FIU offers virtual summer camps
The university's summer camps are going online as the FIU community continues to observe social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out the options below. College of Engineering & Computing ENLACE summer camp Middle schoolers are welcome to join the...
Shekhar Bhansali receives 2020 Sensor Division Outstanding Achievement Award
Congratulations to Shekhar Bhansali for receiving the 2020 Sensor Division Outstanding Achievement Award from the U.S. Electrochemical Society. The Sensor Division Outstanding Achievement Award was created in 1989 to recognize outstanding achievement in research or...
NIH awards FIU $1M to develop machine-learning algorithms to study proteins – important for understanding, treating diseases
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded FIU researchers a $1 million grant to design and develop machine-learning algorithms that allow biologists to make sense of proteomics, or the large-scale study of proteins. The study of proteins is critical for...
FIU construction management brings diversity to growing industry
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...
Researchers receive NSF RAPID award to understand how individuals are socially influenced online during COVID-19
For most people, social media is Instagram selfies, LinkedIn articles and losing yourself in the world of Facebook. For Arif Mohaimin Sadri and M. Hadi Amini, social media means valuable data to analyze the public response to crises like COVID-19. Sadri is an...
Answering the call: Engineering professor fights for equity in STEM during COVID-19
As a graduate of a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), Trina Fletcher is aware of the impact the coronavirus pandemic is having on HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs). Additionally, recent events of racial unrest in America have driven...
Video: Worlds Ahead grad shares her work as a cybersecurity engineer
Alexandria Segovia is an FIU 2019 Worlds Ahead graduate. She is one of FIU’s first graduates of the internet of things bachelor’s degree program. During her education, Segovia gained valuable experience and used skills learned in class toward several projects in a...
Professors receive NSF grant to develop app to mitigate impact of COVID-19
The health care system has been impacted significantly due to the rapidly growing number of COVID-19 cases. A shortage of basic medical supplies, personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical technology has been a major challenge for health care professionals around...
FIU-ENLACE strives to make sure children are being taken care of despite COVID-19 fears
The FIU-ENLACE program, sponsored by The Children’s Trust, has long worked to make a difference in the lives of children living in Miami-Dade County. Through the ENLACE program, FIU, the College of Engineering & Computing and select elementary schools in West Dade...
ROTC at FIU: Where Panthers become leaders in the Army
There is a lot that FIU students can accomplish while earning their degrees remotely. In fact, several of them just became officers in the U.S. Army. On May 8, 18 recent university graduates who received military leadership training at FIU were inducted into the Army...
Researchers awarded new patent to improve lives of Lymphedema patients
Medical issues such as lymphedema, edema and lymphatic obstruction are painful and difficult to diagnose. These diseases consist of fluid build-up and occlusion, or blockage, of blood flow, usually in an appendage such as an arm or a leg. Often caused by cancer...
Mechanical engineering student exemplifies the power and perseverance of women in STEM
Growing up as a woman interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), Patricia Garcia, a mechanical engineering major in the College of Engineering & Computing, faced the same question that all women on a similar path have to face. Is the...