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FAU Receives Grant to Build Big Data Training and Research Lab
FAU Receives Grant to Build Big Data Training and Research Lab
September 19, 2014
Florida Atlantic University’s Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science professor Taghi Khoshgoftaar, Ph.D. has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of $600,000 with a matching grant of $257,000...
FAU Professor Emeritus Inducted into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
FAU Professor Emeritus Inducted into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
September 01, 2014
William E. Glenn Jr., Ph.D. (1926 – 2013), a distinguished professor emeritus of electrical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University, has been posthumously named to the...
FAU Signs Licensing Agreement for a Patent that Disables Cellphone Texting Features While Driving
FAU Signs Licensing Agreement for a Patent that Disables Cellphone Texting Features While Driving
July 16, 2014
Florida Atlantic University and PortNexus have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement to implement a patented idea that will help solve the growing national problem of auto accidents caused by people texting while...
FAU Technology Helps Local Company Receive Funding
FAU Technology Helps Local Company Receive Funding
April 22, 2014
Orlando-based flexReceipts, a leading digital receipts company received funding on March 19 to support commercialization of technology licensed to them from a Florida Atlantic University patent titled “System and Methods...
FAU Engineering and Computer Science Alumnus and NASA Astronaut Steve Swanson Scheduled to Take Third Trip into Space
FAU Engineering and Computer Science Alumnus and NASA Astronaut Steve Swanson Scheduled to Take Third Trip into Space
March 20, 2014
After years of training and preparation, American engineer, NASA Astronaut and proud FAU alumnus Steve Swanson is preparing for his third trip into space. Swanson and two Russian cosmonauts are scheduled to launch aboard...