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Civil Engineering Majors and Undecided Engineering Majors
Please
join us for the inaugural fall Civil Engineering Student Retreat/Information
Session.
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RSVP to Dr. Pesantes (eileen.pesantes-tavares@unf.edu).
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The School of Computing, Eventbrite and your UNF family thank you for making the Pokémon Go TOURNAMENT a great success.
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Thank you for joining us for the Dean's reception in conjunction with the Florida Engineering Society (FES)/FICE Annual Summer Conference,
the One-Hundredth Birthday of FES!
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AWWA Florida Section LIKINS Scholarship
The
Florida Section of the AWWA has extended the deadline for the LIKINS
Scholarship to May 31, 2016. This
scholarship is available for Undergrads, Grads and PhD students.
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Celebrating Graduates
Congratulations to Electrical Engineering Student Ayshka Rodriguez; Engagement Focus: Community-Based Research, Volunteerism, and Outreach.
Ayshka, along with the other Spring 2016 recipients are highlighted on the Osprey Community Engagement website. You are encouraged to read her community engagement bio.
The Summer 2016 applications will be available in early May. We expect to celebrate more CCEC students in the future.
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Spring 2016 Hack-A-Thon Congratulations to Team Jon, the winners of the Spring 2016 Community Inspired Hack-A-Thon event.
Click here here for more details
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2016 CCEC Innovation Day
The CCEC School of Engineering is hosting the 2016 Innovation day on Monday, April 18, 2016 at the UNF Adam W. Herbert University Center. This event highlights our students' senior projects with poster sessions and oral presentation.
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Spring 2016 School of Computing Symposium
The School of Computing Symposium features course projects, thesis projects, and
other types of faculty research projects carried out by undergraduate and
graduate students. Students and faculty will share their work via poster
presentations. This event will provide you an opportunity to have one-on-one
interaction with our faculty and other computing students.
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2016 Greater Jacksonville Seaperch Competition
The School of Engineering and the Outreach & Recruitment Office are
partnering with the Naval Sea Systems Command, Southeast Regional Maintenance
Center (SERMC), Mayport, FL in supporting the Greater Jacksonville Regional
SeaPerch Qualifying Competition which will be held on April 2, 2016 from 9:00am
– 1:00pm at the Cecil Field Aquatic Center, Jacksonville, Florida.
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UNF
Students Create User-Friendly Lobbyist Database For Jacksonville:
With the help of School of
Computing students, Jacksonville residents now have an easier time
finding out who’s lobbying city officials as covered by .
Full story here at WJCT
Hear the story
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River City Live: UNF is the "go-to school for those wanting an immersive engineering experience".
Get and education in engineering while improving the lives of others. Not only are students learning theory, at UNF students apply that knowledge in a way that impacts those in need.
Watch the interview with Rance Adams
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Disabled boy gets speedster wheels from UNF Adaptive Toy Project
University of North Florida physical therapy and engineering students and faculty provide a 5 year old disabled boy with a battery-charged toy car specially modified for him.
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UNF Partners with Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain to Establish 3-D Printing Polymer Lab
The University of North Florida and MD&D Global Services, LLC, part of Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain, have partnered to establish the 3-D Printing and Netshape Technologies Center Polymer Laboratory at UNF. The new lab, in the College of Computing, Engineering and Construction, is dedicated to the study, analysis, research and development of 3-D printing technologies. The grand opening was held on November 20, 2015.
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Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) induction ceremony
The Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) induction ceremony was held on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at the UNF Student Union and the following students from the School of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Eta Kappa Nu Student Chapter were inducted.
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UNF Partner in Leading Effort Applying Big Data Solutions to Regional Challenges
The University of North Florida is one of 116 stakeholders from academia, industry and the nonprofit sectors that were selected through a competitive process to participate in the proposal, initiation and strategic planning for the South Big Data Regional Innovation Hub (South BD Hub.)
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Stenner Pump Company supports Osprey Mining Club
The Stenner Pump Company supporting our Osprey Mining Club. They donated $2500 to help with the upcoming NASA competition.
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NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing
The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) is excepting applications for Award for Aspirations in Computing honoring high school women who are active and interested in computing and technology and Aspirations in Computing Educator Award for high school educators who encourage girls’ interest and participate on in technology pursuits.
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UNF Alumni at Haskell Show Their Osprey Pride
Our thanks to Stephen Thompson, P.E. who organized this UNF Alumni photo at Haskell on Friday, October 2, 2015. Alumni enjoyed the group photo and took time to take individual photos and selfies with Ozzie! CCEC invites all of our industry partners to send us a group photo of your employees who are UNF alumni. These photos have become great recruitment opportunities. SWOOP!
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Computing Students: IEEEXtreme Programming Contest 2015 Test your programming skills by participating in the IEEEXtreme 9.0 programming Contest. To participate you must register by
Friday, October 9th.
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Dr. El Safty named 2015 Educator of the Year
Dr. El Safty, professor of civil engineering, was named 2015 Educator of the Year by the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, a national scientific, technical and professional institute for the precast concrete structures industry.
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SOE Professor elected to the NMSU Electrical and Computer Engineering Academy
Dr. Brian Kopp, assistant professor of electrical engineering, has been elected to the New Mexico State University Electrical and Computer Engineering Academy. This is a very prestigious honor, which shows the quality of the accomplishments of one of our recent hires in the School of Engineering.
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FSBPA Bob Dean Coastal Research Award 2015 Recipient
Dr. William Dally, a Civil Engineering professor and member of Taylor Engineering Research Institute, was chosen as the 2015 recipient of the Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association’s rarely-bestowed Bob Dean Coastal Research Award.
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FES 2nd Annual Race for Relevance: Save the Date!
Florida Engineering Society's Norteast Florida Chapter presents 2nd annual
Race for Relevance on Thursday, January 21, 2016 from 6:00-10:00pm.
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The University of North Florida is proud to have a signed Partnership Agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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UNF School of Computing students will receive UPE Scholarships
School of Computing students Spence Southard (Graduate) and Tom Petrocelli (Undergraduate) will receive special recognition awards from Upsilon Pi Epsilon. Both students will be awarded $1500 scholarship.
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UNF School of Computing faculty member interview about Computer Outage
The School of Computing's Dr. Swapnoneel Roy was interviewed by First Coast News on the computer outage concerns brought about by the recent technical troubles encountered by NYSE, United Airlines and Wall Street Journal.
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UNF's SHPE Jr. Chapter wins awards at RLDC Region Meeting
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Joint Chet Creek Church and UNF School of Computing Mission to Haiti
UNF computer science students and one faculty member in a joint effort with Chets Creek Church visit Haiti to replace an existing computer lab with new modern laptop computers.
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Mars Rover Club takes 6th place at National Competition.
UNF’s
Mars Rover club came in 6th place in the NASA Robotic Mining
Competition beating out Florida schools UF and FIT as well as MIT and Cornell.
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FES awards Dr. Alan Harris with 2015 Professor of the Year.
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Dr. Adel Elsafty receives a $1,500 award from ICRI
On Thursday April 23, Dr. Adel Elsafty received an $1,500 reward from ICRI for support and sponsorship of UNF students' doing research and activities on concrete and repair. Over 35 CE consultants and contractors were in attendance at the meeting.
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2015 CCEC FAB GRAD Award
The College of Computing, Engineering and Construction (CCEC) is accepting nominations for the 2015 FAB GRAD AWARD. The Deadline for nomination is June 30, 2015. For more info...
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 Florida
Department of Transportation (FDOT) presented the UNF with a check for FDOT’s
part in winning a national competition for best transportation project in
America.
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 UNF Osprey SAE Race Team showcased their race car and educated attendees about UNF engineering program at the Amelia Island Car Show.
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 UNF Construction Management students win awards at the 2015 NAHB competition.
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 The UNF School of Computing Fall 2014 Symposium was held on Friday, December 5, 2014 at the University Center. This event allowed students to feature their course, thesis, and research projects.
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 UNF engineering students are adapting battery powered toy cars for use by children with disabilities. Visit the UNF Adaptive Toy Project website. To donate to this project fill out the Pledge Form or go to UNF Giving site (Designation: Other, Acct. #0882-5300-00).
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 John (a UNF junior in Construction Management) and Whitney Spinks were participants in Season 1 of HGTV's "Flipping the Block." At the viewing party for the season finale, John and Whitney were presented a UNF Alumni Gift Basket for bringing national recognition to the program.
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 Don and Carol Ditzenberger Endowed Fellowship
Don and Carol Ditzenberger have established an Endowed Fellowship to
support graduate students working in the Taylor Engineering Research
Institute and majoring in Coastal and Port Engineering.
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 Orbital Ospreys is a group of UNF undergraduate students interested in
space-related research. On 02 August 2014, Orbital Ospreys launched a
balloon satellite at DeSoto Lake.
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In the 2014 PayScale College ROI Report, a UNF Computer Science degree is ranked #1 in terms of return on investment (ROI) over 20 years among Florida public universities, and UNF comes in second only to UF in annual ROI for Florida public universities.
PayScale has the salary data to rank hundreds of U.S. colleges and universities based on total cost and alumni earnings. |
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 Terrcon Consulting Engineers & Scientists presented a check of support for the CCEC GEO Lab. Pictured are Kristopher C. Linster (Terrcon Field Engineer and UNF alumus of Civil Engineering program) and Brad Tompa (Terracon Environmental Department Manager), along with Mark Tumeo (CCEC Dean), and Nick Hudyma (Civil Engineering Professor). |
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 Osprey Racing DocumentaryWatch the Osprey Racing documentary, "Looking Forward." The short video reviews the history and aspirations of Osprey
Racing, a non-profit chapter of Society of Automotive Engineers
(SAE). This group of University of North Florida students are designing
and building a formula race car to compete internationally against
other universities.
See it on Youtube
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Building Construction Student Uses Skills on HGTV's 'Flipping the Block'
UNF junior, John Spinks, is a Building Construction Management
major and part of the Season 1 cast on HGTV's "Flipping the Block,"
which premieres Sunday, 20 July, at 9 p.m. He used his construction
skills to transform a run-down condo into a move-in ready showpiece. The UNF Boathouse will host a Viewing Party, at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, 27 July ... please send R.S.V.P. to a.flores@unf.edu.
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UNF Engineering Students Repair SWAT Robot
A powerful crime-fighting tool is again ready to serve, thanks to UNF electrical engineering students. The Clay County SWAT Team reached out to UNF after its 35-year-old robot, called the Unicorn, stopped working. Watch the Action News video and the WJXT Ch. 4 video.
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 UNF engineering student teams participated in the 2014 PCI Big Beam Contest
UNF engineering student teams, led by Dr. Adel El Safty, participated in the 2014 Big Beam Contest organized by the National Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) and sponsored by Gate Precast and Florida Prestressed Concrete Association (FPCA).
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High-Paying Careers You Want Your Kids To Pursue
Per the U.S. Department of Labor: Computing, Engineering, and Construction Management careers have median annual salaries of at least $75,000 and are projected to experience high growth from 2012 to 2022.
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UNF Engineering Students are "Out of This World" 
On 12 June 2014, a team of UNF Engineering students flew with their zero-G experiment aboard NASA's G-Force One aircraft.
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U.S. is in need of 1 million STEM graduates within 10 years
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APR Energy becomes the new sponsor of the Osprey SAE Student Race Team
 John Campion, CEO of APR Energy, has generously pledged to provide financial support and employees will assist as coaches and mentors to the students of the Osprey Racing team.
The College is thankful for APR Energy’s willingness to engage these
students in engineering concepts that challenge their academic knowledge
and actually puts theory into reality.
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Degrees that prepare you for the 21st century: These five high-tech degrees could give you the skills needed for the high-tech career world. (article at Yahoo! Education) |
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First CCEC Faculty, Staff, Alumni BBQ
 On 21 May 2014, a crowd of 100 gathered to enjoy good food, reconnect with faculty, catch up with colleagues and meet spouses and kids in an informal and fun setting. The group enjoyed being outside in the courtyard between Buildings 50 and 4, where the kids played corn hole, tossed balls and other beach games. The featured game of chance was the “Dunk the Dean” water tank. Dean Tumeo was a good sport and was dunked a dozen times! We will plan to make this an annual event! |
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UNF Engineering's Dr. Paul Eason is named Professor of the Year
UNF Engineering's Dr. Paul Eason received the 2014 Professor of the Year
award by the North East Florida Engineers Week Committee.
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Spring 2014 Open House
On Saturday, 01 March 2014, the University of North Florida held Open
House. This event provides an exciting and comprehensive look at many
of UNF's unique programs.
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UNF Engineering students use 3D modeling to rapid prototype steering gearbox for Osprey Racing
UNF School of Engineering students, members of the Formula SAE Osprey Racing Chapter, designed and constructed a prototype for a 90-degree, steering gearbox using 3D CAD/CAM software and a 3D printer.
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UNF Community-Based Transformational Learning in the STEM Disciplines
The UNF College of Computing, Engineering & Construction provides students in the STEM disciplines with Community-Based Transformational Learning opportunities.
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UNF Makes Changes to Produce More IT Grads
 Jacksonville's demand for IT workers today is greater than its supply, and it's not only employers who are struggling to keep up. Jacksonville Business Journal's Carole Hawkins reports on changes being made by the University of North Florida's College of Computing, Engineering & Construction to get a larger number of qualified IT graduates into the workforce.
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Captured in video: Intro to Engineering students highlight engineering principles
Students in Dr. Juan Aceros' Introduction to Engineering course explore engineering principles in this fantastic video ...
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