Engineering students win second place at international aircraft design, flying competition
Team FIU reached the height of success, winning second place in mission performance and second overall at the international SAE Aero Design Competition in June. Nineteen teams from across the United States, including Puerto Rico, and from countries like Egypt, India...
Jessica Ramella-Roman elected to the level of Senior Member of the Optical Society of America (OSA)
Congratulations to Jessica Ramella-Roman, director of the Medical Photonics Laboratory and associate professor of biomedical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computing, for being elected to the level of Senior Member of the Optical Society of America...
Computer science senior earns $10,000 scholarship and internship for mentoring peers
A computer whiz at FIU helped turn other students into award winners and earned a $10,000 scholarship and an industry internship in the process. Computer science senior and peer educator Henry Rivas received the scholarship from CodePath and the United Negro College...
FIU engineer explains complexity of investigation into Surfside condo collapse – how changes in local design philosophies, inspection and maintenance practices are likely.
As search and rescue teams from all over the world continue to work around the clock at the site of last week’s deadly collapse of a Surfside condominium, local government officials and investigators remain steadfast in determining what exactly caused the cataclysmic...
Computing students, alumni invigorated by growing attention to tech-talent in Miami
Cities like New York City, San Francisco and Seattle have long been considered the top tech hubs of the nation. Though Miami’s major industries continue to be tourism and finance, the city is emerging as an international tech hub. Talent cultivated locally sees this...
FIU and SoftBank Group partner to inject new talent into South Florida’s tech startup scene
FIU is part of a partnership with SoftBank Group International to prepare students to work with tech startups booming in South Florida. “SoftBank sees Miami as a future technology hub for the world, and that future starts with education,” said Marcelo Claure, CEO of...
Local condo building collapse has community seeking answers
The partial collapse of a condominium building north of Miami Beach around 1:30 a.m. today led to loss of life and fear among those who live in the vicinity. More than 70 units in the 40-year-old beachfront high-rise in the city of Surfside were reported as being...
Shekhar Bhansali elected to 2021 Class of Fellows of the Electrochemical Society
Congratulations to Shekhar Bhansali, FIU’s Alcatel-Lucent and Distinguished Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, for being elected to the 2021 Class of Fellows of the Electrochemical Society. Bhansali joined FIU in 2011 and served both...
Netflix and PBS feature Ranu Jung and her Adaptive Neural Systems Laboratory Team
It is with great Panther Pride that we invite you to watch two recent television broadcasts featuring Ranu Jung, professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Wallace H. Coulter Eminent Scholars Chair in Biomedical Engineering and her...
Arvind Agarwal elevated to Fellow of The American Ceramic Society
It is with great Panther Pride that we wish to congratulate Arvind Agarwal, distinguished university professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, for being elevated to Fellow of The American Ceramic Society (ACerS). Upon the...
Civil and biomedical engineering students receive prestigious Cuban American scholarships to pursue graduate degrees
Three recent College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) graduates—two in civil engineering and the third in biomedical engineering—have received scholarships to pursue their graduate degrees from the Association of Cuban-American Engineers (ACAE) and the...
FIU’s computing and information honor society wins national Continuing Excellence Award
The Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) Chapter at the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences received the UPE National Board’s Continuing Excellence Award alongside the University of California, Berkeley Chapter. The announcement came during the UPE...