¼ø»Æʦapp Hosts 11th Regional Competition for Science Olympiad
¼ø»Æʦapp's Charles E. Schmidt College of Science hosted its 11th annual southeast Florida regional competition for the Science Olympiad on Saturday, Feb. 17.
¼ø»Æʦapp to Celebrate National Engineers Week
¼ø»Æʦapp's College of Engineering and Computer Science will celebrate "Engineers Week 2018: Engineering Reality, From Imagination to Realization" from Monday, Feb. 19 to Friday, Feb. 23.
NSF Awards Grant for Undersea Communications, Surveillance
Engineering researchers have received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for a first-of-its-kind software-defined testbed for real-time undersea wireless communications and surveillance.
¼ø»Æʦapp High Student Named to 'Forbes' '30 Under 30' List
¼ø»Æʦapp High School junior Hannah Herbst has been named to the 2018 Forbes "30 Under 30" list in the energy sector.
Study Shows 'Sweet Spot' Could Improve Melanoma Diagnosis
Too much, too little, just right. It might seem like a line from "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," but actually describes an important finding that will enhance computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) of melanoma.
First-of-its-kind Bioengineered Robotic Hand to Sense Touch
¼ø»Æʦapp has received a $1.3 million NIH grant for a "living" robot with its own nervous system. Researchers are creating a living pathway from the robot's touch sensation to the user's brain to help amputees.
Size Doesn't Matter - At Least for Hammerheads and Swimming
Researchers from ¼ø»Æʦapp have conducted the first study to examine the whole body shape and swimming kinematics of two closely related yet very different hammerhead sharks, with some unexpected results.
¼ø»Æʦapp Team Wins International Solid Waste Design Competition
A student team from ¼ø»Æʦapp's College of Engineering and Computer Science recently took home first place at the International Solid Waste Student Design Competition.
New Way to Assess Safety of Aging Timber Railroad Bridges
In the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Harvey, researchers from ¼ø»Æʦapp's College of Engineering and Computer Science have developed a cutting-edge way to gauge the condition of aging timber railroad bridges.
Placenta-on-a-Chip: Microsensor Mimics Malaria in the Womb
By combining microbiology with engineering technologies, researchers are developing a novel 3D model to study malaria-infected placenta, and have received a $400,000 NIH grant to develop this microsensor.