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October 31, 2018

The Evolution of a Transportation Engineer Developing innovative ways to mitigate traffic jams has become Nikola Mitrovic's life's work. Throughout the years and his travels, he has remained intent on 21st century solutions to the ever-worsening problem of urban gridlock. To read more about this postdoctoral fellow, click here. To read more research and innovation stories, click here.

In Search of Israeli Partnerships The leaders of FAU's I-SENSE, Brain Institute, and international and corporate relations recently returned from an extended trip to Israel. They had a schedule full of meetings to explore academic and research partnerships in neuroscience and sensor development. All came away optimistic about the potential for future collaboration. READ MORE.

Connecting Ocean Microplastics Tracy Mincer, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biology and biogeochemistry at the Honors College and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, and colleagues are the first to identify a connection between microplastics within marine aggregates and mussels. Results of the study, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, have important implications for ... read more.

Research Best Practices Offered at Symposium The Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry recently hosted the 11th Annual Florida Statewide Symposium. Participants at the event hailed from 19 institutions to glean best practices in undergraduate research. FAU presented 12 posters at the event.

Automating Medicare Fraud Detection A study published in the journal Health Information Science and Systems is the first to use big data from Medicare Part B and advanced data analytics, and machine learning to automate the fraud detection process. READ MORE.

Recent Sponsored Research Awards

Investigator Name and Project

Sponsor Name and Total Anticipated Funding

Dale Gawlik Predicting Wading Bird Foraging

American Ornithological Society $2,500

Colin Polsky Greater Everglades Technical Meeting and Research Support

U.S Dept. of Interior/U.S. Geological Survey $450,000

Elias Bou-Harb Cyberinfrastructure Center of Expertise

University of South Carolina $84,977

Florida Israel Institute Seminar Series 2 - 3 p.m. TOMORROW , BC-71 Gelb Auditorium Boca Raton Campus Biomedical Research Institute Seminar 4 - 5 p.m. TOMORROW, BC-71 Gelb Auditorium Boca Raton Campus Video conference available IACUC Conference (101, 201 and 301) Nov. 7 – 9, Delray Beach, Fla. More events here

I-SENSE Seminar Series 11 a.m. – 12 pm. Nov. 8, EE-96 Room 303 Boca Raton Campus Lunch Hour Series 12 – 1 p.m. Nov. 15, ME-104 Room 319 Boca Raton Campus Grant.gov Workshop Training 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Nov. 7, CM-22 Room 146 Boca Raton Campus

Limited Submission NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award Internal applications due: Nov. 28 For details, click here. Health Resources and Services Administration Autism Secondary Data Analysis Research Program Synopsis 1 Due: Jan. 22 Early Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder Synopsis 1 Due: Feb 4 More funding opportunities here

Connect, Collaborate, Find Research Funding  Join the hundreds of faculty and students who have signed up for the FAU Research Hub, a new web and mobile platform that connects researchers with students, collaborators and funding opportunities. Investigators are encouraged to post projects in just minutes.  LEARN MORE.

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