Florida Poly student excels at prestigious quantitative finance program

Andrew Sheha, an electrical engineering major at Florida Polytechnic University, recently completed the training program of a lifetime. The sophomore traveled to New York City as one of a handful of select participants for the highly competitive Jane Street IN FOCUS Program. The immersive one-week experience, which is designed to train and cultivate talent in […]
Electrical engineering alumna helps create next-generation medical devices

Chelsea Reeves ’19 always had dual passions for engineering and biology. Today, she fulfills both in her position as a product development engineer at Arthrex, a global orthopedic medical device company based in Naples, Florida. Reeves works on Orthobiologics and Vet systems at the company. “Orthobiologics is the new regenerative medicine of the world and […]
Florida Poly, Fulbright alum electrifies career as FCC engineer

As an electronics engineer for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Bobby Acacio ’20 is living out his professional dreams. “It’s a really cool job and a lot of people get master’s degrees or Ph.D.s first, but I was very fortunate to get this with just a bachelor’s degree,” said Acacio, who received his bachelor’s degree […]
Capstone event showcases high-tech student projects

Teams of Florida Polytechnic University seniors showed off their hard work on industry-sponsored, tech-focused projects at the annual Capstone Design Showcase on Wednesday, April 27. The capstone program pairs interdisciplinary teams of students with corporate partners who have a real-world challenge they would like addressed. The students work on building high-tech solutions to these challenges […]
Q&A: Grad launches engineering career with optimism, Olympic dreams

Bruce Hicks ’22 will receive his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Florida Polytechnic University on May 8. The student from Eustis, Florida, is an accomplished archer with his sights set on competing in the 2028 Olympics. He is captain and founder of the Florida Poly Archery Team, which opened an on-campus range in 2022. […]
Florida Poly expands athletics with new archery range on campus

Just weeks before his graduation with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Florida Polytechnic University student Bruce Hicks is excited to see his vision for a campus archery range come to fruition. Hicks, a nationally ranked archer training for the 2024 Summer Olympics, is founder and captain of the Florida Poly archery team, which trains […]
NSF grant funds research at Florida Poly to develop reliable, energy efficient electronic devices

Developing error-resilient and highly energy efficient computing platforms for ultra-low power applications will be the focus of a new research at Florida Polytechnic University funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Ashiq Sakib, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, secured the $175,000 grant that could change the landscape of self-powered […]
Canadian scholar advances energy research as visiting Fulbright Chair

Dr. Jing Jiang, a visiting Fulbright Canada Research Chair from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, is partnering with Dr. Hisham Mahmood, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Florida Polytechnic University, to research new ways to improve the country’s power system resilience. The research chairs program allows exceptional Canadian scholars to conduct […]
Q&A: Jaimie Davis readies for a high-voltage career

Class of 2021 Jaimie Davis ’21 embraced every opportunity that came his way at Florida Polytechnic University. The electrical engineering major is a graduate of Florida SouthWestern Collegiate High School in Fort Myers, Florida. He is the founding president of the Mu Omega Chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Eta Kappa Nu […]
Students design next generation of high-tech, sentimental jewelry

For centuries, lockets have allowed people to keep precious memories close to their hearts. A team of Florida Polytechnic University capstone students is modernizing the traditional sentimental accessory, infusing it with advanced technology and limitless possibilities. “Our goal is to create an accessory that’s basically like a smart locket that displays photos and audio recordings,” […]