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FIU’s efforts to find traffic solutions got a boost this week. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced $77 million in grants to 22 University Transportation Centers (UTCs) to advance research and education programs that address critical transportation challenges facing the nation. The UTCs, which are located throughout the United States, [...]
Alex Delascasas studies electrical engineering at FIU but loves to enjoy Modesto A. Maidique Campus and play his guitar outside the library. Wonder if he has seen this video?
WHAT: Nuclear power generates approximately 20 percent of the United States’ electricity, and represents almost two-thirds of the country’s carbon-free power generation. Recent global events, however, have raised questions about the safety of this technology and where it best fits in our energy future. “Nuclear Power Technology: The Next Generation,” [...]
Arvind Agarwal is a professor of mechanical and materials engineering. He was the recipient of the 2010 President’s Council Outstanding Faculty Award I develop new materials and coatings for biomedical, aerospace and defense applications. My main lab is called the Plasma Forming Lab. Our plasma gun creates temperatures of 12,000 to [...]
WHAT: A potato gun, a rocket launcher and a Lego building contest are all part of the 10th Annual Engineering Expo at FIU, a day of interactive science and engineering activities for more than 1,000 Miami-Dade and Broward students. The elementary through high school students will visit facilities and laboratories [...]
A team of FIU engineering students has spent much of the past 10 months inside a lab, designing and building a robotic arm – a process that involved marathon sessions with Monday Night Football playing in the background, countless games of rock-paper-scissors to determine who got to go around the [...]
FIU focuses on long-term solutions for Haiti’s future HEALTH FIU physician Dr. Pilar Martin has made numerous trips to Haiti, where she has a longstanding relationship with Rose-Mina de Diegue Orphanage in Port Au Prince. While there, Dr. Martin has delivered relief supplies and provided medical care in orphanages, tent [...]
Very Important Panther: Will Trueba, Esq. ’90 Profession: Attorney, Founding member of Espinosa | Trueba, PL. FIU degree: Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing. FIU affiliations: I’m a Lifetime Member of the Alumni Association, as well as a past board member and past president of the association. [...]
Twenty-five College of Engineering and Computing students and one business major were recognized for their work and dedication to the FIU Solar House at a ceremony April 15 at the Engineering Center. The honorees enjoyed an afternoon of camaraderie, drinks and hors d’oeuvres and received a certificate commemorating their efforts from [...]
Name: W. Kinzy Jones Hometown: Islamorada, Fla. Job Title/Department: Professor and Director, Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute (AMERI), Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing Campus: Modesto A. Maidique Campus In a nutshell: As professor of materials engineering I specialize in microelectronics. I am a mentor [...]
