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College Names New Associate and Assistant Deans Aug. 21, 2018 The FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Dean Stella Batalama is pleased to announce an expansion of the college leadership team with the appointments of Frederick Bloetscher, associate dean for undergraduate studies and community outreach; Mihaela Cardei, associate dean for graduate studies; Javad Hashemi, associate dean for research; Shihong Huang, associate dean for faculty affairs, equity and inclusion;and, Paul Scarpinato, assistant dean, lab operations and engineering technology. [...]

FAU Graduate Looking to Revolutionize Oil Spill Clean Up Aug. 7, 2018 A disabled veteran with an entrepreneurial spirit, Frederick Brunn always dreamed of being a successful mechanical engineer. On Tuesday, Aug. 7 at 1 p.m., he will make that dream come true, as he walks across the stage to be handed a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering. [...]

FAU Receives $599,983 NSF Grant for Health Care Delivery Network Centered Systems Aug. 1, 2018 Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science have received a $599,983 grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct research on data mining models and algorithms for complex dynamic information networks for health care delivery. [...]

FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science Team Places in Top Three at International Submarine Race July 23, 2018 The Florida Atlantic University College of Engineering and Computer Science (COECS) Human-Powered Submarine (HPS) team placed third overall at the fourth biennial European International Submarine Race (eISR) at Haslar in Gosport, England. [...]

Dimitris A. Pados Appointed Eminent Scholar July 17, 2018 The FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science is pleased to announce that Gary Perry, Ph.D., former FAU provost with the concurrence of President Kelly and Dan Flynn, Ph.D., vice president for research at FAU has appointed Dimitris A. Pados, Ph.D., professor and I-SENSE Fellow as the Charles E. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in Engineering. [...]

Report Gives 24-hour View of Cyberattacks in Florida, U.S. June 20, 2018 FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science Receives $175,000 NSF Grant, Launches ‘FloridaSOAR’ [...]

FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science Professor Recognized by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance May 25, 2018 Manhar R. Dhanak, Ph.D., professor and director of SeaTech - The Institute for Ocean & Systems Engineering in Florida Atlantic University’s Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering was presented with the 2018 World Class Faculty Award by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance. [...]

Gift to FAU will Establish the ‘Gangal Family Endowed Scholarship Fund’ May 24, 2018 Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science has received a $500,000 gift from the Gangal family’s nonprofit foundation to establish an endowed scholarship fund for engineering graduate students with an emphasis on bioengineering research. [...]

FAU Awarded $1.25 Million by U.S. Navy for Research in Support of Unmanned Marine Vehicle Platforms May 23, 2018 Florida Atlantic University's College of Engineering and Computer Science has been awarded a $1.25 million grant by the United States Office of Naval Research (ONR) to undertake research in support of autonomous unmanned marine vehicle platforms for coastal surveillance, coastal surveys, target tracking and protection of at-sea assets. [...]

FAU Honors 2018 Distinguished Alumni May 3, 2018 The Florida Atlantic University Alumni Association (FAUAA) hosted its annual Hall of Fame and Distinguished Alumni ceremony and reception Wednesday, May 2, 2018. [...]

Bio-inspired Robotics Lands FAU Professor $500,000 NSF CAREER Award April 26, 2018 Mimicking the seamless motion of how fish swim and use their fins to maneuver their way within the ocean depths has landed an engineering professor at Florida Atlantic University with a prestigious $500,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award. [...]

Fueling Florida’s Economy: 10 Engineering Colleges Partner to Demonstrate Strength and Scope of State’s High-Tech Talent Pipeline April 25, 2018 The deans of 10 engineering colleges throughout Florida have formed a first-of-its-kind partnership in an effort to collaboratively demonstrate the impact their colleges have on the state’s and the nation’s innovation economy by producing a large, highly sought-after skilled workforce of engineers and computer scientists. [...]

FAU Hosts 49th Annual Honors Convocation April 18, 2018 Florida Atlantic University President John Kelly and Provost Gary W. Perry hosted the University’s 49th annual Honors Convocation on Wednesday, April 18 at 4 p.m. at the University Theatre in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus. [...]

Kit Promises 'Hassle Free' Way to Test Male Fertility Feb. 28, 2018 It is estimated that of the 70 million cases of infertility worldwide, almost half are caused by factors relating to the male partner. A number of semen parameters – motility, morphology, velocity, volume, concentration, and count – affect male fertility. Are there enough of them? [...]

Object-Seeking Robot Wins PennApps XVII Jan. 29, 2018 Florida Atlantic University undergraduate computer engineering student, Nazik Almazova with her teammates from the University of Pennsylvania won the grand prize at the PennApps XVII hackathon [...]

FAU Receives $500,000 NSF Grant for Novel Real-time Undersea Wireless Communications and Surveillance Technology Jan. 11, 2018 Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science have received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to design, deploy and evaluate a first-of-its-kind software-defined testbed for real-time undersea wireless communications (data, voice, and video streaming) and surveillance. [...]

This ‘Sweet Spot’ Could Improve Melanoma Diagnosis Nov. 28, 2017 Too much, too little, just right. It might seem like a line from “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” but actually describes an important finding from researchers in FAU’s College of Engineering and Computer Science. [...]

First-of-its-kind Bioengineered Robotic Hand to Sense Touch Nov. 14, 2017 FAU Receives $1.3 Million NIH grant for prosthesis project. The sense of touch is often taken for granted. For someone without a limb or hand, losing that sense of touch can be devastating. [...]

New Way to Assess Safety of Aging Timber Railroad Bridges Sept. 27, 2017 Evaluating the structural integrity of aging timber railroad bridges in Florida and the United States is imperative, especially in the aftermath of destruction from hurricanes Irma and Harvey this year. [...]

Placenta-on-a-Chip: FAU Microsensor Simulates Malaria in the Womb to Develop Treatments Aug. 29, 2017 Malaria, one of the most severe public health problems, affected 212 million people worldwide in 2015. This life-threatening disease is caused by parasites that are transmitted to humans through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. [...]

FAU Distinguished Research Professor Authors New Book Aug. 28, 2017 Isaac Elishakoff, Ph.D., distinguished research professor in the department of ocean and mechanical engineering at Florida Atlantic University recently authored the book "Probabilistic Methods in the Theory of Structures, Strength of Materials, Random Vibrations, and Random Buckling.” [...]

FAU Researchers 'Count Cars' – Literally – to Find a Better Way to Control Heavy Traffic Aug. 9, 2017 There's "Counting Crows," counting sheep, counting blessings and now researchers at Florida Atlantic University have their own version of "counting cars" – literally – in an attempt to improve traffic flow on South Florida's and our nation’s overcrowded roads. [...]

FAU Appoints Stella N. Batalama, Ph.D., as Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science July 31, 2017 Following a national search, Florida Atlantic University has named Stella N. Batalama, Ph.D., as the new dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Batalama, who assumes this new role, Tuesday, August 1, comes to FAU from the University at Buffalo, a flagship institution of The State University of New York (SUNY) and a premier research-intensive university. [...]

FAU's Human-Powered Submarine Named 'Fastest' Among Colleges July 6, 2017 Florida Atlantic University’s Human-Powered Submarine (HPS) team placed second overall in the absolute speed category at the 2017 International Submarine Races [...]

Owls Racing Has Best Finish in History at 2017 FSAE Michigan May 19, 2017 Owls Racing, Florida Atlantic University’s Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) team, finished 21st overall out of 110 teams at the Formula SAE Michigan, the [...]

FAU Honors 2017 Distinguished Alumni May 4, 2017 The Florida Atlantic University Alumni Association (FAUAA) hosted its Hall of Fame and Distinguished Alumni ceremony in May. [...]

FAU Engineering Students Win Business Plan Competition April 27, 2017 A team of four engineering students took home the top prize at this year’s Florida Atlantic University Business Plan Competition with a system [...]

FAU 48th Annual Honors Convocation April 17, 2017 Florida Atlantic University President John Kelly and Provost Gary W. Perry hosted the University’s 48th annual Honors Convocation [...]

FAU Places in Top Five at 2017 ASCE Southeast Student Conference March 21, 2017 Florida Atlantic University’s American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) team placed fifth overall in the 2017 ASCE Southeast Student Conference, [...]

FAU Teams Place in Top Three at Hybrid Rocket Competition March 20, 2017 Florida Atlantic University’s Technology and Aerospace Club (TAC) within the College of Engineering and Computer Science placed third in two categories at the [...]

Owls Racing Takes Second Place at the Fifth Annual Formula South Invitational March 3, 2017 Owls Racing, Florida Atlantic University’s Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) racing team, recently took home second place [...]

FAU to Develop Device to Rapidly, Accurately and Inexpensively Detect the Zika Virus at Airports and Other Sites Feb. 22, 2017 About the size of a tablet, a portable device that could be used in a host of environments like a busy airport or even a remote location in South America, [...]

FAU Receives Federal Designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution from U.S. Department of Education Feb. 7, 2017 Florida Atlantic University recently received designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) by the United States Department of Education. [...]

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