FIU receives grant to help increase representation in undergraduate computing
FIU has received a “Best Practice,” $625,000 grant from the Center for Inclusive Computing at Northeastern University to support the implementation of evidence-based approaches that quickly and significantly increase the representation of women in undergraduate...
Six CEC Faculty Receive FIU Top Scholar Award
President Mark B. Rosenberg and Provost Kenneth G. Furton are honoring six of our faculty members as 2021 Top Scholars for excelling in research, creative work, publications, and other areas. CEC award recipients and categories are: Shekhar Bansali Research and/or...
FIU graduates celebrate real triumphs at first in-person commencement since pandemic began
This weekend, thousands of FIU students will celebrate the first in-person commencement ceremonies since the COVID-19 pandemic began. These graduates include some who have used what they learned in the classrooms to make a difference during the pandemic. “This year’s...
Ranu Jung Receives Honorary Doctorate from Aalborg University, Denmark
Congratulations to Ranu Jung, professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Wallace H. Coulter Eminent Scholar Chair in Biomedical Engineering, for being awarded an honorary doctorate from Aalborg University in Denmark (AAU). Jung brings new and...
Panthers earn prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships, enter exclusive group of scholars
Research is a crucial component of education. And it’s one for which FIU students are garnering national attention. Both graduate and undergraduate students immerse themselves at FIU labs or participate in faculty-led research. Likewise, faculty and staff actively...
Engineering doctoral student receives prestigious national fellowship
Melany Gutierrez Hernandez, a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in the College of Engineering & Computing Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was recently selected as a 2021 GEM Fellow. The National GEM Consortium is an organization...
SpectraFlex center to define the future of wireless
Wireless technology is racing toward ubiquity. Innovative new commercial, scientific and military applications are emerging at an almost unimaginable rate. “There are thousands of new satellites going into orbit, autonomous vehicles are becoming a reality and we all...
FIU professors awarded Stevens Initiative grant to build virtual reality experience in support of second language acquisition
With funding from a $543,439 grant awarded by the Stevens Initiative, FIU researchers will use virtual reality (VR) to create an English-Arabic language learning community: “Virtual Tabadul” (meaning exchange in Arabic). The Tabadul project will gather evidence-based...
Wall of Wind competition inspires high school students to become engineers, tackle real-world problems
It was the moment of truth. Students from South Florida high schools anxiously watched Zoom live streams to determine whether their models of flat rooftops would stand up against 70 mph winds at FIU’s NHERI Wall of Wind (WOW) Experimental Facility. Every year, FIU...
FIU Engineering Students Awarded Prestigious NSF Research Fellowships
Three FIU engineering graduate students are recipients of the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships (NSFGRF), a distinction shared by numerous Nobel Prize winners, government and public policy leaders, and private industry trailblazers,...
Inaugural LatinX BME Symposium a chance to spotlight growing science community
For attendees and presenters alike, the first ever LatinX Biomedical Engineering (BME) Symposium was a welcome forum to share science, build community, and discuss issues specific to the LatinX experience in BME. Presented by LatinXinBME and FIU’s Department of...
Trimble and FIU establish Trimble Technology Lab at the Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability
Building on a commitment to cultivate a highly-trained workforce that will drive the innovative solutions of tomorrow, Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and Florida International University (FIU) are collaborating to establish a state-of-the-art Technology Lab in FIU’s Moss...