Friday, Dec 18, 2015

2015 News

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Award

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Civil Engineering Alumnus Awarded the ASCE SEI Young Professional Scholarship

December 18, 2015

51³Ô¹ÏÍø civil engineering alumnus Fernando Martinez, M.S. (CE), E.I., was awarded the American Society of Civil Engineers [...]

FEF Grant

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Receives Grant from the Florida Engineering Foundation

November 18, 2015

51³Ô¹ÏÍø's College of Engineering and Computer Science received a $2,000 grant from the Florida Engineering Foundation [...]

oSTEM

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Student Speaks on Overcoming Adversity at 2015 National oSTEM Conference

November 13, 2015

51³Ô¹ÏÍø student, Chad Coarsey in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø had the opportunity to speak at the [...]

Talon Awards

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Engineering and Computer Science Outstanding Leaders Honored at 2015 Talon Awards Ceremony

November 12, 2015

51³Ô¹ÏÍø hosted its annual Talon Awards ceremony as part of Homecoming 2015, to recognize outstanding leaders from the community, alumni, [...]

Textbook

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Distinguished Research Professor Co-authors New Textbook

November 9, 2015

Isaac Elishakoff, Ph.D., distinguished research professor in the department of ocean and mechanical engineering at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø recently [...]

Robotic Finger

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Scientist Designs Bio-inspired Robotic Finger that Looks, Feels and Works Like the Real Thing

October 8, 2015

Most robotic parts used today are rigid, have a limited range of motion and don’t really look lifelike. Inspired by both nature and biology, [...]

Research

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Researcher Presents Innovative Idea for Integrating a "Brain Mouse" to Control Software Systems

September 25, 2015

Shihong Huang, Ph.D., associate professor in the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science presented preliminary results on [...]

Du Research

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Researcher to Develop New Technology to Test for Serious Blood Disorder Using a Smart Phone

September 22, 2015

A researcher from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø has come up with a unique way to monitor sickle cell disease — a serious blood disorder — using a smart phone. [...]

Award

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Students Awarded Second Place at Inaugural National Solid Waste Design Competition

August 27, 2015

51³Ô¹ÏÍø civil engineering 51³Ô¹ÏÍø won second place in the Solid Waste Association of North America’s [...]

Internship

Pennsylvania Undergraduate Student Learns About Flow Visualization Through 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Research Internship

August 20, 2015

Fluid dynamics and its interaction with structures play a critical role in many fields of study from engineering, aerodynamics, and robotics to biology, [...]

Textbook

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Faculty Write New Textbook, "Practical Concepts for Capstone Design Engineering"

August 19, 2015

51³Ô¹ÏÍø faculty members, Fred Bloetscher, Ph.D., P.E., associate professor and Daniel Meeroff, Ph.D., E.I., [...]

FDOT Grant

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Receives FDOT Grant to Develop Use of Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Bridge Inspections

July 29, 2015

The task of inspecting and maintaining Florida’s extensive network of approximately 11,450 bridges is arduous, especially since so many of the state’s bridges span rivers, [...]

Swanson Selfie

Alumnus Steve Swanson’s Achievements Have Made For a Stellar Career

July 28, 2015

Taking a selfie while walking down the street is about as common today as walking itself … but what about taking one while floating in outer space? [...]

RoboBoat

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Brings Home Second Place at International RoboBoat Competition

July 22, 2015

51³Ô¹ÏÍø's RoboBoat team recently won second place at the eighth annual International RoboBoat Competition in [...]

HPS

51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Human Powered Submarine Team Competes in 13th International Submarine Race

July 21, 2015

51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Human Powered Submarine (HPS) team won the second fastest time in the two-person category at [...]

Smart Traffic Lights

Scientists at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Driven to Help Transform Commutes Locally and Globally with 'Smart' Traffic Lights

June 22, 2015

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Receives $300,000 Grant from Florida Department of Transportation and $100,000 Grant from City of Miami Beach [...]

FSAE

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Owls Racing Team Posts Its Best Performance at Formula SAE Competition

May 21, 2015

51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) racing team recently placed in the top 25 of universities in attendance at the 2015 [...]

Prosthetic Hand

Let’s Give Chad a Hand

May 21, 2015

Charles "Perry" Weinthal, an electrical engineering graduate student at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, gives new meaning to [...]

Distinguished Alumni

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Honors 2015 Distinguished Alumni

May 13, 2015

The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Alumni Association hosted a reception in April to honor distinguished 51³Ô¹ÏÍø alumni. More than 200 guests attended the event, which brings together alumni to celebrate [...]

Ebola Tracking

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Receives National Science Foundation Rapid Response Grant to Develop Innovative Computer Model for Ebola Spread

May 12, 2015

Program to Use Twitter, Facebook and Google to Identify and Notify Individuals in Tightly Connected Social Groups Who Have Been Exposed to Ebola Patients [...]

Award

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Awarded Research Grant to Measure the Acoustic Properties of the Seabed

May 12, 2015

George V. Frisk, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering within the College of Engineering and Computer Science at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, was awarded a research grant [...]

Honors Convocation

51³Ô¹ÏÍø 46th Annual Honors Convocation

May 4, 2015

51³Ô¹ÏÍø President John Kelly and Provost Gary W. Perry hosted the University’s 46th annual Honors Convocation at the University Theatre, [...]

Award

51³Ô¹ÏÍø College of Engineering and Computer Science Outstanding Educator Recognized by The Engineers’ Council

May 1, 2015

Madasamy Arockiasamy, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering was presented with the Distinguished Engineering Educator Award by The Engineers’ Council. [...]

April 29, 2015

The New Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems Engineering at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø with Director and Professor Jason Hallstrom, Ph.D. [...]

Award

New Biosensing Platform Could Quickly and Accurately Diagnose Disease and Monitor Treatment Remotely

April 2, 2015

In much the same way that glucometers and pregnancy tests have revolutionized in-home diagnostic testing, researchers from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and collaborators have identified a new biosensing platform [...]

TedX

TedX

March 23, 2015

Two undergraduate 51³Ô¹ÏÍø in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø will take their place among distinguished innovators who will be presenting their unique [...]

New Faculty Trip

New 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Faculty Visit the NSF and ADI in Washington D.C.

March 13, 2015

51³Ô¹ÏÍø College of Engineering and Computer Science faculty members traveled to Washington D.C. at the end of February 2015 to meet with administrators of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and [...]

SeaTech Anniversary

51³Ô¹ÏÍø SeaTech, The Institute for Ocean and Systems Engineering Celebrates 15 Years of Excellence in Research and Education

March 12, 2015

SeaTech, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Institute for Ocean and Systems Engineering, recently celebrated its 15th anniversary with a craft beer event. [...]

FES Award

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Professor Receives Outstanding Technical Achievement Award from the Florida Engineering Society

February 26, 2015

Fred Bloetscher, Ph.D., associate professor in 51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s department of civil, environmental and geomatics engineering has been awarded the 2015 Outstanding Technical [...]

Bowling Ball Competition

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Undergraduate Students Win 1st Place in Concrete Bowling Ball Competition

February 23, 2015

Students from the College of Engineering and Computer Science at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø won first place in the 2nd Annual Concrete Bowling Ball Competition [...]

Journal Article

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Professor’s Journal of Sound and Vibration Article Receives International Interest

February 18, 2015

A recent paper in the Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume 335, entitled "Broadband rotor noise predictions using a time domain approach", co-authored by Stewart Glegg, Ph.D., professor [...]

Hallstrom

Jason Hallstrom Joins 51³Ô¹ÏÍø to Transform the Nation's Real-time Monitoring Infrastructure

February 18, 2015

Intelligent River® Technology Director will Establish ISENSE@51³Ô¹ÏÍø to Make the 'Invisible' Visible. Small wireless computing devices, ranging from the size of a matchbox to the size of a dime are [...]

Du Research

New 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Faculty Member Brings Innovative Research Ideas and Expertise in Microfluidics and Biosensing to the University

January 29, 2015

E. (Sarah) Du, Ph.D. recently joined 51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering as an assistant professor after working as a postdoctoral [...]

Award

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Professor Awarded Best Paper at IEEE Conference

January 14, 2015

Professor Mihalea Cardei, Ph.D. and computer engineering doctorate student Yueshi Wu, in the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø department of computer and electrical engineering [...]

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