civil engineering

The university’s flagship project and a Panther rite of passage, the engineering and science student design and research program has existed in some form or another almost since the university’s inception in 1958.

Virtual course starting July 13 offers high school students access to university’s renowned faculty with Zoom sessions and includes fun, hands-on projects.

Florida Tech was only the second university in Florida to host the 32-year-old event.

Florida Tech is only the second university in Florida to host the 30-year-old event, and will be the only one to host it twice come June 6-9, 2019.

Grant Earmarked for Students Transferring from Community, State Colleges  MELBOURNE, FLA. — A Florida Institute of Technology proposal to use scholarships to boost the number of students studying the critical Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics discipline of engineering has received a National Science Foundation grant worth more than $610,000 over the next five years. Led by principal investigator Ashok Pandit,…

MELBOURNE, FLA. — Noted materials scientist and metallurgist Martin E. Glicksman was appointed Dean of the College of Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology. He held the position on an interim basis since January. Dean Glicksman also serves as the Allen S. Henry Chair and University Professor of Engineering. “After an extensive search, we were pleased to find that the…

MELBOURNE, FLA.—Paul Cosentino, Florida Institute of Technology professor of civil engineering and other Florida Tech faculty members have been awarded about $750,000 in research contracts from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for three projects. In one contract, Cosentino, with Florida Tech College of Engineering faculty members Edward Kalajian, Albert Bleakley and Yahya Sharaf-Eldeen have begun work on a 24-month,…

MELBOURNE, FLA—The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has granted a $250,000 research contract to Paul Cosentino, professor of civil engineering at Florida Institute of Technology. The two-year contract calls for Cosentino’s research team to determine how ground tire rubber (GTR), which is manufactured from recycled tires, can be blended with roadbed soils from around Florida to determine how to improve…

MELBOURNE, FLA.—Congratulations go to winners of the Northrop Grumman Corp. Champion Award and Florida Institute of Technology President’s Cup Award, which were presented this spring at the annual Northrop Grumman Engineering and Science Student Design Showcase. The showcase featuring the final projects of Florida Tech engineering and science students was held recently in the Clemente Center for Sports and Recreation.…

MELBOURNE, FLA.—In an annual extravaganza of achievement, Florida Institute of Technology College of Engineering and College of Science students will display their design and research projects on Friday, April 20, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. More than 100 projects will make up the 2012 Northrop Grumman Engineering & Science Student Design Showcase at the Charles and Ruth Clemente Center.…