Melody Gonzalez’s internship as a water engineer at Black and Veatch
Melody Gonzalez interned for Black and Veatch, Coral Gables office. The consulting firm is responsible for the design for the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department.
DOE fellowship connects student to her family’s past
In 1952, a young Italian couple set voyage to Argentina in a cramped ship to flee the devastation of World War II. Sixty-four years later, Silvina Di Pietro is working on a project to remediate problems caused by the very same war her grandparents fled.
Pinecrest Police, FIU Professor, and Students Create Virtual Roll Call
Pinecrest Police Department Chief Samuel Ceballos wanted to bring policing into the 21 century. With the help of FIU’s Dr. Masoud Sadjadi and his students, they created a virtual roll call so officers could skip the briefing and do roll call from their patrol cars....
NSF Awards FIU $450,000 for Brain Research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded FIU $450,000 to research wirelessly controlled nanotransducers that repair the neural circuitry in the brain. The cross-disciplinary research is led by Sakhrat Khizroev, a professor at the College of Engineering &...
Neural-enabled Prosthetic Hand System Created by FIU’s Dr. Ranu Jung
The Neural-enabled Prosthetic Hand System (NEPH) developed at Florida International University by Ranu Jung and her Adaptive Neural Systems Laboratory team, restores a sense of touch/grasp force and hand opening by stimulating sensory nerve fibers in the residual limb with fine wires implanted inside nerves.
Roberto Andiarena Vazquez’s Internship at Department of Defense
Roberto interned for the United States Department of Defense (DoD) Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I was a program manager for software and cybersecurity projects. He obtained my internship through the BEYA STEM Conference, which took place in Washington, D.C.
Rankings for Bachelor’s Degrees in Information Technology and Computer Science
Florida International University ranked 13th for Bachelor’s Degrees in Information Technology and 4th for Bachelor’s Degrees in Computer Science.
FIU’s Cybersecurity Research and Education
One of the university’s new initiatives is Cybersecurity@FIU. Recently designated as an Emerging Preeminent Program, it is designed to harness the institution’s research capabilities, while also creating a platform for partnerships across the university. At the top of cybersecurity trends is the College of Engineering and Computing
FIU Alumnus, Giovanni Giannola, Creates Internet of Things Startup
Giovanni Giannola, a graduate of FIU’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , is now the owner of his very own start-up company called Globalesm, Inc. Giannola and his family migrated to Miami in 2009 where he completed his high school studies.
Virtual Roll Call Senior Design Project Receives Award
The senior design project called “Virtual Roll Call” has been awarded the 2018 IACP/Security Industry Association Michael Shanahan Leadership in Public/Private Cooperation Award.
Kerlin Michel’s Internship at Amazon
Kerlin interned at Amazon as a software engineer in their Amazon Web Services (AWS) division and worked on the AppSync Service. He got the internship by applying through the company website just like anyone else and going through the interview process!
Antonio Rubio’s Internship at Northrop Grumman
Antonio Rubio is an electrical engineering major. This summer, he did an internship at Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) in Ogden, Utah. His position title was electrical engineering intern. While there, he worked on the MEDL (Master Engineering Data List) Team in support of the Minuteman III missile system.