High school students from MAST @ FIU assemble a F24/F24+ electric car that they will race at the FIA Formula E Miami ePrix School Series in downtown Miami on March 14. A dozen MAST students and journalism students from Florida International University worked on the car Saturday, Feb. 14. (All photos by Tosha Aguirre)

By Daniela Rios and Wilnette Ortega

Paul Lahoud, 14, helps his classmates carry 10 boxes full of equipment into the classroom. The boxes hold an accelerator, brakes, a steering wheel — and everything they would need to build a race car.

“Finally, we will be able to build something really big,” Lahoud said, “and we might be able to drive it before the race.”

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International Media Party and Hackathon

eyesontherise.org team members are preparing to participate in FIU’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication‘s Media Party Miami Feb. 13 and 14.

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(Photo via Marine Echoes)

MAST @ FIU has won the national STEM Excellence Award, which was presented Jan. 23 at the Florida Education Technology Conference (FETC) in Orlando. The national award is dedicated to educators who focus on science, technology, engineering, and math. (Read the story in FIU’s The Beacon).

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