MIAMI – Florida International University announced today changes to its commencement exercises, which are celebrated in April and December. The changes are designed to enhance the student experience, accommodate more friends and family members and help finance the addition of an extra ceremony. Several years ago, FIU abandoned the single [...]
FIU engineering dean named “Engineer of the Year”
09/22/2009 By
MIAMI – Florida International University College of Engineering and Computing Dean Amir Mirmiran has been named the Miami-Dade American Society of Civil Engineers 2009 Engineer of the Year, adding to his list of accomplishments since assuming leadership of the college. Mirmiran, 48, who became the college’s dean in February after [...]
FIU recognizes outstanding professors
09/18/2009 By
MIAMI – The FIU President’s Council on Thursday presented its Outstanding Faculty Award to W. Kinzy Jones, a mechanical and materials engineering professor for more than two decades at Florida International University, where he is the founding director of the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute. The award was presented at [...]
FIU Structures and Construction Testing lab gets generous gift, new name
09/15/2009 By
On Sept. 14, Titan America LLC, the premier cement and building materials producer in the eastern United States, presented FIU a $250,000 gift – worth $500,000 with state match. The donation will support FIU’s Structures and Construction Testing Laboratory in the College of Engineering and Computing. In recognition of the [...]
Titan America Donation Cements FIU’s Efforts to Ensure Safety of Building Materials
09/10/2009 By
MIAMI – A Florida International University laboratory that tests materials to make sure they comply with Miami-Dade County’s strict hurricane-resistant building code will get a boost in its efforts to keep the community safe. Titan America LLC, the premier cement and building materials producer in the eastern United States, on [...]
FIU in the Media: Traffic Lab, Health-Care Costs Soar, Hurricane Shutters Test
05/22/2009 By
FIU lab helps students study traffic flows and woes SOURCE: Miami Herlad Pilots have flight simulators to learn how to fly an aircraft. Now engineering students at Florida International University have a traffic simulator to learn how to manage traffic on South Florida’s congested highways. Is There a Cure for [...]
FIU unveils state-of-the art traffic research laboratory
05/07/2009 By
MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT: Florida International University is celebrating the grand opening of the FIU Integrated Intelligent Transportation System Laboratory (IITS) at the Lehman Center for Transportation Research (LCTR) with U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart and other officials on hand. FIU-IITS is one of the most sophisticated laboratories in the nation, equipped [...]
International collaboration at FIU leads to discovery of new single-element compound
01/28/2009 By
MIAMI (Jan. 28, 2009) Florida International University researchers have discovered a new single-element compound, a breakthrough that could rewrite chemistry books. The Center for the Study of Matters at Extreme Condition (CeSMEC) at FIU led an international group of scientists that synthesized and characterized a single-element compound, Boron Boride (B28). [...]
FIU researchers receive $5 million grant from NASA
01/22/2009 By
Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm leads a group of researchers and graduate students studying the wetlands of the Everglades and Mexican Yucatan. The research team’s findings could reveal if projected dramatic changes in these ecosystems’ futures are true. By Grant Smith A team of four universities led by FIU’s Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm received a [...]
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