Tag: FIU
-
The Academic Minute for 2019.02.04-02.08
Academic Minute from 02.04 – 02.08 Monday, February 4th John Van de Lindt – Colorado State University Community Resilience Dr. John W. van de Lindt is the George T. Abell Distinguished Professor in Infrastructure in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University. He formerly was a Professor at the University of…
-
The Academic Minute for 2018.08.20-08.24
Academic Minute from 8.20 – 8.24 Monday, August 20th Bodil Christensen – University of Copenhagen Eating as a Tool to Avoid Re-gaining Weight Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Copenhagen Tuesday, August 21st John Kominoski – Florida International University Dams Drive Risk of Fish Extinction in U.S. I am an Associate Professor in the Department…
-
The Academic Minute for 2018.04.02-04.06
Academic Minute from 3.26 – 3.30 Monday, April 2nd Shannon Pruden – Florida International University Gender Gap in STEM Dr. Pruden’s primary research interests lie at the intersection between developmental psychology, cognitive science, linguistics, and education. Employing a variety of methodologies (e.g., eye-tracking and naturalistic studies of language), and age groups (0-5 years), her…
-
The Academic Minute for 2018.03.19-03.23
Academic Minute from 3.19 – 3.23 Monday, March 19th Jack Tseng – University at Buffalo Carnivore Skull Shape and Diet I am an integrative and evolutionary biologist, and my research focuses on the quantitative and functional anatomy and evolution of the mammalian craniodental system. One of the oldest endeavors in the study of gross…
-
This Week on The Academic Minute (2018.03.19)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2018.03.19 Monday, March 19th Jack Tseng of the University at Buffalo discusses the shape of your skull and what it has to do with your diet. Tuesday, March 20th Monica Lewin of New York University examines fetal alcohol syndrome and finding a new to block it in the brain.…
-
The Academic Minute for 2018.01.01-01.05
Academic Minute from 1.01 – 1.05 Monday, January 1st Atorod Azizinamini – Florida International University Accelerated Bridge Construction Dr. Atorod Azizinamini was appointed by the College of Engineering and Computing at Florida International University (FIU) as the Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at FIU in January of 2011. Dr. Azizinamini…