FIU Biomedical Engineering students shine at Coulter College
A team of six FIU undergraduate biomedical engineering (BME) students participated in the annual Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Coulter College senior design event this summer at the Hyatt Regency in Coral Gables, Florida. The Wallace H. Coulter Foundation,...
Girls Who Code gives young women confidence to tackle computer science
When FIU computer science student and School of Computer and Information Sciences (SCIS) webmaster Joshua Martinez asked a group of 40 high school girls if they were familiar with Application Programming Interfaces, virtually all of the hands in the room immediately...
Biomedical Engineering students showcase research at Senior Design Day
Students from FIU’s Department of Biomedical Engineering showcased their research at the summer 2014 Senior Design Projects Expo
Cortisol detection research could provide public health breakthrough in managing stress hormone
FIU researchers are developing a test to detect in real-time a person’s level of cortisol – widely known as the stress hormone – which could help soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and others who suffer from cortisol’s effects, to manage its impact...
Wall of Wind testing could help make homes, buildings safer in storms
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has forecast El Niño conditions in the Atlantic this year, predicting a smaller number of hurricanes than average in 2014. The overwhelming consensus among scientists worldwide, however, is that storms will continue...
FPL donates electric vehicle to FIU for wireless charging research
As part of a partnership with FIU, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) donates an electric vehicle to the College of Engineering & Computing. Electrical and computer engineering students in the Energy Power & Sustainability (EPS) Lab will use the electric...
Wall of Wind takes national stage in disaster mitigation
Florida International University’s one-of-a-kind hurricane simulator, the 12-fan Wall of Wind (WoW), takes the national stage this week as a special, interactive feature of a new exhibition opening at the National Building Museum in downtown Washington, D.C. The...
FIU establishes impressive presence at tech conference
Frank Hernandez ’13 earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in computer science at FIU. It’s not a stretch to think he would be a proud FIU Panther. Turns out he wasn’t. That is, not until this week, when he attended the inaugural eMerge Americas Techweek...
Alumnus Chad Moss ’94 builds a foundation for education and opportunity
Chad Moss ’94 Senior Vice President, Moss & Associates Bachelor of Science in Construction Management Member, FIU Foundation Board of Directors 2010 Torch Award Recipient Lifetime member, FIU Alumni Association Your family started Moss & Associates 10 years...
FIU teams with UCF and USF to win $4.9 million grant to respond to IT and computer science workforce needs
As part of an ambitious effort to align university and college degrees with the state’s workforce needs, Florida’s Board of Governors awarded $15 million in grants to four collaborative university projects Thursday, including $4.9 million to a newly formed consortium...
Inaugural eMerge Americas Techweek presents extraordinary opportunities for FIU community
Industry titans, civic leaders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders will converge on Miami May 1 to 7 to lay the groundwork for a technology corridor for Latin America at the inaugural eMerge Americas Techweek event at the Miami Beach Convention Center. FIU...
School of Computing and Information Sciences Director Iyengar inducted as a Fellow by National Academy of Inventors
S.S. Iyengar (pictured at center), Distinguished Ryder Professor and director of FIU’s School of Computing and Information Sciences, who is widely recognized as one of the principal pioneer in sensor networks and image processing, has been named a Fellow of the...