This month’s newsletter highlights something we are especially proud of at the College of Engineering: the accomplishments of our students. As you’ll read in this issue, our students have had a busy semester developing tools and partnering with local communities to implement solutions to real-world challenges. Several stories also reflect the entrepreneurial spirit of our community, featuring alumni who are turning engineering ideas into startup ventures.
The energy of our students was also on full display during Engineers Week. I would like to thank the Engineering Student Council for organizing another outstanding celebration of the spirit of engineering at the U.
Finally, if you would like to see the incredible work our students have been developing this academic year, I invite you to join us for our annual Senior Design Expo on April 28. There, you will see firsthand the ingenuity of our students. We hope you can join us.
Warm wishes,
Vincent Omachonu
Interim Dean, College of Engineering
University of Miami
During Engineers Week, we highlighted the innovation happening across the College of Engineering—from student design projects to faculty research tackling real-world problems.
Engineering students were joined by Joel H. Samuels, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Miami, during the annual E-Week Block Party celebration.
Environmental engineering students partnered with the Village of Palmetto Bay to assess and redesign an aging stormwater system to better protect local neighborhoods from flooding.
Gabe Elias, a mechanical engineering alumnus who helped design championship Formula 1 cars, has built a startup using 3D printing to reshape how batteries power next-generation technologies
A team including a biomedical engineering alumnus and a mechanical engineering doctoral student developed an AI-powered platform to automate clinical documentation and reduce physician paperwork.
Industrial engineering students use optimization models to study how surgical teams are formed and how team composition affects efficiency and patient outcomes.
Three civil engineering doctoral students, Jasmine Rodriguez, Farzad Rezaeicherati, and Sevil Ozsut, have been named winners of this year’s Volo Foundation Climate Action Award, receiving $20,000 for their innovative algae biochar project.
Working in Ali Ghahremaninezhad’s Advanced Infrastructure Materials Research Lab, the team is exploring sustainable macroalgae production and developing algae biochar for use in advanced building materials.
Climate resilience research at American Beach
Nina Jean Louis, a civil engineering doctoral student, received a Center for Global Black Studies Summer Research Grant for her work with the American Beach Heritage Project. Her research focuses on American Beach, a historic Black coastal community on Amelia Island, Florida, examining community-led approaches to climate resilience through engineering, spatial analysis, and oral histories.
Biomedical Engineering Honor Society welcomes new members
The University of Miami chapter of Alpha Eta Mu Beta, the national biomedical engineering honor society, welcomed 21 new members during an initiation ceremony this past weekend. The event marked the chapter’s first initiation since 2019, reviving a long-standing college tradition. During the ceremony, each initiate participated in the candle-carving ritual symbolizing the lasting impact of each cohort.
Biomedical engineering student Petra Kristian assembling a jointed mannequin 🤖 from printed components made in the 3D Printing Lab 🛠️. It took about two hours to print all of the pieces ⏱️. The finished model will be used during visits from local school groups to show how a design becomes a physical object.
🌊 Take a closer look at how our SEAHIVE project is strengthening shorelines and supporting marine ecosystems. Civil and architectural engineering associate professor Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos spoke with CBS’s “The Visioneers” about how these honeycomb coastal structures reduce wave energy, a forward-thinking approach to climate resilience in South Florida and beyond.
Willard Hubbell, professor of mechanical engineering, teaches a mechanical drawing class (1952)
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