What if seizures could be predicted?
FIU data scientist and associate professor, Fahad Saeed, in the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences is creating advanced machine learning models capable of doing what no human can — parse through electroencephalography (EEG) data to track...
NSF grant to help develop games that train workers for jobs in architecture, engineering and construction
With robotics automation rapidly transforming jobs in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industries, there is an increased demand for skilled workers in advanced technologies and robotics. The National Science Foundation has awarded FIU a grant to...
Expanding capabilities of wind tunnel testing using innovative cyber-physical method
Researchers are investigating how high winds impact the structural integrity of high-rises Engineering experts from FIU and Lehigh University are using an innovative part-physical, part-computational testing method known as real-time cyber-physical modeling to get a...
Engineering undergrads conduct research in Japan
As a biomedical engineering major at Florida International University, Rebekah Arias understands the value of working in multicultural groups. And after spending six weeks last summer at Kochi University of Technology in Japan, she returned with a sense of excitement...
FIU receives $3 million NIH grant to research how electric stimulation can solve bladder issues
Researchers are building a computerized model that could inform new, highly targeted, and less painful treatments for people with lower urinary tract conditions. With support from a $3 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health, Zachary Danziger,...
$64M in new federal funding propels defense, environment and health research at FIU
FIU’s commitment to research with real world impact has gotten a boost — a big one. The Florida Congressional delegation has helped secure $24 million in research earmarks for the university. In addition, members of Congress were also successful at securing increases...
Creativity takes center stage at College of Engineering and Computing Senior Design Showcase
At the College of Engineering and Computing’s Senior Design Showcase, rising stars in engineering used their creativity and technical skills to present solutions to society’s challenges. The showcase, held Dec. 2, was the culmination of months of work. Professors and...
Reducing wind damage is the focus of the partnership between top U.S. companies, FIU, Texas Tech and Florida Tech
With support from the National Science Foundation, FIU and Texas Tech University (TTU) are accelerating the application of wind hazard research to real-world problems through the collaborative creation of the Center for Wind Hazard and Infrastructure Performance...
Wearable devices could help predict seizures
For the more than three million Americans who suffer from epilepsy, seizures can be life or death events. FIU researchers from the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Services (KFSCIS) are working to make life safer for these patients by developing...
At-home test could pick up the ‘sound’ of heart disease
Imagine if you could hold a stethoscope to your heart and find out with almost 90 percent accuracy if you were developing heart disease. Ph.D. student Valentina Dargam is working on a method to do just that. Heart valves, like vocal cords, often make different noises...
30 years later: Hurricane Andrew’s legacy
FIU’s Wall of Wind (WOW) is a direct legacy of Andrew. FIU’s International Hurricane Research Center – the WOW’s original home — was founded from money donated from the We Will Rebuild Foundation, which helped with Andrew recovery efforts. In its third generation, the...
FIU team wins national EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge
Surrounded by water, South Floridians know the problems that come with climate change, sea-level rise and extreme weather events. Heavy downpours bring flooding, hurricanes force a surge of water onshore and both cause polluted stormwater to run into precious coastal...