Category: Florida Tech

Florida Tech Mourns Longtime Faculty Member R.G. Deshmukh, Passed Away March 4 at Age 87

Florida Tech mourns the passing of Faculty Emeritus Raghvendra Girirao “R.G.” Deshmukh, a distinguished scholar of electrical engineering who spent nearly a quarter-century as a faculty member at the University. […]

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Florida Tech Panther Scholar-Athlete Spotlight Recognizes Softball Player Celeste Casillas

Being a scholar-athlete at Florida Tech takes an incredible amount of hard work and dedication to excel both in the classroom and on the field. We caught up with Panther softball player Celeste Casillas, a senior who is majoring in sports management, for this edition of Scholar-Athlete Spotlight. […]

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Florida Tech President John Nicklow: University Will Greet AI With Education, Integration and Excitement

Florida Tech President John Nicklow, acknowledging the large and rapidly growing impact of artificial intelligence across society, told faculty and staff at his State of the University address Wednesday that Florida Tech will greet this new force with education, integration, and excitement. […]

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Florida Tech to Host Astrophysicist Nour Rawafi to Speak on NASA’s Solar Probe Mission March 18

Nour Rawafi, an astrophysicist and senior scientist at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab and project scientist for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission, will offer a free public lecture on Monday, March 18 highlighting some of the discoveries that have deepened our understanding of the solar corona, solar wind and other phenomena. […]

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Florida Tech Professor Albert Bleakley’s Pavement Research Spurs $10 Million FDOT Test Road

Research from civil engineering professor Albert Bleakley into ways to reuse asphalt byproduct from road repairs will be put to the test, literally, in a $10 million project from the Florida Department of Transportation that could end up boosting the sustainability of this critical infrastructure and saving the state millions of dollars in future roadbuilding costs.
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Florida Tech Panther Scholar-Athlete Spotlight Recognizes Baseball Player Tyler Vermillion

Being a scholar-athlete at Florida Tech takes an incredible amount of hard work and dedication to excel both in the classroom and on the field. Panther baseball player Tyler Vermillion, a senior who is majoring in Construction Management, joins us for a new edition of Scholar-Athlete Spotlight. […]

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Florida Tech Softball Alex Hendrian’s No-Hitter Helps Panthers Cruise to Victory In Opener At PBA

Florida Tech softball played their sixth game in four days on Friday night, this time on the road as they began a Sunshine State Conference series with Palm Beach Atlantic. While the Panther lineup had one of their strongest games of the season to date, they only needed to score once on this night as Alex Hendrian fired her second career no-hitter to help Tech take the series opener, 8-0. […]

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Florida Tech Basketball’s David McCullough, Elias Martin Land on All-SSC Teams

Florida Tech men’s basketball graduate student David McCullough and senior Elias Martin earned all-conference recognition, as announced by the Sunshine State Conference on Thursday morning. […]

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Florida Tech Basketball’s Elias Martin Earns SSC Defensive Player of the Week Honors

Florida Tech forward Elias Martin earned Sunshine State Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors for his efforts in the Panthers’ final week of the regular season. […]

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Florida Tech’s David McCullough Selected to Participate in State Farm Dark Horse Dunker Contest

Florida Tech graduate guard David McCullough has been selected to participate in the State Farm Dark Horse Dunker Fan Vote, a social media fan voting competition featuring 16 of the nation’s top under-the-radar players from all levels of college basketball. […]

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Florida Tech Panther Scholar-Athlete Spotlight Recognizes Soccer Player Lydia Carroll

Being a scholar-athlete at Florida Tech takes an incredible amount of hard work and dedication to excel both in the classroom and on the field. We caught up with Panther women’s soccer player Lydia Carroll, a junior who is majoring in Business Administration, for this edition of Scholar-Athlete Spotlight. […]

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Florida Tech Panthers Dominate Tampa Spartans 100-79 on Senior Day

The Florida Tech men’s basketball team dominated Tampa in their regular season finale on Saturday night at the Clemente Center. Before tip-off, the Panthers celebrated their graduating seniors. […]

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WATCH: Florida Tech Featured On ‘The College Tour’ Amazon Prime Original Series

The College Tour, an original series on Amazon Prime that took subscribers on an exciting and informative tour of Florida Tech and other universities, is now available for free viewing on an expanded selection of platforms, smart TVs, and more. […]

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Florida Tech Names Three New Members to the University’s Board of Trustees

Florida Tech has added three new members to the university’s Board of Trustees, including Rita Cheng, Ph.D., president emerita at Northern Arizona University and former chancellor at Southern Illinois University. […]

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Florida Tech Panther Scholar-Athlete Spotlight Recognizes Lacrosse Player JR Radun

Being a scholar-athlete at Florida Tech takes an incredible amount of hard work and dedication to excel both in the classroom and on the field. Panther men’s lacrosse player JR Radun, a junior who is majoring in Aviation Management & Flight, joins us for a new edition of Scholar-Athlete Spotlight. Hailing from Haymarket, Virginia, JR appeared in 13 games in 2023, recording 19 ground balls and seven caused turnovers. […]

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Florida Tech Scholar-Athlete Megan Vitale Wins Prestigious Mathematics Award

Megan Vitale, a sophomore scholar-athlete majoring in applied mathematics, has been awarded the Edmund Landau Award from the American Mathematical Society. […]

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Florida Tech Receives Grant by Nelson Health Sciences Research Program

Four research projects touching on some of society’s most monumental challenges, from cancer to forever chemicals, are the inaugural recipients of funding under a new program from chemistry professor and university benefactor Gordon Nelson. […]

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Florida Tech Panther Scholar-Athlete Spotlight Recognizes Rower Sandro Gardella

eing a scholar-athlete at Florida Tech takes an incredible amount of hard work and dedication to excel both in the classroom and on the field. We caught up with Panther men’s rower Sandro Gardella, a sophomore who is majoring in Aerospace Engineering, for this edition of Scholar-Athlete Spotlight. […]

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Florida Tech Swimmer Akos Hajagos Breaks Program Record at Day Two of SSC Championship

The Florida Tech men’s swimming program competed in day two of the 2024 Sunshine State Conference Swimming Championship on Thursday as the team finished the night in the standings at sixth place with 102 points. […]

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