Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

FSU funding helps researchers turn inventions into business ideas

Published: August 18, 2020 | 12:10 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Clockwise from upper left: Rebekah Sweat, an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Zucai Suo, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences; David Meckes, an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences; and Biwu Ma, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. They earned funding from Florida State University's Spring 2020 GAP program to transform their research into potential commercial products.

A faster way to make test samples for the automotive and aerospace industries, an improved method for producing a wound-healing therapy and the development of an environmentally friendly X-ray material all earned funding from a Florida State University program that helps researchers bring their work to the marketplace. FSU’s Office of the Vice President for […]

Engineering researchers harness wind data to help meet energy needs in Florida

Published: July 30, 2020 | 12:07 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

An example of a tall wind turbine, like the ones that emerging technologies might make economically viable in Florida and other parts of the Southeast. Courtesy of Electrek.

Florida is one of several states in the Southeast where wind energy is virtually nonexistent, which is one reason wind farms have not been an economically viable energy source in the region. But a new study from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering shows how upcoming technological advances could make wind energy a hot commodity in […]

FSU researchers develop innovative technique for 3D printing using magnets

Published: May 20, 2020 | 1:51 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Madhuparna Roy, a former engineering doctoral student and the lead author of a paper that showed the possibility of using magnets to realign fibers inside a material being used for 3D printing.

Researchers from Florida State University’s High-Performance Materials Institute and the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering have developed and investigated a new technique for 3D printing that could produce much stronger materials that could be used in a variety of engineering applications. In a paper published in the journal Additive Manufacturing, recent engineering doctoral graduate Mahuparna Roy […]

FSU researchers develop thin heat shield for superfast aircraft

Published: November 12, 2019 | 1:48 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Professor Zhiyong (Richard) Liang and research faculty member Ayou Hao holding pieces of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites coated with a protective heat shield made of a carbon nanotube sheet that was heated to a temperature of 1,900 degrees Celsius.

The world of aerospace increasingly relies on carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites to build the structures of satellites, rockets and jet aircraft. But the life of those materials is limited by how they handle heat. A team of FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers from Florida State University’s High-Performance Materials Institute is developing a design for […]

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