·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Receives $1.5M Gift for Engineering and Biology Scholarships
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥has received a $1.5 million estate gift from Leif Carlsson, Ph.D., and Seija Carlsson to provide scholarships and programmatic support for students studying ocean and mechanical engineering and biology.
AR Job Coaching Boosts Performance by 79% for People With Disabilities
An ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥study finds augmented reality can transform job training for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, boosting task accuracy from 14% to 93% and cutting training from months to minutes.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Lands $4.5M U.S. Air Force T-1A Jayhawk Flight Simulator
FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science received a U.S. Air Force T-1A Jayhawk Mixed Reality and 3D Motion flight simulator through an in-kind grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Awarded $900,000 for Gulf of America Sea-Level Research
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥researchers have received a $900,000, four-year grant from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to advance AI-driven sea-level forecasts and tools for Gulf Coast resilience.
Winners of Second CMBB Biotech Bridge Hackathon Announced
FAU's Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, within the Schmidt College of Science, has announced the winners of its second annual Biotech Bridge Hackathon.
FAU's Federated Learning AI Model Presented at Top AI Conference
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥engineering researchers presented their novel federated learning AI model, pFedDB, at the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, which had an acceptance rate of 17.6%.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Awarded $4M in Federal Funding to Support Key Research Programs
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥has secured $4 million in federal funding in fiscal year 2026 to advance national priorities in defense readiness, semiconductor workforce development and neurological disease research.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Launches New Center for Omics Technologies and Data Engineering
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥engineering's Center for Omics Technologies and Data Engineering (CODE) advances innovation in engineering and computation, using AI-driven analytics to extract insight from biological data research.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Becomes State's First University to Host Onsite Quantum Computer
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥leaps ahead to become Florida's first university to host a public, onsite quantum computer - powering breakthrough research, hands-on learning, and real-world innovation through a partnership with D-Wave.
·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Engineering's Ubicquia Innovation Center to Open in Spring
The Ubicquia Innovation Center for Intelligent Infrastructure will open this spring to advance AI-driven smart infrastructure, and Jason Hallstrom, Ph.D., will serve as the inaugural director.