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Detectives called in the ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ anthropologist team because it has specialized equipment that will help speed up the search of the remaining dirt piles for any further signs of human remains.

July 28, 2022Research

ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ researchers celebrate successes of new Caribbean research center

An interdisciplinary research center is now up and running in Barbados thanks to a $3.6 million grant provided by USAID to support education policy development and timely decision-making on issues impacting schools in the sub-region.

July 26, 2022Global Research, Research

The College of Public Health will partner with the CDC over the next five years to develop a multi-modal approach to deliver infection prevention and control education to emergency responders. The center will serve as a hub for recruitment, dissemination, referral and subject matter consultation.

July 25, 2022Health, Research

Department of Electrical Engineering Associate Professor Arash Takshi and ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ Research & Innovation Interim Vice President and Professor Sylvia Thomas have developed a new method called hydrogen evolution assisted (HEA) electroplating that makes it possible to print copper directly on fabrics, opening the door to an abundance of technological innovations.

July 25, 2022Innovation, Research

ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ computer science and engineering professor Marvin Andujar is studying whether college students diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, can use this futuristic technology to improve attention spans and reduce the need for prescription drugs, which can have side effects.

July 23, 2022Health, Innovation, Research

Heather Judkins, associate professor of integrative biology on the ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ St. Petersburg campus, will continue her studies of cephalopods, such as octopus and squid, as part of a team of scientists aboard the R/V Point Sur for a 12-day research cruise around the Gulf of Mexico. The goal of the cruise is to identify and quantify long-term trends in fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods in the midwaters of the Gulf in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that occurred in 2010.

July 21, 2022Research

Innovative cybersecurity programs poised for major expansion

Boosted by millions of dollars in new state funding, ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ cybersecurity programs are preparing graduates for high-paying jobs in a field with soaring demand.

July 21, 2022Innovation

The ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ Institute of Applied Engineering is one of three winners in the NASA TechLeap Prize competition. Winners are awarded an initial $200,000 prize to help mature their technology, with the opportunity for each to win up to a total of $650,000 in prizes as well as a suborbital flight test on a commercial rocket-powered landing vehicle.

July 21, 2022Honors and Awards, Innovation, Research

Skeletal bones were found at a partially-built residential development in Palm Coast, Florida. The ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ team plans to use ground-penetrating radar at the construction site, which will speed up the search for human remains.

July 21, 2022Research

Two EE Faculty Receive Patent and NSF Grant for Wearable Technology

Department of Electrical Engineering Associate Professor Arash Takshi and ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ Research & Innovation Interim Vice President Dr. Sylvia Wilson Thomas are using a novel electrochemical method to print copper directly on fabric. With a $369,574 grant from the National Science Foundation, the project is taking wearable electronics to a whole other level.

July 21, 2022Innovation

ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ and FIU researchers release statewide public opinion survey results, topics include gas prices and social media regulation

The survey, sponsored by the Florida Center for Cybersecurity at ľ¹ÏÊÓƵ, addresses how Floridians are being affected by rising gasoline prices and issues related to Elon Musk’s potential purchase of the social media platform Twitter.

July 20, 2022Research

PACT (Preventing Alzheimer’s with Cognitive Training) is a five-year clinical trial to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive training or brain games on the computer to delay cognitive decline in hopes that they prevent dementia.

July 19, 2022Health, Research