Professor earns NSA’s Best Cybersecurity Paper award
“I promise you, this is not a prank call,” Deborah Frincke, who leads the National Security Agency’s (NSA) Research Directorate, told FIU’s School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS) Professor Geoffrey Smith over the phone. Frincke confirmed to Smith that...
The future of tech education
FIU’s new $3 million Tech Station at the Modesto A. Maidique Campus is raising the bar for educational institutions, reflecting the kind of creative workspace that promotes learning and a spirit of innovation. The College of Engineering & Computing made the $3...
Dr. Ranu Jung and the Adaptive Neural Systems Laboratory partner with the Combat Wounded Veterans Foundation
Swimming in a pool or in the ocean is a popular way for people to spend a summer day, a past time many of us take for granted, but not lower limb amputees who struggle to find prostheses that allow them to efficiently swim in the water. Prosthetists Arlene Gillis and...
College reaffirms commitment to diversity in engineering on White House Demo Day
College of Engineering & Computing Interim Dean Ranu Jung joined more than 100 of her colleagues across the country and signed a letter pledging to increase diversity in engineering. Jung made her promise as a signatory of a letter released by the American Society...
Summer program turns teachers into techies
A “summer camp” for local public school teachers had them learning new skills to enhance STEM education in their classrooms. Seventeen middle and high school educators who wanted to boost their knowledge of technology participated in a six-week NSF-funded learning...
SCIS partners with Girls Who Code for summer program
FIU’s School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS) announced a new partnership with Girls Who Code – a national non-profit organization that seeks to inspire, educate and equip girls with computing skills for the 21st century; the school will also be continuing...
FPL and FIU join forces on innovative solar research facility
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and Florida International University (FIU) today announced a new partnership to build a commercial-scale distributed solar power facility that will both generate electricity for FPL’s 4.8 million customers and serve as an innovative research operation.
Engineering alumnus to research heart valves at Harvard Medical School
FIU biomedical engineering alumnus Manuel Salinas ’09, MS ’11, PhD ’14 has joined a team of medical doctors at Harvard Medical School to study the effects of blood flow in the heart.
Breakthrough technology holds potential for treating brain disorders
A Florida International University professor and his team this month published news of a scientific breakthrough that could lead to the noninvasive treatment of Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.
FIU adopts ANSYS engineering simulation solutions campus-wide
Students at Florida International University (FIU) now have access to the full suite of ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS) multiphysics solutions – enabling them to be better prepared for engineering careers by using the same software used by professionals around the world....
Biomedical engineering student earns prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation named FIU biomedical engineering major Elizabeth Gallardo a Goldwater Scholar for the 2015-2016 academic year. The scholarship program is designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to...
Mini-symposium highlights light-based technologies
Using lasers to heal scars caused by third-degree burns or past surgeries. Redesigning microscopes in order to place them inside people for imaging and treatment purposes. Using spectrometers to determine the pH level of the milk that will be sold in supermarkets....