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A USF-Led Team Awarded NSF Convergence Accelerator Grant To Link The Green Economy To The Blue Economy At The Coast
A USF-led team headed by Maya Trotz, environmental engineering professor and principal investigator (PI), has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a project titled: "Linking the Green Economy to the Blue Economy at the Coast." The phase I grant awards up to $750,000 to develop the concept, identify team members, and participate in the innovation curriculum coordinated by the NSF.
May 21, 2021Civil Environmental
New method to improve durability of nano-electronic components developed by USF mechanical engineering team
USF Mechanical Engineering assistant professor Michael Cai Wang’s group recently developed a novel approach to effectively mitigate electromigration, a phenomenon that has long posed challenges for the semiconductor and integrated circuits industry.
May 7, 2021Electrical, Mechanical
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering undergraduate programs certified as Global Pathways
Student members of USF’s Engineers Without Borders chapter partnered with Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful during the Fall 2019 semester to clean the Hillsborough River and Purity Springs Park.
April 26, 2021Civil Environmental
CUTR Part of Team Receiving $571M to Establish Transportation Center
The Center for Urban Transportation Research at USF is part of a team of surface transportation research organizations led by ENSCO, Inc. that was recently awarded a $571 million USD contract by the Federal Railroad Administration to provide research, testing, engineering, and training services at the Transportation Technology Center.
April 26, 2021Civil Environmental
USF Department of Electrical Engineering Professor Wins NSF CAREER Award to Improve Wireless Networking and Security
The National Science Foundation CAREER award is “the most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization” as described by NSF.
March 26, 2021Electrical
Tenex Software Establishes The Matthew Moreno Scholarship To Honor His Memory
When USF computer science alum Matt Moreno ’14 passed away in January, his co-workers at Tenex Software Solutions in Tampa decided to create a scholarship to honor their friend and colleague so that his legacy can live on through future students.
March 23, 2021Computer
Engineering Faculty Members, PhD Candidate Discuss Technology-Focused Research At 2021 USF Institute On Black Life Conference
Across the two days of the 2021 USF Institute on Black Life Conference this February, two USF College of Engineering faculty members and a current doctoral candidate presented research encouraging the development of technical and leadership skills for Black students across STEM fields as well as addressing anti-Black racism.
February 26, 2021Computer
USF’S Sloan University Center of Exemplary Mentoring
Since 2005, the Sloan Minority PhD Initiative has provided $4M to maintain USF’s national leadership in fostering greater diversity in STEM doctoral programs and to support 150 underrepresented students within participating departments in the Colleges of Engineering, Arts and Sciences, and Marine Science. Along with eight NSF Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (FGLSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate Activity grants in the same period, USF has received $12M to reimagine the STEM PhD workforce.
February 4, 2021Students
Researchers Work To Fulfill Promise Of Resilient Autonomous Control Systems
While emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things have the potential to revolutionize many aspects of our lives, the daily work of developing digital infrastructures that can apply them in beneficial ways is often overlooked - which requires building safe and secure systems that function autonomously, with high reliability and security.
February 1, 2021Computer
USF E-Council Awarded Best Professional Development At NAESC Southeast Regional Conference
Of the participating engineering student councils from member universities, the USF College of Engineering Student Council (USF E-Council) won the award for Best Professional Development at the 2020 National Association of Engineering Student Councils (NAESC) Southeast Regional Conference held virtually November 6 and 7.
January 14, 2021Students
USF Environmental Engineering PhD Candidate Awarded Roy W. Likins Scholarship
Adaline Buerck was awarded a Roy W. Likins Scholarship to support her doctoral studies in environmental engineering at the University of South Florida.
November 25, 2020Students
USF Computer Science And Engineering Receives Grant To Attract And Retain More Women Computer Scientists
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering received a three-year, $579,737 grant from the Center for Inclusive Computing at Northeastern University for funding evidence-based approaches to attract and retain more women computer science, information technology, and cybersecurity students.
November 18, 2020Computer