New research at Florida Tech may help reduce the harmful effects of oil solvents as assistant professor M. Toufiq Reza was awarded a $110,000, 2-year grant.

Florida Tech’s NIST-funded grant is using wireless hurricane sensors and LiDAR to measure the wind the storms produce and possibly improve building codes.

One of the nation’s few laser filamentation specialists, Shermineh Rostami Fairchild will join the Optical Society’s Public Policy Council in January.

As cities around the world add new buildings to their infrastructure, understanding how upward lightning might affect tall structures is increasingly important.