College of Engineering & Computing’s first-ever Senior Design Project Showcase
The event, held at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center, brought together more than 500 engineering seniors to show their problem-solving skills. In order to graduate, COE students break into teams, identify a problem in their discipline and come up with a solution that...
FIU is awarded $4.8 million by Air Force to establish a center for origami antennas
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded FIU a $4.8 million grant to launch the Center for Physically Reconfigurable and Deployable Multifunctional Antennas. The center will be led and directed by researcher Stavros Georgakopoulos, associate professor...
John Gibson is the First Graduate of FIU’s Bridge to the Doctorate Program
At a young age, John Gibson loved breaking things apart and putting them back together. In a computer class he took during high school, Gibson, with permission from his teacher, would dismantle computers and learn how to put them back to their original state. Read...
A Message from President Rosenberg
President Mark B. Rosenberg sent the following message to the university community.
FIU Assistant Professor Mark Finlayson receives NSF CAREER award
Mark A. Finlayson has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award to develop new artificial intelligence techniques to automatically uncover and confirm the fundamental structures underlying narrative. Read more in Computing and Information...
FIU Professor Chenzhong Li selected as Program Director at NSF
The National Science Foundation (NSF) selected FIU Professor Chenzhong Li to be a program director in its Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET) Division of its Engineering Directorate. Read more in FIU news.
Daniella Bernal’s Job at SpaceX
Daniella Bernal, a Worlds Ahead grad, became an FIU student at just 16 years old and set her sights on a job that brought man to space. Today, she works on the Falcon 9 for SpaceX. Check out the videos below:
Randy Matos’ Internship at Intel
Randy got an Intel internship through the GEM Fellowship, offered by The National GEM Consortium, which he was awarded January 2017. GEM works with industry sponsors to match students with companies they like or have skills that align with what that company does. With...
FIU Leaders went to D.C. to advocate for Higher Education Funding
As the Trump Administration released its federal budget proposal and the Higher Education Act is considered, FIU students and leaders were on the scene to advocate and gain insights during the first Panther Alumni Week in D.C. Read more in FIU news.
MangoHacks Hackathon can Lead to Students Landing Jobs
From improving your rehab to rehabbing your nightlife – these are just some of the problems that about 550 students tried to solve at the recent MangoHacks hosted at FIU’s School of Computing & Information Sciences‘ Tech Station. Read more in FIU news.
FIU Researchers Take Fight Against Cervical Cancer
Jessica Ramella-Roman, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and her team of graduate students developed a cost-effective, hand-held device that uses optical technologies to detect subtle changes in cervical tissue that may indicate early...
Alumnus Carlos Banks Recruits Engineering Talent from FIU
Alumnus Carlos Banks ’11, MS ’13 is on a mission to keep FIU engineering talent in Miami. Carlos is the engineering and quality manager at Vossen Wheels, a local manufacturer of luxury wheels and authorized dealer of custom rims. He began working at Vossen, located in...