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Roboticon Tampa Bay 2018 Scheduled For Sept. 29 & 30
At ROBOTICON Tampa Bay 2018 nearly 1000 students from around Tampa Bay and Florida will descend on the University of South Florida Yuengling Center (formerly Sun Dome Arena) on September 29 & 30 to learn while they play and show guests the power of hands on, mentor driven STEAM education.
July 30, 2017Students
Transportation Bulls Win District Title on Road to International Competition
If you think passing the exam required to get a driver's license is hard, consider what the USF Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Student Chapter Traffic Bowl Team had to know when it won the 2017 Florida Section/District 10 ITE (FSITE) Traffic Bowl competition in June.
July 25, 2017Civil Environmental
Sarina Ergas Named 2017 Fellow of AEESP
Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Sarina Ergas has been selected a 2017 Fellow of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP).
July 17, 2017Civil Environmental
University of South Florida and Indiana University researchers find hearing loss after cisplatin-based chemotherapy in testicular cancer survivors
The researchers, Biomedical Engineering Professor Robert Frisina, Lois B. Travis, M.D., Sc.D., the Lawrence D. Einhorn Professor of Cancer Research at the IU School of Medicine and a researcher at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, studied for the first time the cumulative effects of cisplatin-based chemotherapy on hearing levels in testicular cancer survivors through comprehensive audiometry measurements.
July 17, 2017Medical
USF ITE Student Chapter Team Wins Traffic Bowl Competition
The USF Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE) Student Chapter Traffic Bowl Team won the 2017 Florida Section/District 10 ITE Traffic Bowl competition, which was held June 22 during the 2017 FSITE Summer Meeting in Naples, Fla. This marks a repeat District 10 Championship for the team, since the previous USF student team also won this honor last year.
June 27, 2017Civil Environmental
James Mihelcic Awarded E4 Award From AAEES
On April 13, 2017, Professor James Mihelcic was awarded the Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science Education (E4) award from American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists at the National Press Club (Washington, D.C.). The "E4" Award is granted to an educator who has made a significant contribution to the environmental engineering profession in the area of educating practitioners.
June 5, 2017Civil Environmental
Maurice Ferre to Receive 2017 CUTR Transportation Award
Thornton Williams, University of South Florida Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) Advisory Board Chair and Managing Partner of the Williams Law Group, P.A., Tallahassee, announced today at the Florida Transportation Commission Workshop in Boca Raton that Florida Transportation Commissioner Maurice Ferré will receive the 2017 CUTR Transportation Achievement Award at the annual transportation awards event on Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at the University of South Florida Marshall Student Center on the Tampa Campus.
February 8, 2017Civil Environmental
Three University of South Florida professors elected AIMBE fellows
Venkat R. Bhethanabotla, Ph.D. - For outstanding contributions and leadership in chemical and biomedical engineering, particularly for the development of acoustic wave biological sensors.
February 1, 2017Medical
USF unveils preliminary renderings for new medical school and cardiovascular institute in downtown Tampa
The University of South Florida today unveiled preliminary renderings of the future home of its USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute in downtown Tampa.
January 31, 2017Medical
USF College of Engineering and USF Health Morsani College of Medicine partner to create a Department of Medical Engineering
The College of Engineering and the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida have established the Department of Medical Engineering, a unique transdisciplinary concept that will combine the related aspects of engineering and medicine while providing access to real-world health care environments for education and research.
January 4, 2017Medical
Professor Chris Passaglia awarded NIH $1.4M RO1 Grant for Glaucoma Research
Professor Chris Passaglia awarded NIH RO1 Grant for Glaucoma Research. The awarded project will uses one-of-a-kind technology to study eye pressure variability, fluid outflow biomechanics, retinal structure and physiological function, and visual sensitivity in animals with and without pressure-induced glaucoma.
August 10, 2016Medical
Piyush Koria Receives NIH Grant to Develop Therapies to Treat Chronic Wounds
he National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health has awarded a research grant to Piyush Koria, associate professor in the Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Department, to develop novel therapies for healing chronic wounds. The public health and economic impact of chronic wound care is staggering, with an estimated annual cost upwards of more than eight billion dollars.
July 21, 2016Medical