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  • New Electrochemical Society chapter to boost undergraduate research

    Feb 6, 2025

    Florida Polytechnic University launched a new Electrochemical Society (ECS) student chapter, empowering aspiring researchers with new opportunities to make a global impact.

  • Florida Poly and Catapult team up to ignite tech innovation and economic growth

    Feb 3, 2025

    Florida Polytechnic University has partnered with Catapult Lakeland an entrepreneurial business incubator, to boost STEM education and drive innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development in Lakeland and the region.

  • Patent expert inspires hundreds of Florida Poly innovators

    Jan 31, 2025

    A standing-room-only crowd of aspiring inventors and innovators gained valuable insight on how to protect the rights to their one-of-a-kind inventions, designs, and processes during a presentation by Anton Hopen, a U.S. registered patent attorney and managing partner at the Law Office of Smith & Hopen.

  • Florida Poly Lego Society builds community, creativity

    Jan 28, 2025

    Brick by brick, members of the Lego Society at Florida Polytechnic University build a world where students can have fun, challenge themselves and create something new.

  • Pixel perfect: Florida Poly repeats statewide game jam win

    Jan 27, 2025

    A team of students from Florida Polytechnic University took home top honors this week at the second annual Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) two-day Collegiate Game Jam, which challenged 34 teams from across the state to create a playable video game in under 48 hours.

  • Lakeland Police Department adopts high-tech Florida Poly body-cam trigger

    Jan 16, 2025

    Mechanical engineers at Florida Polytechnic University have put their skills to the test for the Lakeland Police Department, inventing a device to help make turning on their body cameras effortless in situations when they must draw their firearm.

  • Experienced officers join Florida Poly Police to mentor and protect

    Jan 9, 2025

    The Florida Polytechnic University Police Department's commitment to a safe, unified campus community is at the heart of every officer's action, beginning from the moment they submit their application. It's something Chief Richard Holland kept top-of-mind as he considered each of the six new people who joined his team over the last two years.

  • Florida Poly professor uncovers secrets of water-walking insects' survival

    Jan 8, 2025

    A Florida Polytechnic University professor's groundbreaking study has revealed how tiny water-walking insects survive torrential rainstorms, potentially paving the way for advances in biomimetics and water pollution solutions.

  • Innovative 3D-printing research propels Florida Poly grad student to national win

    Jan 2, 2025

    Florida Polytechnic University graduate research assistant Sydney Wickett recently captured top honors at the American Standard for Testing Materials (ASTM) E08 Fatigue and Fracture Committee Dr. M.R. Mitchell Student Forum in Orlando, Florida. The forum is among the most significant for engineers and researcher experts in fatigue and fracture mechanics.

  • 2024 in review: Recapping Florida Poly's momentous year

    Dec 20, 2024

    The end of 2024 marks a year filled with exciting changes, big developments and remarkable achievements at Florida Polytechnic University. With a new University president, new degrees, department chairs, national rankings and campus construction, the year had something to celebrate around every corner. As 2025 approaches, the University is looking forward to its best year yet.