Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 17, 2019
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The team is building components for handheld radiation detectors.
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Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 17, 2019
Drew WilsonJanuary 17, 2019
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"...Unique opportunity to be at forefront of autonomous vehicle policy"
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 4, 2018
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Florida Polytechnic University is trying to tackle drowsy and distracted driving in its latest research, the school announced Tuesday. New research seeks to detect and prevent the two road dangers, which represent one of the main causes of traffic fatalities. Assistant Professor of Computer Science Kanwal Gagneja is heading the effort. She and her team […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 28, 2018
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Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland is collaborating with the Jacksonville Transportation Authority to amp up autonomous vehicle development in public transportation, the agencies announced Wednesday. The news comes as engineers and tech experts from all over North America wrap up the 2018 Florida Autonomous Vehicle Summit in Tampa highlighting progress in autonomous vehicle and supporting […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 21, 2018
4min239
Florida Polytechnic University is expanding its reach into south and southwest Florida by appointing two new university foundation members from outside of the Tampa Bay region. The Foundation appointed Ivette O’Doski, a Miami-Dade native and government consulting business owner, and Joshua McCoy, a commercial, industrial and government banking expert from Miami. O’Doski is a lawyer […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 11, 2018
4min557
Take a break from politics to geek out about space travel for a moment. Florida Polytechnic University researchers are working on a breakthrough technology that could simplify the way oxygen is created for such travel. Student researchers and faculty are exploring ways to use algae to capture carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. The technology would simplify […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 18, 2018
3min213
Florida Polytechnic University students in Lakeland are learning how to be the bad guy hackers in order to gain a superior understanding of cybersecurity. Students are developing 10 different cybersecurity projects including hacking a user’s device and altering codes on Android devices for malicious purposes, the school announced Wednesday. “One of the most basic strategies […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 26, 2018
4min477
Saving babies is the latest order from Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland. Faculty and student researchers there are developing a new method that would create more accurate maternal and fetal electro-cardiogram signals. The improved technology would allow doctors to better treat cardiac defects in fetuses before birth. Noise and interference makes obtaining near-perfect fetal and […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 19, 20186min422
Florida Polytechnic University is launching a program to further development and testing of autonomous vehicle technology, the school announced Tuesday. The Advanced Mobility Institute (AMI) is the first of its kind in Florida and one of the largest centers in the nation specialized on testing and verifying autonomous vehicles technology, according to the Lakeland-based school. AMI’s […]
Lloyd DunkelbergerMay 13, 2018
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Florida’s public universities graduated 57 percent of low-income students receiving federal Pell Grants in six years, but that trailed the graduation rate of non-Pell students, a new study shows. The analysis by Third Way, a Washington, D.C.- based think tank, used newly reported federal data to track a 2010 cohort of first-time, full-time Pell students […]