As the spring semester comes to a close, we celebrate our students’ creativity throughout the year. Last month, we saw their senior design projects come to life and recently watched our graduates walk across the stage at commencement. For many of our students, summer brings a well-earned pause, time to rest, travel, or study abroad. Our newest alumni are beginning careers or graduate studies around the world, carrying forward the skills developed during their time at the U.
At the same time, the work of the College of Engineering continues at full pace. Throughout the summer months, our faculty and graduate students remain deeply engaged in research and innovation, addressing real-world challenges in health, infrastructure, the environment, and beyond.
As this will be our final newsletter until August, I wish you a restful and productive summer. We look forward to welcoming our community back in the fall, energized by new ideas, new students, and new opportunities.
Warm regards,
Vincent Omachonu
Interim Dean, College of Engineering
University of Miami
Take a look inside this year’s Senior Design Expo, which featured 41 student teams presenting their innovative ideas. Projects ranged from wearable health devices and resilient communication systems to logistics optimization, infrastructure planning, and aerospace innovation, developed in partnership with faculty, industry, and local government.
Industrial engineering students partnered with Florida Power & Light to develop predictive vegetation growth models aimed at reducing power outages across Florida. Using years of LiDAR data, the team created tools that allow utilities to prioritize tree-trimming in high-risk areas before outages occur.
Mechanical engineering students developed SnapSense, a wearable device designed to help athletes reduce the risk of overuse injuries caused by repetitive motion. The project uses biomechanics and sensor data to track movement and inform smarter training decisions.
A health tech startup led by a University of Miami nursing student took first place at the 2026 Engineering Pitch and Innovation Challenge, presenting a disposable, video-enabled intubation device designed to improve access to life-saving airway technology. The competition, hosted by the College of Engineering, highlights student-driven innovation and entrepreneurship.
Four College of Engineering graduate students earned National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships for research spanning neural repair and nerve regeneration, immune tolerance in type 1 diabetes, and wearable technologies designed to support astronaut health during space missions.
Watch doctoral graduate and mechanical engineering student speaker Yusif Gurbanli deliver the Spring 2026 Commencement address to the graduating class.
Commencement marked the close of one chapter and the beginning of many others. See photos and video from this year’s University of Miami ceremonies.
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🧠⚙️ This year for Take Your Child to Work Day we brought the kids of faculty and staff to the College of Engineering to build tensegrity structures, create DNA from candy, test bone strength using buckets of sand, explore hydrogels and metals, and more.
The first graduating class of Architectural Engineering (1952)
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