Professor Honored by National Academy of Inventors
FIU professor of biomedical engineering Shuliang Jiao, whose research and technological innovations are helping prevent and cure blindness, has been named to the inaugural class of National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Senior Members. Read more at FIU...
FIU among the nation’s top research universities
FIU has been recognized as an institution with “highest research activity,” or R1 category, since 2015. This classification represents the highest level of research activity for doctorate-granting universities in the U.S. In the new Carnegie review, less than 3 percent of universities, from a total of 4,665 were classified as R1.
FIU is Producing Patents Like Never Before
FIU has grown its patent production by 650 percent seemingly overnight. In the years 2014 and 2015, university researchers earned a total of eight patents. In 2016 and 2017, the two-year total catapulted to 60 patents. The university’s rapid turnaround began five...
FIU Engineers Become Entrepreneurs
Laura Coronado, a recent FIU computer engineering graduate, dreams of someday opening her own engineering business with her siblings. When Coronado was choosing classes for her last semester as an undergrad, she came across an engineering entrepreneurship course that taught her that consumers are the key to the next big invention.
Professor Sakhrat Khizroev Receives 450K Grant from the Air Force
Through a $450,000 grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) awarded to FIU, Professor Sakhrat Khizroev, an expert in electrical engineering, computer engineering and physics, is creating an energy-efficient computer using spintronics technology to create extremely fast computers.
FIU School of Construction Officially Renamed
In recognition of a landmark contribution to FIU, the College of Engineering & Computing’s school of construction has been renamed in honor of alumnus Chad Moss ’94.
2018 Torch Awards Gala Showcases the Best and Brightest
The 2018 Torch Awards Gala Showcases the Best and Brightest. It attracted a record-breaking 1,000 attendees to make it the largest in FIU history.
FIU Electrical Engineering Alumnus Rene Formoso Works at Nasa
Rene Formoso graduated from FIU with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 2004 and has since worked at NASA.
2018 Senior Design Showcase Attracts Talent Recruiters
Brian Cuadra is sporting a Microsoft t-shirt and making his way down the aisles at the College of Engineering & Computing’s Senior Design Showcase looking for fresh talent.
Daniel Enrique Martinez’s Internship at Michigan State University
Daniel Enrique Martinez is pursuing a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. He interned at Michigan State University in their Summer Research Opportunities Program. The program focused on preparing students for graduate school.
Chenzhong Li Named AIMBE Biological Engineering Fellow
Chenzhong Li has been elected to be a Fellow of the America Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). The competition is fierce -less than 2% of the world’s biomedical engineers are elected- and election process includes academics and industry leadership around the world.
Announcing 2018 AAAS Fellow – FIU’s Shekhar Bhansali
AAAS has named Shekhar Bhansali, Alcatel-Lucent professor and chair of FIU’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, a fellow of AAAS for his significant contributions to microfluidics, care sensors and wearable sensors, and to the enhancement of underrepresented minority college students.