2014 News
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ʦapp Faculty Awarded Patent for InventionNovember 24, 2014 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued patent number 8,799,017 to ʦapp faculty for their invention titled [...] |
ʦapp Undergraduate Student Awarded the IEEE PES ScholarshipNovember 20, 2014 ʦapp, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science undergraduate student Océane Boulais was awarded the 2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) [...] |
ʦapp Engineering and Computer Science Outstanding Leaders Honored at 2014 Talon Awards CeremonyNovember 19, 2014 ʦapp hosted its annual Talon Awards ceremony as part of Homecoming 2014, to recognize outstanding leaders from the community, alumni, [...] |
ʦapp College of Engineering and Computer Science Student Wins the Extreme Engineer Award at SHPE Conference 2014November 18, 2014 ʦapp, 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) [...] |
ʦapp Roboboat Team Competes in First International 2014 Maritime RobotX ChallengeOctober 26, 2014 Students from the College of Engineering and Computer Science at ʦapp, in partnership with ʦapp from the College of Engineering at Villanova University, won first place in the land-based judging, [...] |
ʦapp’s SAE Racing Team Wins Second Place at the 2nd Annual Formula SAE Match RaceOctober 25, 2014 The ʦapp Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) racing team won second place in the 2nd Annual Formula SAE Match Race at the Lamar County Speedway in Barnesville, Georgia. The event was [...] |
ʦapp Student Team Selected to Participate in Hybrid Motor High Powered Rocket CompetitionOctober 17, 2014 A team of ʦapp ʦapp from the department of ocean and mechanical engineering and the department of mathematics have been selected to participate in the 2014-2015 Hybrid Motor High Powered Rocket Competition. [...] |
ʦapp Receives Grant to Build Big Data Training and Research LabSeptember 19, 2014 ʦapp’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 [...] |
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September 2014 Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee [...] |
ʦapp Professor Emeritus Inducted into Florida Inventors Hall of FameSeptember 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 [...] |
ʦapp Signs Licensing Agreement for a Patent that Disables Cellphone Texting Features While DrivingJuly 16, 2014 ʦapp 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 driving [...] |
ʦapp Signs Lease to Install World's First Ocean Current Energy Test SiteJune 2014 Researchers at ʦapp's Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNMREC) will soon install the world's first offshore test berth for small-scale ocean current turbines thanks to a recently signed five-year lease agreement between ʦapp and the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of [...] |
2014 Distinguished Teacher of the YearMay 2, 2014 The keynote speaker for the 2014 New Student Convocation was Distinguished Teacher of the Year, Daniel Meeroff, Ph.D., Associate Chair and Associate Professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science's Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering. The Distinguished Teacher of the Year [...] |
ʦapp Technology Helps Local Company Receive FundingApril 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 ʦapp patent titled “System and Methods of Image Retrieval.” Funding is being provided by the Florida Technology Seed Capital Fund [...] |
ʦapp Engineering and Computer Science Alumnus and NASA Astronaut Steve Swanson Scheduled to Take Third Trip into SpaceMarch 20, 2014 After years of training and preparation, American engineer, NASA Astronaut and proud ʦapp alumnus Steve Swanson is preparing for his third trip into space. Swanson and two Russian cosmonauts are scheduled to launch aboard Soyuz TMA-12M on March 25, 2014. This will be Swanson’s first flight aboard the Russian spacecraft [...] |
New Textbook: Resolution of the 20th Century Conundrum in Elastic StabilityMarch 2014 Isaac Elishakoff, Ph.D., distinguished research professor in the department of ocean and mechanical engineering at ʦapp recently released his textbook "Resolution of the 20th Century Conundrum in Elastic Stability." [...] |
ʦapp College of Engineering and Computer Science Outstanding Educators Recognized by The Engineers’ CouncilFebruary 28, 2014 Mohammad Ilyas, Ph.D., Professor and Dean of ʦapp’s College of Engineering and Computer Science was presented with the Distinguished Engineering Educator Award and Daniel Meeroff, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering, was presented with the John J. Guarrera Engineering Educator of the Year Award by The Engineers’ Council [...] |