Wearable sensor helps people keep tabs on drinking
Electrical engineers are creating a wearable sensor to help people manage their alcohol intake. Activity trackers monitor your steps…
Moving transportation forward
Homa’s research centers around Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), mechanisms which drive innovative services to improve traffic management and alleviate traffic.
The next generation of personalized cancer treatment
Sakhrat Khizroev, an electrical engineer, physicist and professor at the College of Engineering & Computing and the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, in collaboration with other co-inventors, has developed a new physical model to describe how nanotechnology...
FIU computer science student gets internship at CERN
Starting June 19, Alastair Paragas, an FIU computer science student, will intern at CERN which is located in Geneva, Switzerland. CERN is the home of the hadron collider where the Higgs-Boson particle was discovered. He will be doing research and actual software...
New device expedites detection of harmful pathogens in food supply
Angelo Gaitas, an FIU research assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, along with Gwangseong Kim, a research scientist, are commercializing a device that reduces the screening process to just a few hours at the same cost as current...
FIU Book Authors’ Recognition Reception
On April 03, 2017, FIU held the Book Authors' Recognition Reception and two professors from the College of Engineering and Computing, Dr. Khokiat Kengskool and Dr. S.S. Iyengar, were presented with awards. Dr. Khokiat Kengskool's book Title: Understanding Engineering...
2017 Engineering Deans Institute Annual Conference
The 2017 Engineering Deans Institute (EDI) is being held in Miami, April 2nd thru April 5th, with FIU serving as this year’s local host. Events will be held at The Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables and at FIU, among other locations. Engineering and Computing Interim Dean...
John L. Volakis Appointed Dean of FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing
John L. Volakis has been appointed dean of FIU’s College of Engineering & Computing. Volakis comes to FIU with a distinguished career in academia, most recently serving as the Roy and Lois Chope chair and professor of electrical and computer engineering at The...
FDA approves prosthetic hand system developed by Dr. Ranu Jung
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an investigational device exemption for the first-in-human trial with this technology. The system was developed at Florida International University by Ranu Jung and her Adaptive Neural Systems Laboratory team....
National Engineers Week 2017 at FIU
As part of the College of Engineering and Computing’s celebration of Engineers Week, we will host the 15th Annual Engineering Expo on Friday, February 24th from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m at the FIU Engineering Center on Flagler Street and 107th Avenue. The FIU...
Behind the scenes of innovative research
A passion for Isaac Asimov’s science fiction books led Liliana Rincon Gonzalez to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in biomedical engineering, with the hope of focusing her research on the human brain. She had no way of knowing at the time that her passion for...
Engineering Success Among Women of Color
Monique Ross researches ways to retain women and minorities in computer science and engineering, while studying the factors that contribute to their career success. Ross says her journey into engineering was not a direct line. In high school, she excelled at math,...