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Two Electrical Engineering Faculty Receive Patent And NSF Grant For Wearable Technology
Wearable electronics are becoming increasingly common, with clothing wired to connect to a range of devices like headphones nestled inside a hat. Expanding on previous work in this area that resulted in a patent approved this year (A. Takshi, SM Rosa-Ortiz, Patent No. 11,214,884), Department of Electrical Engineering Associate Professor Arash Takshi and USF Research & Innovation Interim Vice President and Professor Sylvia Thomas are using a novel electrochemical method to print copper directly on fabric.
July 21, 2022Electrical
USF Engineering Undergraduates Visit Munich, Berlin In First Official College Study Abroad Program
Students take a group picture at Hohenschwangau Castle — one of two 19th-century castles in the new study abroad program’s itinerary.
May 26, 2022Civil Environmental, Industrial
Alexandria Brady-Miné Wants to Build a Better World
While many mechanical engineering students look forward to professional careers building structures like bridges and buildings, Alexandria Brady-Miné has in mind something on a larger scale.
May 20, 2022Mechanical
Sayde King Selected For GEM PhD Fellowship By MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Sayde King, a third-year doctoral student in the USF Department of Computer Science and Engineering, has been awarded a 2022-2023 National GEM Consortium PhD fellowship. With sponsorship from MIT Lincoln Laboratory, King will receive a stipend of $20,000 along with a summer internship.
May 17, 2022Computer
Ossie Douglas Awarded Nasa Space Technology Research Graduate Fellowship
Ossie Douglas, a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded a prestigious NASA Space Technology Research Graduate Opportunities (NSTRGO) fellowship. The award, valued at up to $80,000 annually, will allow Douglas to study “Spin manipulation in phase-engineered monolayer Janus TMDCs for low power device operation in extreme environments.”
May 16, 2022Mechanical
The AI+X Institute: A University-Wide Asset For USF Researchers Working With Artificial Intelligence
During its first official event with external participation in February 2020, USF’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence+X (AI+X) welcomed Amazon vice president/distinguished scientist and University of Southern California professor Gérard Medioni to talk about his 40-year career in the field of computer vision research.
May 15, 2022Computer
Mentoring The Next Generation Of Diverse Engineers And Fostering Inclusion In Stem
The oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program aims to support the vitality and diversity of the human resource base of science and engineering in the U.S.
May 9, 2022Biological, Computer
Planned Center Of Excellence In Environmental And Oceanographic Sciences At USF St. Petersburg To Support Environmental Engineering Research
In January, USF’s St. Petersburg Campus announced the potential launch of the Center of Excellence in Environmental and Oceanographic Sciences, an “interdisciplinary center of excellence that will harness the collective power of colleges and departments from throughout the university to address the existential challenges created by climate change, including sea level rise, high tide flooding events and other coastal hazards.”
February 27, 2022Civil Environmental
BS In Environmental Engineering Launches
The University of South Florida College of Engineering is building on the success of its environmental engineering graduate program by offering a new Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering degree. The undergraduate program’s inaugural semester was in the Fall 2021.
February 21, 2022Civil Environmental
USF Sum Lab Navigates Future Of Transportation
News that Slovakia’s Transport Authority recently certified a vehicle that transforms from personal car to private plane in minutes for use by that country’s commuters and aviation enthusiasts illustrates how the options for moving people and material around are growing.
February 21, 2022Civil Environmental
New M.S. In Cybersecurity Degree Creates A Valuable Career Path For Engineering Students
The need for modern societies to protect their exchange of information from cyberattacks grows more important every day. Computer hackers continue to search for system vulnerabilities to successfully target and cripple vital operations. The scale of such attacks is expanding, and the field of cybersecurity has now become a crucial focus area for government, military, and commercial organizations. Therefore, there is an overtly strong demand for graduates with advanced technical skills and training within this field.
February 16, 2022Computer
USF Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. Student Named To Tampa Bay Business Journal 25 Under 25 List
By the time he’s 30, USF biomedical engineering Ph.D. student Mitchell Harrah told Tampa Bay Business Journal reporter Lauren Coffey in the journal’s 2021 25 under 25 feature article that he plans to have both his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at USF finished and a solid footing in a career of making disruptive business moves as co-founder of Baldr Medical.
October 29, 2021Medical