarded a five-year, $2.6 million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to research microvascular...
FIU researchers develop ultra-high performance concrete to bolster aging U.S. infrastructure
The middle-of-the-night collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside is spurring a recommitment across South Florida and the world to aging infrastructure. At FIU, Atorod Azizinamini, director of the Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure, and Sustainability,...