2018 Faculty & Staff Awards
Congratulations to the 2018 Faculty & Staff Awards Winners By Nicole Hoyle. Day after day, our faculty and staff work tirelessly to ensure the success of our college. Each year, we take a moment to acknowledge their dedication; from the long days teaching to the long work nights to make sure everything gets done, our faculty and staff are second to none.
Jose Fernando Rojas-Sanchez’s Internship at Audi
Jose Fernando Rojas-Sanchez interned at Audi AG (Lightweight Center) in Neckarsulm, Germany. He developed a method to measure and simulate the properties of carbon fiber at high-testing speeds, which helps design car structures that are lighter yet safe in case of a crash.
FIU Launches Transforming Antennas Center
The Transforming Antennas Center (TAC) was recently launched thanks to a $4.8 million grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). TAC was the vision of Stavros Georgakopoulos, a professor at FIU’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Manuel Losada’s Internship at Savannah River National Laboratory
Manuel Losada interned at the Savannah River National Laboratory. He is an electrical engineering undergraduate student at FIU’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Manuel got his internship by applying to the Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program.
FIU Partners with IIMA to Play Key Role in India’s Energy Evolution
As part of India’s Smart Grids Innovation Challenge, FIU, in partnership with the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) has been awarded a $400,000 grant for two years to develop algorithms and software-driven infrastructure to help develop India’s peer-to-peer energy transferring platform.
FIU ShellHacks 2018
Shell Hacks, the FIU School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS), Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) and Microsoft cosponsored the 2018 fall hackathon which took the University by storm on Friday, September 14, 2018.
Jose Gracia – A 92-year old Engineering Instructor
Jose Gracia teaches high school students about electrical wiring, electrical tools and how they work.
FIU Launches Diversity Mentor Professor Initiative in STEM
FIU’s Diversity Mentor Professor Initiative is a special program aimed at recruiting multiple excellent STEM faculty with strong research programs to FIU who have a history of and commitment to the mentorship of women and underrepresented minority students in STEM.
Yairen Sotolongo-Gabeiras’s Internship at U.S Army Corps of Engineers
Yairen Sotolongo-Gabeiras is interning at the U.S Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory in Vicksburg, Mississippi as a summer Research Intern.
Amanda Cano’s Internship at Fiat Chrysler
Amanda Cano interned at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) as a supplier quality engineer (SQE) intern. She was placed in the seats and seat structures commodity, the most complex interior part.
Mark Weiss – 2018 Recipient of IEEE Education Society William E. Sayle Award
Mark Weiss, Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Computing and Interim Director of SUCCEED, has been named the 2018 recipient of the prestigious IEEE Education Society William E. Sayle Award for "contributions to the advancement of Computer Science...
FIU Intern Publishes Cybersecurity Research Paper
Anurag Akkiraju — a recent high school graduate and intern in FIU’s Cyber-Physical Systems Security Lab — had his first paper on cybersecurity published. In October 2017, his paper titled “Cybergrenade: Automated Exploitation of Local Network Machines via Single Board...