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FAMU-FSU engineering professor honored as fellow of the Cryogenic Society of America

Published: July 26, 2021 | 3:09 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

A FAMU-FSU College of Engineering professor recognized for his work in cryogenics has been selected as a fellow by the Cryogenic Society of America. Professor Sastry Pamidi is the chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the associate director for the Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS). Pamidi received the award during the virtual joint 23rd Cryogenic Engineering Conference and International Cryogenic Materials Conference, held in […]

FSU research associate working as sport psychologist with USA Track & Field team at Tokyo Olympics

Published: July 20, 2021 | 12:44 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

As a research associate at Florida State University’s Florida Center for Reading Research, Christopher Stanley is focused on human development and performance — how people learn, manage mistakes and make improvements in educational domains. For the next several weeks, the human performances he will be focused on are those of the athletes on the USA […]

Magic of science: FSU researchers use gene editing to tackle facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

Published: July 19, 2021 | 10:04 am | Posted in: News

Roughly 1 out of 15,000 people born suffer from Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD), a rare disease that starts with the progressive weakening of facial muscles and then the shoulders and upper body. By the time patients reach their 50s, around one-fifth of them are wheelchair bound. Now, a team of Florida State University researchers has […]

FSU neuroscientist collaborates on international obesity research

Published: July 16, 2021 | 9:56 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

The World Health Organization confirms that the worldwide obesity rate has tripled since 1975, with 39 percent of adults considered overweight and 13 percent considered obese as of 2016. Now, a Florida State University professor is teaming up with researchers from across the pond to answer some of the most pressing questions surrounding obesity and its available […]

FSU reseachers develop new model of flow properties for class of polymers

Published: July 15, 2021 | 10:03 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

An example of a polydimethylsiloxane vitrimer synthesized in the Ricarte Lab. (Courtesy of Ralm Ricarte)

Florida State University researchers are helping to write the “cookbook” describing the properties of vitrimers, a promising material that combines the benefits of different types of polymers. Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering developed a theoretical model that explains the flow of these polymer materials. They found that the energy required for them to […]

Lighting the way: FSU researchers develop method to help chemists synthesize natural products

Published: July 9, 2021 | 10:18 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

James Frederich, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Sometimes the path to tackle one question in science leads to an answer on a totally different question. That is what happened when a team of Florida State University researchers began looking for ways to synthesize natural products that could potentially serve as a treatment for cancer and neurological diseases. In doing that work, Assistant Professor of […]

FSU researchers receive $3M NIH grant to explore benefits of resistance training in preventing type 2 diabetes

Published: July 7, 2021 | 12:45 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

A multidisciplinary team of Florida State University researchers has received a $3 million National Institutes of Health grant to examine how resistance training may help older women struggling with obesity to potentially prevent Type 2 diabetes. Professors of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology Robert Hickner and Michael Ormsbee will co-lead the project, which also will include […]

Faculty and Staff Briefs: June 2021

Published: June 30, 2021 | 1:37 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff Briefs, News

HONORS AND AWARDS Melissa Gross, Ph.D. and Don Latham, Ph.D. (College of Communication and Information) received the 2021 Best Conference Paper Award from the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) for their paper “Is There a Social Worker in your Library?” Shuyuan Ho, Ph.D. (College of Communication and Information) received the 2021 National Science Foundation […]

FSU researchers receive NSF grant to investigate quantum effects in a potential hybrid semiconductor

Published: June 30, 2021 | 11:27 am | Posted in: News

A fascinating hybrid organic-inorganic compound has shown remarkable promise over the past few years as a material for light-emitting and solar devices. But while researchers have rushed to fine-tune that material’s properties, it’s possible they missed out on a lot of other unique aspects to this compound, said Florida State University Associate Professor of Physics Hanwei Gao. “People have been focused on […]

RIDER Center helps communities plan for the threats from natural disasters

Published: June 28, 2021 | 11:43 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Eren Erman Ozguven near the damage from Hurricane Michael in the north Florida panhandle. Ozguven is the director of the Resilient Infrastructure & Disaster Response Center, a multidisciplinary research center at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering with the mission of achieving adaptive capacity and resilience for the communities affected by natural disasters such as hurricanes and the COVID-19 pandemic. (Mark Wallheiser/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)

In some places in Florida and around the country, there is a time before the storm and a time after. Andrew in South Florida. Michael in the Panhandle. Maria in Puerto Rico. Katrina along the Gulf Coast. These hurricanes killed many and caused billions of dollars in damage. They challenged the resilience of the communities […]

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