Amazon released the list of its 20 finalists in competition to house the company’s second headquarters. The City of Miami was one of them.
News, Science and Technology
UM professors create new way to gather scientific data: mobile games
“Blues and Reds” may look like an ordinary mobile game but on the back end, it’s collecting users’ decision making patterns to be used as research.
Campus Life, News, Science and Technology, Student Organization
New app encourages greener transportation habits
Students chatting as they walk through the tree-lined Coral Gables streets. A jam session between friends on a long carpool to campus. A breezy morning bike ride to class. This is the eco-friendly future the University of Miami’s Department of Parking and Transportation envisions. And the university could get one step closer to that dream…
Campus Life, Environment, News, Science and Technology
Where to (safely) view today’s solar eclipse
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a solar eclipse happening today. An eclipse of this kind – with a path of totality from coast to coast, and only in the United States – hasn’t happened since 1918, nearly a century ago. Student Activities and Student Organizations (SASO) is partnering with UAstronomy to host an eclipse…
Construction, News, Science and Technology
$100 million for Frost Institutes will support interdisciplinary STEM, expanded facilities
During his January 2016 inauguration ceremony, University of Miami President Julio Frenk announced a $100 million donation by longtime donors Dr. Phillip and Patricia Frost for the expansion of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education. Now, a year later, President Frenk announced the money will be used to create the Frost Institutes for Science…
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NASA scientist Matt Melis visits rockets club
NASA scientist Dr. Matt Melis visited University of Miami on Friday and provided engineering students with a presentation on the 30 years of the space shuttle program. Melis works at Glenn Research Center where he designs, develops and tests innovative technology for aeronautics and spaceflight. With his exuberant personality and passion for his work, Melis…
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Biscayne Bay Drift Card launch aims to gather data on climate change, pollution
More than twenty researchers and students threw colorful, data-collecting “drift cards” from onboard the F.G. Walton Smith docked at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (RSMAS) on Monday morning to launch the Biscayne Bay Drift Card Study. The Drift Card Study involves the release of scientific “cards” into the ocean in order to…
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School of Architecture builds smart city in Yucatán Peninsula
The University of Miami’s School of Architecture (SoA) and the Center for Computational Science (CCS) will be collaborating with IT leaders in the Yucatán to create ZenCiti, a “smart city” expected to revolutionize the IT world with its integration of technology into everyday life. In March 2016, the CCS partnered with the “Heuristic,” the Yucatán State Government’s…
Campus Life, International, News, Science and Technology
We Robot conference discusses legal, policy issues in robotics
Professors and engineers flew in from all over the world for the fifth annual We Robot conference. The conference on legal and policy issues relating to robotics was organized by the UM School of Law on Friday and Saturday at the Newman Alumni Center. A host of robotics experts attended the conference, including a team…
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NASA research scientist Geoff Landis discusses future of space exploration missions
A distinguished NASA research scientist spoke at the College of Engineering on Monday to give insight into aeronautics, engineering and the research he has been conducting in the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Geoff Landis has been working with the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts office in Cleveland on different materials and technologies that will aid…
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Competitors taped to walls during Duct Tape competition
After a lengthy absence, the Duct Tape stick-up competition returned to Engineering Week, as students once again taped each other to a wall Tuesday afternoon. The objective of the competition was to tape a teammate to a wall for the longest amount of time, with a timer starting once the teammate was hanging above the…
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Concrete canoes take Canes across Lake Osceola
Year after year, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) at the University of Miami competes in the Concrete Canoe National Competition. As a warm up to the competition, and to showcase past years’ canoes, the ASCE hosts canoe rides across Lake Osceola to kickoff Engineering Week. Maria Arguelles, President of ASCE, hosted the event…