The year 2025 is ending just as audaciously for Florida Polytechnic University as it began. In a year that launched with a public safety-enhancing police invention and drew to a close with nearly $1 billion in economic impact, Florida Poly celebrated progress, expansion and international success.
Florida Polytechnic University’s undergraduate computer science and data science programs are among the best in the state and the nation, according to new rankings from Research.com, an online higher education resource.
With laptops ready and ideas buzzing, a fast-growing group of Florida Polytechnic University students meets each week to unwind, trade stories, and work on bringing their most ambitious and imaginative software projects to life.
About 170 high school counselors from across Florida explored the cutting-edge labs, hands-on curriculum, and modern housing at Florida Polytechnic University on Dec. 5, gaining a firsthand look at the transformative experience awaiting their savvy STEM students.
Dr. Jun Kim, an internationally recognized expert on advanced water treatment processes, has been selected to join an elite community of Fulbright Specialists by the U.S. State Department. Kim is an assistant professor of environmental engineering.
The time between applying for a job at global logistics company DHL and being hired as a full-time implementation specialist felt like a whirlwind process to Florida Polytechnic University senior Valerie Fontanez.
The work Zachary Weingarten ’18 does every day makes the jobs of police officers, paramedics, and firefighters easier, safer, and more efficient. As a software engineer at Motorola Solutions in Plantation, Florida, Weingarten works to help determine how the company can use technology to improve these public safety professionals’ jobs. “We deliver end-to-end solutions for everything officers would need throughout
Todd Baylis, CEO and co-founder of Qgiv, knows firsthand how business data can affect the successful launch of a product. His experiences taught him what it takes to effectively take a product to market and keep it thriving long past launch day. “We have gone through variant phases in our business,” Baylis said to a group of Florida Polytechnic University
A pair of Florida Polytechnic University seniors hopes their idea to ease back pain among warehouse and distribution workers improves the health of these critical employees and leads to improvements at major corporations. The Lumbar Relief Analog Exoskeleton (LRAE) is a device that assists in the repetitive motion of bending and lifting. It stores energy when a user bends and
Florida Polytechnic University student Joseph Patullo and his younger brother, Paul, spent many evenings in their Hollywood, Florida, home going head to head in friendly ping-pong matches over the years. That inevitably changed a couple of years ago. “Once I came to college, he had no one to play with and was kind of bummed out,” said Patullo, a computer
The videogame designers of the future brought their A-game to the Florida Polytechnic University campus on Nov. 21 for the semi-annual Game Expo. This was the largest Game Expo the University has hosted, with about 30 games on display from Florida Poly students taking the Game Design 1 and 2 classes. Students, faculty, staff, and visitors were able to play
Models of grand concert halls, intimate gazebos, and avant-garde pavilions showcased the artistic talent of their designers at Pavilion with a Purpose, a semi-annual student art and architecture show held on Nov. 19 at Florida Polytechnic University. The event was the culmination of a semester-long effort to research, create, and present a pavilion design as part of the art appreciation
A team of Florida Poly students is charging head-on into the design and construction of a real planetary rover that one day could traverse the terrain of Mars, collecting samples and providing a close-up look at places that have always been a mystery. The 14-member team is developing the rover for the Florida Space Institute. The project is part of
Hackathons are a way of life at Florida Polytechnic University. Students at the University regularly compete in – and win – hackathons throughout the region, proving their problem-solving STEM skills time and again. Two groups of Florida Poly students recently took home top honors at hackathons in architecture design, and sports and entertainment. Hackathons task students with devising innovative ways
Florida Polytechnic University has been recognized for having the lowest out-of-state tuition among American colleges and universities by the website ValueColleges. “We see great relief and much excitement from families, teachers, and guidance counselors from across the country when they find us, given our selectivity and affordability,” said Dr. Ben Matthew Corpus, associate vice provost for enrollment management. ValueColleges noted
Students had the chance to ask a Microsoft recruiter everything they ever wondered about job hunting in today’s evolving tech market during a workshop at Florida Polytechnic University on Nov. 12. Microsoft recruiter Amy Arnold spoke to a room of about 30 students about how to build a strong profile on the social platform LinkedIn and use it as part
Dr. Ajeet Kaushik is determined to make detecting and treating diseases easy, accessible, and precise through the use of nanomaterials for biosensing and medicine.
The modern Florida Polytechnic University campus surrounded by sprawling farmland in Lakeland, Florida, is far removed from the submarines and military bases where one group of student veterans were stationed prior to enrollment. But their experiences in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Army National Guard have shaped the determined way they approach their studies at Florida Poly. This Veterans Day,
