Longfei Wei’s Internship as a Computational Engineer
Longfei Wei interned at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) located in Lemont, Illinois. Lemont is a suburb of Chicago. He worked as a computational engineer for the Energy System (ES) Division, which conducts applied research to strengthen the economy, protect the...
FIU is awarded $4.8 million by Air Force to establish a center for origami antennas
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded FIU a $4.8 million grant to launch the Center for Physically Reconfigurable and Deployable Multifunctional Antennas. The center will be led and directed by researcher Stavros Georgakopoulos, associate professor...
FIU Assistant Professor Mark Finlayson receives NSF CAREER award
Mark A. Finlayson has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award to develop new artificial intelligence techniques to automatically uncover and confirm the fundamental structures underlying narrative. Read more in Computing and Information...
FIU Researchers Take Fight Against Cervical Cancer
Jessica Ramella-Roman, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and her team of graduate students developed a cost-effective, hand-held device that uses optical technologies to detect subtle changes in cervical tissue that may indicate early...
EPS group researchers win two best paper awards
Three researchers from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering were recently presented with a Best Symposium Paper Award at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) Resilience Week in Wilmington, Delaware. Read more in ECE news....
FIU Professor Arindam Chowdhury is Building Hurricane-Proof Roofs
An FIU professor has a plan to get rid of the blue tarps that inevitably appear on rooftops after a hurricane. Arindam Gan Chowdhury has patented a concrete roofing system that aims to replace the hundreds of individual shingles or barrel tiles, not to mention...
Pixie – A new way to enter passwords
Tired of forgetting your password every time you have to log on to an app on your phone? Imagine being able to use a picture of something you carry with you as the password. FIU researchers are closer to making that a reality. Take a look at the video below:
Transportation Secretary Chao and Congressman Diaz-Balart visit FIU
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao and U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart made a stop last week at the College of Engineering & Computing. During their visit, they toured FIU’s Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center (ABC-UTC) and...
FIU to collaborate on health breakthroughs through NSF Engineering Research Centers
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has invested nearly $80 million total to create four new Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) to address national challenges in health and energy sustainability and FIU is part of two of the pioneering centers. Read more in FIU...
FIU electrical engineers win top honors for their papers
Commission B of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) recently held its triennial conference at Montreal, Canada. Two researchers from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering won first and second place for their papers. First place went to...
FIU ranked as second largest producer of NACME scholar graduates
The FIU College of Engineering and Computing is a proud partner of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME). NACME is the largest provider of college scholarships for underrepresented minorities pursuing degrees at schools of engineering. The...
Patent for device that detects toxins
Department of Biomedical Engineering professor, Anthony McGoron, PhD., and PhD. graduate student, Vinay Bhardwaj, recently had their patent published for a technology that provides methods and means to detect incidents of accidental or intentional release of chemical...