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FAU Faculty Awarded Patent for Invention
November 24, 2014
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued patent number 8,799,017 to FAU faculty for their invention titled “Apparatus and Method for Managing Interaction-Based Services.”
FAU Undergraduate Student Awarded the IEEE PES Scholarship
November 20, 2014
FAU, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science undergraduate student Océane Boulais was awarded the 2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Power and Energy Society (PES) scholarship.
FAU Engineering and Computer Science Outstanding Leaders Honored at 2014 Talon Awards Ceremony
November 19, 2014
FAU hosted its annual Talon Awards ceremony as part of Homecoming 2014, to recognize outstanding leaders from the community, alumni, faculty and student body constituencies. Co-sponsored by the FAU Alumni Association (FAUAA)...
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science Student Wins the Extreme Engineer Award at SHPE Conference 2014
November 18, 2014
FAU, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science undergraduate student Océane Boulais won the Extreme Engineer award, $2,000 in prize money and a paid trip to the 2015 Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) conference...
FAU Receives Grant to Build Big Data Training and Research Lab
September 19, 2014
Florida Atlantic University’s Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science professor Taghi Khoshgoftaar, Ph.D. has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of $600,000 with a matching grant of $257,000...
FAU Professor Emeritus Inducted into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
September 01, 2014
William E. Glenn Jr., Ph.D. (1926 – 2013), a distinguished professor emeritus of electrical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University, has been posthumously named to the...
FAU Signs Licensing Agreement for a Patent that Disables Cellphone Texting Features While Driving
July 16, 2014
Florida Atlantic University and PortNexus have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement to implement a patented idea that will help solve the growing national problem of auto accidents caused by people texting while...
FAU Technology Helps Local Company Receive Funding
April 22, 2014
Orlando-based flexReceipts, a leading digital receipts company received funding on March 19 to support commercialization of technology licensed to them from a Florida Atlantic University patent titled “System and Methods...
FAU Engineering and Computer Science Alumnus and NASA Astronaut Steve Swanson Scheduled to Take Third Trip into Space
March 20, 2014
After years of training and preparation, American engineer, NASA Astronaut and proud FAU alumnus Steve Swanson is preparing for his third trip into space. Swanson and two Russian cosmonauts are scheduled to launch aboard...