NASA Technology Grants to Advance 🌑Moon to Mars Space Exploration
NASA has awarded nearly $1.5 million to academic, non-profit, and business organizations to advance state-of-the-art technology that will play a key role in the agency’s return to the Moon under Artemis, as well as future missions to Mars. Twenty-four projects from 21...
Cybersecurity researchers spotlight a new ransomware threat – be careful where you upload files
Professor Selcuk Ulugac authors article published in the Conversation, one of the most impactful publications in the field, spotlighting research on new ransomware threat. Read more at the Conversation.
Come to Mama: Ph.D. student asks Shark Tank investors to fund her baby bottle innovation
For most entrepreneurs, showcasing their innovation on Shark Tank, one of the nation’s highest-rated reality TV shows, is something they can only dream of. Fewer than 1% of the roughly 40,000 applicants annually are selected are to appear on an episode. But for a...
Ransomware can hide in the websites you upload files to
FIU cybersecurity researchers warn websites that request access to your files might be able to bypass antivirus software and carry out major ransomware attacks. Free photo editors, tax document assistants and other online apps that ask for permission to access your...
American Express offers jobs, internships to 25 FIU students
The students, the majority of them women studying computer science, spent three weeks at the company as part of a new micro-internship program facilitated by Break Through Tech Miami Barbarella Castillo graduated from a private university shortly after the start of...
Inaugural scholarship awarded to nine students “whose journeys have been influenced by their military experiences”
Three College of Engineering and Computing students were selected as the recipients of FIU’s inaugural The Robert Henry Stovall Military Scholarship. Congratulations to Justin Casale, Luis Sanchez, and Cynthia Tounn. Paws up! Justin Casale is a Marine Corps veteran...
Your car might be watching you to keep you safe − at the expense of your privacy
M. Hadi Amini, Assistant Professor of the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences, authored an article in The Conversation about the privacy of cars and how AI plays a big role. Read the full article on The Conversation.
Ph.D. student reflects on Visiting Technologist Experience at NASA Langley Research Center
Kazue Orikasa ’21 conducted innovative studies at one of NASA’s most prominent scientific hubs. It can cost tens of thousands of dollars to ship one pound of matter into orbit. FIU Ph.D. student Kazue Orikasa is leading cutting-edge research to help NASA get the most...
Don’t junk it! Engineering Ph.D. starts company to repurpose building materials
Piyush Pradhananga remembers the aftermath of an earthquake that flattened his town in Nepal, one of the world’s most natural disaster-prone countries, when he was in his early 20s. Aside from the pain his family and many others suffered, something else left an...
Student Spotlight: Meet Anike Sakariyawo
The College of Engineering & Computing (CEC) is proud of its students’ commitment to research, study, and accomplishments in the classroom and beyond. Meet Anike Sakariyawo, a Ph.D. student at the School of Universal Computing, Construction & Engineering...
FIU Alumnus-owned Business Named American Institute of Architects (AIA) Miami General Contractor of the Year
John Bell Construction, owned and led by Oscar Morejon ’13, an alumnus of FIU’s Moss Department of Construction Management at the College of Engineering and Computing, has been honored with the prestigious General Contractor of the Year award by the American Institute...