![The 12-fan Wall of Wind, comprising of twelve electric fan-motor units controlled by two variable frequency drives (VFDs), is designed to generate sustained wind speed up to 63 m/s (140 mph) (Category Four wind speed being 59-69 m/s [131-155 mph]).](http://www.cec.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/wow-12fan-2-195x110.jpg "FIU’s 12-fan Wall of Wind")
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Wind Engineering Faculty Member Awarded Prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Arindam Chowdhury, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the College of Engineering and Computing and director of the Laboratory for Wind Engineering Research at the International Hurricane Research Center…
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U.S. Department of Transportation Funds FIU Transportation Research
“Transportation matters in everyone’s daily life. These research centers will help us solve the transportation challenges we face today and those that we know lay ahead of us,” LaHood said.
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FIU’s 12-fan Wall of Wind
The 12-fan Wall of Wind, comprising of twelve electric fan-motor units controlled by two variable frequency drives (VFDs), is designed to generate sustained wind speed up to 63 m/s (140 mph) (Category Four wind speed being 59-69 m/s [131-155 mph]).
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Florida International University Virtual Tour – Solar Decathlon 2011
Hear straight from the collegiate students from Florida International University about their design and strategy behind their entry in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011
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FIU’s investment in research recognized by ‘Chronicle’ as a success story
The Chronicle of Higher Education this week features FIU as an example of a university with a research growth strategy that has succeeded where many others have not.
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Dr. Kinzy Jones: IMAPS Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award, initiated in 2006, has only been awarded twice previously prior to the award to Prof. W. Kinzy Jones.
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Meet Arindam Gan Chowdhury
Arindam Gan Chowdhury, Ph.D., is a NOAA Sea Grant supported researcher working on the impacts of hurricane winds on the buildings and structures that make up cities and towns in our coastal environments.
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World Renowned Nanotechnology Inventor Sakhrat Khizroev Returns to FIU
World renowned inventor in the emerging area of Nanotechnology, is returning to his first academic home, FIU, to lead a new South Florida regional research initiative in Nanotechnology for Medicine (NanoMedicine).
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Transforming Public Transportation
The Lehman Center for Transportation Research is collaborating with the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority to re-imagine the way we commute.
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Annual Report 2009-2010
2009-10 marked another banner year for our College – a year filled with exciting accomplishments for our faculty and students, a flourishing enterprise of research and education, and a testament to the strength of the College, despite the economic challenges all around the globe.
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July Awards Overview
Florida International University researchers were awarded $8,746,787 in July 2010.
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Research Associateship Program
In these programs, prospective applicants select a research project or projects from among the large group of opportunities listed on this website.
