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Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 11, 2018

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 31, 2018

A Florida Polytechnic University professor won a $70,500 grant to create a new course on mobile computing security and privacy, the school announced Wednesday. Karim Elish, an assistant professor in the computer science department, received the grant from the Florida Center for Cybersecurity. He’ll use the money to create an ongoing and evolving course relating […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 18, 2018

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

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, 2018

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 […]

Drew WilsonMay 6, 2018

Florida’s newest public university graduated 220 students Friday, most of whom were part of university’s inaugural class. Florida Polytechnic University, or Florida Poly, shed its old status as the Lakeland campus of the University of South Florida back in 2012 after the Legislature approved a plan for the school to be spun off as its […]

Peter SchorschApril 27, 2018

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Florida’s newest public university will graduate more than 200 students who’ve been at the university since it opened its doors in a commencement ceremony next week. Florida Polytechnic University, or Florida Poly, shed its old status as the Lakeland campus of the University of South Florida back in 2012 after the Legislature approved a plan […]

Drew WilsonMarch 8, 2018

Florida Poly announced Thursday that it had pulled in its first National Science Foundation grant for a project proposed by a pair of computer science professors. Florida Poly, also known as Florida Polytechnic University, became an independent institution in 2012. Before its independence, it served as the Lakeland campus of the University of South Florida. […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 26, 2016

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Who knows: Florida Polytechnic University could be where one of the self-driving cars of the future is tested. The school and the Florida Department of Transportation on Monday agreed to partner on the creation of a new “transportation technology testing facility” to be called SunTrax. SunTrax will include a 2.25 mile oval track on a 400-acre site […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 14, 2016

Florida Polytechnic University Board of Trustees Chair Frank Martin has been inducted in the 2016 American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) Hall of Fame. The APTA Awards Hall of Fame is dedicated to honoring individuals who have long and distinguished careers in the transportation industry and have made extraordinary contributions to public transportation over the years. The awards also […]

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Florida Poly students identify new way to create oxygen in space

Safer smartphones: Florida Poly to teach mobile computing security

To be the good guys, Florida Polytechnic students first learn how to be the bad guys

Florida Polytechnic latest reach: Saving babies

No hands: Florida Poly to research driverless vehicles

Florida Poly graduates inaugural class

Florida Poly graduating inaugural class next week

Florida Poly gets first National Science Foundation grant

Florida Poly and FDOT team up on SunTrax testing facility

Florida Poly board of trustees chair joins Transportation Association Hall of Fame