Taking STEM careers out for a spin
Emma Odenweller is ready to be a scientist. Kevin Castillo wants to use his talent for teaching science to inspire youngsters. Ariana Bueno has her sights set on space exploration. Their sparks for STEM were ignited by various experiences made possible by...
Guide to 2019 summer camps – ENLACE
Located at the College of Engineering and Computing, the ENLACE program is for students who are in fifth through seventh grade, attend schools in the West Dade area, have a “B” average and exhibit a high degree of interest in learning and in obtaining a...
A new pathway for tech partnerships with Poland
S.S. Iyengar, chair of the School of Computing & Information Sciences recently visited Poland as part of the Fulbright Specialist Program. The program, part of the U.S. Department of State, provides academics and professionals the opportunity to spend...
Workforce development program bolsters underserved populations, feeds growing construction industry
For Devan Blackman, FIU’s Engineering Center has come to feel like a second home.There’s a 5-foot-by-5-foot wooden “house” there that she and her classmates built and wired for electricity with their bare hands – something she’d never envisioned herself...
Hassan Eldeeb wins IEEE conference award
Hassan H. Eldeeb, electrical and computer engineering doctoral candidate and graduate research assistant at FIU’s Energy Systems Research Laboratory (ESRL), has received two majors awards from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers...
Female engineering graduates break barriers, change lives
The nine graduates of the FIU College of Engineering & Computing were recognized at the Spring 2019 commencement ceremony. Women are successfully entering into the engineering and computer science fields and breaking barriers. Take a look at some of your peers...
Jacob McPherson earns grant funded by NIND for $1.6 million
Congratulations to Jacob McPherson, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, who has received a 5-year R01 funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for $1.6 million! The title of the grant is, “Intraspinal...
Focus on innovation: Taming the wind
A wind engineer looking to safeguard homes and other buildings during violent storms had a powerful thought: What if dangerous gusts could be tamed and at the same time harnessed as usable energy? Professor Arindam Gan Chowdhury teamed up with mechanical...
#FutureIsUs: My volunteer work with FIU’s largest student tech organization
Name: Samantha J. FernandezHometown: Miami, FloridaWhat is your major? Information TechnologyWhat organization have your partnered with to impact our community? I partnered with Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE), the largest student organization for technology at...
Engineering alumna tests autonomous cars in Dubai
Arriving soon at a parking lot near you: self-driving cars. What was once a sci-fi fantasy is now quickly becoming reality. Samaneh Khazraeian Ph.D. ’17, who has a doctorate in transportation engineering from the College of Engineering & Computing, is currently...
Grad student works to protect the nation as a cybersecurity warrior
David Gabay has always wanted to serve his country. A cybersecurity warrior at FIU, Gabay is close to realizing his dream. Gabay, who is pursuing his master’s in computer engineering at FIU, is the recipient of the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service, funded by the...
FIU receives $1M Grant from Department of Energy for Research and Training in Advanced Materials
The FIU Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering is pleased to announce its partnership with the Department of Energy (DOE) as an institution selected for their new initiative known as the “Partnership for Research and Education Consortium in Ceramics and...