Florida Institute of Technology
High Tech with a Human Touch
In just the past two years our university has seen a major resurgence in the number of proposals for funded research. The current value of Research Sponsored Projects is $35 million. The number of principal investigators has also doubled in the last three years to 90 faculty members—and four of them have received prestigious NSF Career Awards.
News Stories
White House Recognizes Florida Tech Researcher as One of Nation’s Top Young Scientists
01/05/2009
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Brian Lail, assistant professor of computer and electrical engineering at Florida Institute of Technology, has earned a prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. The award, which comes with research funding of $200,000 annually for five years, is the nation’s highest honor for professionals at the outset of their independent scientific research careers. Full Article
Faculty Member Earns Office of Naval Research Grant
12/11/2008
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Florida Tech Assistant Professor of Ocean Engineering Steven M. Jachec, Ph.D., P.E., has received $150,000 from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for his work on simulating internal waves in straits. Oliver B. Fringer, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering from Stanford University, is collaborating with Jachec under separate ONR funding. Full Article
Professor’s Grants to Help Assess Local Environmental Issues
12/09/2008
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Florida Tech Professor of Environmental Science Tom Belanger, Ph.D., recently received two grants for work that will help protect local environments. He earned $90,000 from the National Park Service to assess the coastal water resources and watershed conditions in Mosquito Lagoon and $47,000 from the National Estuary Program/St. Full Article
Pioneer in Ecosystem Services Valuation to Speak at Florida Tech
11/24/2008
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Robert Costanza, Ph.D., of the Gund Institute of Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont, will speak at Florida Institute of Technology on December 5 at 2 p.m. The public is invited to this free event, which will be held in the F. Full Article
Sebastian Inlet District Grant Funds Florida Tech Study
11/21/2008
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Florida Tech associate professor of ocean engineering, Lee Harris, P.E., has received a $120,000 continuation grant from the Sebastian Inlet District (SID) to collect and analyze oceanographic and meteorological data at the inlet. Full Article