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Network Engineer EC 2174 Email 305.348.4238 William Ocampo is an experienced Network Engineer with a strong background in Silicon Design and Embedded Systems. With over 15 years of expertise, he has developed custom integrated circuits, including superscalar multi-core processors and digital signal processors. At FIU, William supports server infrastructure and networks funded by the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Energy (DOE). Additionally, he leads the Embedded Systems team…

 Research Specialist II EC 2174 Email Mark Rodriguez is a Research Specialist II at the FIU’s Applied Research Center working on embedded system design and virtualization supporting projects for the Department of Defense (DOD). Mark is a biomedical engineer with over 25 years of experience working with Fortune 100 companies in high-stakes, safety-critical environments. He specializes in embedded systems design, complex algorithm development, and the creation of advanced biomedical simulations…

FIU researchers build robots to clean toxic waste, map contaminated sites, and make repairs in dangerous conditions, protecting humans and speeding cleanup.

Yesterday, leaders responsible for cleaning up some of the most radioactive contaminated sites in the nation gathered on campus to recognize a dozen of our top students at the 2024 DOE Fellows Induction Ceremony. FIU is in the 29th year of a Cooperative Agreement with the Department of Energy, with a focus on addressing the environmental challenges resulting from the nation’s nuclear weapons program and building a skilled workforce for…

Miami, Florida April 30, 2024 The Applied Research Center (ARC) at Florida International University (FIU) hosted the inaugural Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Workshop for Nuclear Decommissioning.  The workshop got started with welcoming remarks from FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing (Dr. Ines Triay, Interim Dean), and FIU’s ARC (Dr. Leo Lagos, Director of Research), as well as Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management official (Mr. Rodrigo Rimando). The workshop…

Florida International University (FIU) is hosting an AI Robotics Workshop on April 22 – 24, 2024. The Technology Innovation Hub: Applied Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Nuclear Decommissioning Workshop aims to serve as a collaborative platform where industry leaders, academic heads, faculty, and students can engage in insightful discussions to better understand the Robotics/AI landscape. Register Now

ARC is pleased to announce that Dr. Amer Awwad, Sr. Research Scientist, in collaboration with Dr. Atorod Azizinamini, Professor from FIU’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, and Director of Infrastructure Research and Innovation, have developed an innovative technology to quickly assess the durability of hardened concrete. The technology can quickly test concrete strength without the need to take a core sample of the concrete. A patent has been granted for…

Miami, February 14, 2024 FIU’s Applied Research Center is hosting a two-day technical meeting with representatives from DOE contractor (Washington River Protection Solutions) and Savannah River National lab. The objective of the workshop is to review robotic technologies being developed at FIU in support of DOE Tank Farm at the Hanford site in Richland, WA. In addition, other robotic research projects being conducted as part of DOE EM and Sandia…