Reassessing Cement: Choosing an Optimal Particle Size Distribution to Mitigate Shrinkage

Civil, Architectural, Environmental, COE, Research, Students

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Reassessing Cement: Choosing an Optimal Particle Size Distribution to Mitigate Shrinkage

Jun 21

Concrete – a mixture of cement, sand, stone and water that hardens to a stone-like mass – is the most common construction material in the world. When mixed, the water and cement undergo a chemical reaction – called hydration – that ‘glues’...

Four Engineering Students to Compete in Nationally Televised Make48 College Challenge

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Four Engineering Students to Compete in Nationally Televised Make48 College Challenge

Jun 08

Four University of Miami College of Engineering (UMCoE) students are competing in the Make48 College Challenge, a competition that airs on public television stations across the country. The College Challenge will take place August 10-12, 2018, in Baltimore...

Enhancing Coastal Resilience through Ecosystem Restoration: A One-Day Workshop

Civil, Architectural, Environmental, COE, Research, Students

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Enhancing Coastal Resilience through Ecosystem Restoration: A One-Day Workshop

Jun 07

Rising sea levels are increasingly threatening the coastline of Southeast Florida, exacerbating the impacts of waves, flooding and storm surge. These effects can cause property damage, weaken infrastructure, and erode beaches, costing citizens and municipalities...

One Step Closer to Powering the Future: Improving the Efficiency of Thermoelectric Materials

COE, Mechanical and Aerospace, Research, Students

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One Step Closer to Powering the Future: Improving the Efficiency of Thermoelectric Materials

Jun 05

In the United states, nearly 70 percent of the energy produced goes unused and is ultimately rejected to the environment as waste heat. Capturing and reusing that waste heat can be achieved by using thermoelectricity, the phenomena by which thermal energy...

Engineering PhD Student Awarded Prize for Paper at Annual IISE Research Conference

COE, Industrial, Students

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Engineering PhD Student Awarded Prize for Paper at Annual IISE Research Conference

May 31

Yusuf Secerdin, a PhD candidate and research assistant at the University of Miami (UM) Department of Industrial Engineering’s Anthony Burns Center for Advanced Supply Chain Management (CASCM), took home the third-place prize for the Best Student Paper...

Industrial Engineer Brings Home Best Student Paper Award

COE, Industrial, Students

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Industrial Engineer Brings Home Best Student Paper Award

May 28

Congratulations to Haluk Damgacioglu, a PhD candidate in the University of Miami College of Engineering’s (UMCoE) Department of Industrial Engineering, who recently won the Data Analytics and Information Science (DAIS) Best Student Paper Award at this...

Organs-on-Chips: Mimicking the Heart on a Microchip

Biomedical, COE, Research, Students

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Organs-on-Chips: Mimicking the Heart on a Microchip

May 25

Heart failure is a chronic, progressive condition in which the heart muscle is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs for blood and oxygen. In other words, the heart cannot keep up with its workload. The causes for heart failure vary,...

Seven Engineering Alumni to Serve as Marshals for May Commencement

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Seven Engineering Alumni to Serve as Marshals for May Commencement

May 18

With every commencement, the University of Miami College of Engineering (UMCoE) welcomes new alumni to its base of more than 11,000 alumni across the globe. Commencement is a special time here at the University of Miami (UM) and some of our alumni return...

Engineering Student Team Impresses at Department of Energy Race to Zero Competition

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Engineering Student Team Impresses at Department of Energy Race to Zero Competition

May 14

Team Rising Up, a multi-disciplinary team of students from the University of Miami College of Engineering (UMCoE), is back after participating, and impressing, at this year’s Department of Energy’s (DOE) Race to Zero Student Design Competition. The...

Engineering PhD Graduate Honored with the Outstanding PhD Research Award

COE, Electrical and Computer, Students

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Engineering PhD Graduate Honored with the Outstanding PhD Research Award

May 11

Kai Shen, a PhD graduate in the Department of Electrical and Computer, was awarded the Outstanding PhD Research Award during the 2018 Honors Convocation organized by the University of Miami College of Engineering (UMCoE). The award recognizes a doctoral...