Awards

 Honors and Awards

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05/02/2011 Order of the Engineer
Obligation of the Engineer
Florida International University
Induction to the Engineering Profession

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10/12/2010 FIU Torch Award
Florida International University
EXCELLENCE : In recognition for your commitment to excellence and nomination for the FIU Torch Award

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11/04/2008 FIU Opportunity Award
Florida International University
EXCELLENCE : In recognition for your commitment to excellence and nomination for the FIU Opportunity Award

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12/05/2007 GOLDEN KEY HONOUR SOCIETY
Chapter: Florida International University
Outstanding Academic Achievement and Performance

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01/17/2006 SCI: Collaborative Research: EPIC – Engaging People in Cyberinfrastructure
Minority Serving Institution AccessGrid Virtual Institute
Principal Investigator (PI) – Amount Funded 80,000 dollars : SCI-0520146
Awarding Agency: National Science Foundation
Collaborator: Center for Computational Science, Boston University

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08/04/2006 The United States Department of Defense High Performance Computing
Modernization Office
Programming Environment and Training (PET) Program

Summer Institute in High Performance Computing – Contributing Instructor

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06/17/2005 The United States Department of Defense High Performance Computing
Modernization Program (HPCMP)
Programming Environment and Training (PET) Program

Summer Institute in High Performance Computing – Contributing Instructor

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04/22/2005 Biomedical Engineering Technology Expo and Competition
Project Title: Collaborative Biomedical Workspaces

Academic Mentor: Dr Eric T Crumpler
Sponsors: National Science Foundation
Wallace H. Coulter Foundation
Carlton Fields Attorneys at Law

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10/19/2005 Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing
Implementation and Use of the AccessGrid at MSI’s for High Performance Computing Collaborations

Collaborators: Dr. Susan T Brown, University of Hawaii: Alson Been, Bethune Cookman College: Amado Gonzalez, Florida International University: Dr. Cornelius Marlow Hinton, North Carolina A&T State University, Dr Tiki Suarez, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University: Jennifer Teig Von Hoffman, Boston University

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05/21 Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI)
Grid Computing and Advanced Technologies for E-Science
Mendoza, Argentina – NSF – CIARA

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11/18/2003 FIU Presidential Excellence Award
Florida International University
EXCELLENCE : In recognition for your commitment to excellence and nomination for the
FIU Presidential Excellence Award

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11/18 MSIHPC Leadership Award in High Performance Computing
Engineering Outreach and Training – Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure
Advanced Networking – Minority Serving Insitution
EOT-PACI/AN-MSI

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11/21 SC2003 Igniting Innovation – SC Global Satellite
2003 Site appreciation for FIU participation

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01/16 Appreciation for support, instruction, and assistance
2004 National Computational Science Institute
Universidad Del Sagrado Corazon
Puerto Rico

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08/26 Access Grid Node Awarded
2003 The National Science Foundation EOT – PACI
Program Director: Stephenie McLean

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08/03 2003 Wokshop on Computational Science in Undergraduate Education.
Florida State University, Tallahassee Florida

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10/16 11th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks.
Telecommunications and Information Technology Institute

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11/08 Diversity Training Certificate A Winning Balance: Workplace Diversity
Florida International University

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2002 EOT-PACI/AN-MSI High Performance Computer Cluster Workshop:
Regional Cluster Computing Workshop Program

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06/02 2002 Workshop on Computational Science in Undergraduate Education:
Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina
National Computational Science Institute

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07/16 Certificate of Appreciation Proyecto ACCESS / Miami PREP Program
Center for Diversity in Engineering and Computing
Florida International University
Director: Dr. Gustavo Roig

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03/26 The Supervisory Skills Training Program
Office of Human Resources
Department of Organizational Development and Training
Florida International University

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04/28 Certificate of Appreciation Graduate Student Association
GSA Design Competition Judge
Florida International University

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01/25 Judge for Future City Competition
Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Florida Region

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11/01 Preventing Sexual Harassment Training Certificate
Equal Opportunity Programs
Florida International University

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07/19 3D Studio MAX Major Concepts Training
Discreet: Mindgel
Nickelodean Studios, Universal, Florida

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08/18 3D Studio MAX Fundamentals II
Discreet: Mindgel
Nickelodean Studios, Universal, Florida

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05/02 Certificate of Completion Fundamentals of Pro/Engineer
Manufacturing Research Center
Florida International University

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02/10 2nd Place Award in Mathematics
Florida Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation: 10th Annual Career Expo
University of South Florida, Tampa

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03/09 Flash Scripting Certification
JHL Technologies Authorized Training Program

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04/04 Office of Naval Research Educational Innovations at FIU
Grant Number: N00014-99-1-0952
Pi- Dr. Malek Adjouadi
New Experimental Course on Web Development and Design

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06/01 US FIRST Robotics Competition
Ramtech Robotics
Animation Instructor: Amado Gonzalez
Dual Enrollment Students
Coral Park Senior High

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