Engineering student wins at the #PantherCage
An Argentine exchange student from the College of Engineering and Computing will be receiving $1,000 after presenting the best innovative media business idea at the #PantherCage – a “Shark Tank”-style event hosted by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication on...
Engineering students soar at aerospace competition
Second in the nation and sixth worldwide: that’s how FIU placed at its first remote-controlled plane competition. The group of engineering students travelled to Lakeland, Fla., to compete in Lockheed Martin’s SAE Aero Design East competition against 74 other schools...
Google RISE award aims to boost pass rates on AP computer science exam
Fewer than half of all high school students in Florida who take the Advanced Placement Computer Science exam pass the test. For Florida’s African American students, that number is even smaller. In 2013, 83 African American students took the exam; sixteen passed — only...
Origami research continues to unfold
Georgakopoulos’s origami antennas have evolved out of the pockets of soldiers and into cockpits of shuttles planning to launch in to outer space.
Madrid internship offers a world view of construction industry
Global citizens make the best construction managers. Just ask Julio Cuenca, a December 2014 graduate of FIU’s OHL School of Construction Management who landed a job before the ink was dry on his diploma. “It was great,” he says of working for the firm, which has...
FIU in Space: Electrical engineering students build satellite in historic collaboration
If you teach, taught or parent a student, you know that it can be a challenge to keep students actively engaged in learning. But John Escobar, a parent who was teaching robotics and technology in an after school club at David Lawrence Jr K-8 Center, found a creative...
FIU Builds Partnership with Universiti Teknologi Petronas Malaysia
On October 31, Florida International University (FIU) President Mark B. Rosenberg and Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) Vice Chancellor Datuk Abdul Rahim Hashim signed an Exchange and Cooperation Agreement that promises to open doors to student and faculty exchange,...
Research conference gives undergrads a perfect showcase
The racket emanating from the Graham Center recently made one thing clear: research by undergraduates has reached new heights. The investigational work of more than 100 students from two dozen universities led to hours of noisy, thoroughly engrossing discussions on...
FIU scientists to use tiny particles to fight big diseases
Physicians will tell you: They are not winning the war on ovarian cancer. But FIU researchers are crafting a new weapon for that battle. A group of scientists have combined medicine and advanced nanotechnological engineering to create a smarter, more targeted therapy...
Student’s chip aims to put lab testing in your pocket
Ph.D. candidate Kamran Moradi’s Lab-On-A-Chip provides a minimally invasive alternative to conventional cholesterol testing. The leading cause of death in the United States is heart disease, with roughly 600,000 deaths attributed to the disease every year. To remedy...
SCIS enjoys recent growth and expansion, looks forward to bright future
When Jairo Pava graduated from FIU with a bachelor’s degree in computer science in 2011, he was well prepared for a job in the field. Having already completed an internship with IBM, one of many prestigious companies that the FIU School of Computing and Information...
Quantum mechanics to charge your laptop? FIU prof is on it
Top scientists from UC Berkeley and MIT found the expertise they lacked at FIU. They invited Sakhrat Khizroev, a professor with appointments in both medicine and engineering, to help them conduct research as part of their NSF-funded Center for Energy Efficient...