{"id":10656,"date":"2016-05-09T15:15:20","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T15:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/?p=10656"},"modified":"2018-05-08T20:51:05","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T20:51:05","slug":"fiu-emerges-as-a-leader-in-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/2016\/05\/09\/fiu-emerges-as-a-leader-in-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"FIU eMerges as a leader in innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dYl8x8udf8I\" width=\"100%\" height=\"374\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A wise man recently said that F-I-U stands for the Future Is Us. Nowhere was that more evident than at the 2016 edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/emergeamericas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">eMerge Americas<\/a>. The powerhouse conference on Miami Beach brings together entrepreneurs, researchers, investors and everyone else with an interest in tech innovation.<\/p>\n<p>And it served as the perfect showcase for promising university projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have incredibly innovative students, incredibly innovative faculty, and we want them to be as close as possible to the innovation ecosystem that\u2019s going to drive the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century economy,\u201d FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg said Monday from inside the university\u2019s exhibition booth.<\/p>\n<p>In that space, FIU scientists, engineers, students and administrators welcomed visitors eager to hear about\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.fiu.edu\/2016\/04\/fiu-research-at-emerge-solving-problems-bedside-on-construction-sites-and-under-the-sea\/99417\" target=\"_blank\">work taking place in campus laboratories<\/a>: a prosthetic hand that restores sensation to amputees, wireless brain stimulation, wearable and implantable sensors to record and transmit data about a person\u2019s vital statistics, a virtual reality program to improve construction safety and even the Aquarius reef base stationed off the Florida Keys.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive alignleft size-full wp-image-10657\" src=\"https:\/\/fiualumni-eastus.azurewebsites.net\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/26480049456_5bc216826d_k-570x380.jpg\" alt=\"26480049456_5bc216826d_k-570x380\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>FIU also displayed state-of-the-art teaching technology, from the \u201clearning glass\u201d used by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiuonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">FIU Online<\/a> to engage students around the world to an \u201canatomy table\u201d used in the <a href=\"http:\/\/cnhs.fiu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing &amp; Health Sciences<\/a> to display the internal workings of the human body in a breath-taking, highly interactive way.<\/p>\n<p>Also represented: the <a href=\"https:\/\/business.fiu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">College of Business<\/a>, with its <a href=\"https:\/\/business.fiu.edu\/centers\/sbdc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Small Business Development Center<\/a>, which works directly with startup and established companies, and an analytics think tank, which helps clients solve problems by analyzing and visualizing data. FIU speakers at the conference included Rosenberg, Interim Dean of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cec.fiu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">College of Engineering &amp; Computing<\/a> Ranu Jung and Associate\u00a0Professor and Chair Monica Tremblay of the College of Business.<\/p>\n<p>Legendary South Florida entrepreneur and tech visionary Manny Medina, the driving force behind the conference\u2014which featured addresses by the likes of futurist Ray Kurzweil and entrepreneur Tony Hawk in addition to some 60\u00a0exhibitors\u2014applauded FIU\u2019s commitment to participating in a meaningful way. He noted that FIU was among the first institutions he called upon when he launched the event three years ago. This year more than 13,000 people registered for the two-day event..<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout you being on board, without you giving your credibility, it would never have happened,\u201d he said of FIU. \u201cUniversities is where it all starts. I\u2019ve always believed that if we\u2019re going to have a successful ecosystem, as is happening, it has to be a true partnership between education, enterprise and government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ron Diaz, an entrepreneur working in the fields of education and entertainment in Peru, came out of FIU\u2019s exhibit space with plenty of ideas. Impressed with the technology as well as the students who presented it, he called the experience \u201cfantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to find ways to develop middle management and how can we empower the young talent that exists there,\u201d he said of his company\u2019s goals. \u201cWell you guys are already doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of those who took the lead in showing off FIU\u2019s successes was sophomore biomedical engineering student Rebecca Kwasinski. She demonstrated the invention of her mentor Anuradha Godavarty, a\u00a0professor\u00a0in the Department of Biomedical Engineering\u00a0in the College of Engineering &amp; Computing: a portable optical scanner that images wounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s amazing,\u201d she said of her role. \u201cI never imagined that I\u2019d be doing something like this a year ago. I love doing research, and I think that it has a great benefit for the industry and the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>via <a href=\"http:\/\/news.fiu.edu\/2016\/04\/fiu-emerges-as-a-leader-in-innovation\/99503\">FIU News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wise man recently said that F-I-U stands for the Future Is Us. Nowhere was that more evident than at the 2016 edition of eMerge Americas. The powerhouse conference on Miami Beach brings together entrepreneurs, researchers, investors and everyone else with an interest in tech innovation. 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