History | 1965: FIU was chartered as Miami’s Public Research University
1972: FIU opened its doors to students 1973: College of Technology was established 1984: College of Engineering and Applied Sciences was established 2005: School of Computing and Information Sciences joined the College |
Structure | One School: Computing and Information Sciences
Five Departments: Biomedical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Construction Management, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical and Materials Engineering |
Programs | 11 Academic Programs: Biomedical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Management, Environmental Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Material Science and Engineering, Telecommunication and Networking
27 Degree Programs: Nine BS, one BA, 11 MS, and six PhD programs |
Students | 4,426 Enrollment: 3,610 BS, 596 MS, 220 PhD
812 Degrees Awarded in 2009-10: 488 BS/BA, 289 MS, 35 PhD |
Faculty | 125 Full-Time Faculty: 100 Tenured and Tenure Track, 25 Instructors and Lecturers |
Research | $18.9M Research Awards in 2009-10: $189k per tenured and tenure track faculty
$15.3M Research Awards in 2008-09: $153k per tenured and tenure track faculty $14.9M Research Expenditures in 2008-09: $149k per tenured and tenure track faculty Nine (9) NSF CAREER Awardees and One DOE CAREER Awardee |
Centers and Labs | NSF Center of Emerging Technologies for Advanced Information Processing and High-Confidence Systems, NSF I/UCRC Center for Advanced Knowledge Enablement (CAKE), Motorola Nanofabrication Research Facility, Lehman Center for Transportation Research, Titan America Structures and Construction Lab |
Alumni | Over 14,000 Golden Panthers Alumni for the College |
Size | 4th Largest BS Graduates in Computer Science (ASEE 2008) |
Diversity | 3rd Largest Hispanic BS Graduates in Engineering and Computing (ASEE 2008)
8th Largest African-American BS Graduates in Engineering and Computing (ASEE 2008) |
Space | 38 acre Engineering Campus includes 190,000 ft2 Engineering Building, 50,000 ft2 utility building and 5,000 ft2 Wall of Wind building |
Contact | Amir Mirmiran, Professor and Dean10555 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33174
Tel: 305-348-2522, Fax: 305-348-1401, Email: Mirmiran@fiu.edu http://www.cec.fiu.edu, We are also on Facebook® |