FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

FSU researchers use combined imaging techniques to monitor stem cell therapies

Published: September 7, 2022 | 1:12 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Samuel Grant, professor and postdoctoral fellow director in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, works with graduate student Dayna Richter on a 900-megahertz magnet at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. (Mark Wallheiser/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)

When patients are treated for strokes and other neurological disorders, understanding what is happening inside the nervous system is a crucial part of treatment. Doctors rely on imaging tools such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to peer inside the body and see if interventions are helping. A Florida State University research team has found that […]

FSU professor will investigate superconductors with National Science Foundation grant

Published: September 1, 2022 | 1:36 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Theo Siegrist, a professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, looks through the Euler cradle of an X-ray diffractometer. Siegrist will use this machine for structural analysis to examine the superconducting properties of a compound made of niobium, palladium, and either sulfur or selenium. This research is funded by the National Science Foundation. (Mark Wallheiser/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)

The principles of superconductivity make a variety of modern technological marvels possible. MRI machines, maglev trains and high-energy particle accelerators work because of superconductivity. FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Professor Theo Siegrist will research materials that could improve the performance of superconductors thanks to a grant of nearly $500,000 from the National Science Foundation. Superconductors move […]

Working at high speed: Associate dean makes mark in 29-year career at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

Published: August 29, 2022 | 10:36 am | Posted in: University News

Farrukh Alvi thought he’d spend one year, maybe two, in Tallahassee after coming to Florida State University as a postdoctoral researcher in 1993. Now, almost 30 years later, having served as a tenured faculty member, director of the Florida Center for Advanced Aero Propulsion, associate dean for research at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and […]

FSU researchers use 3D culture techniques to develop improved therapy for neurological diseases

Published: August 3, 2022 | 1:41 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Yan Li, associate professor in the Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, pulls stem cell cultures from the incubator in her lab. (Mark Wallheisier/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)

Florida State University researchers have developed a promising strategy for producing therapeutic particles in stem cells, work that could help patients with neurological diseases such as stroke or multiple sclerosis. The technique developed by researchers from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and FSU College of Medicine combines three-dimensional growing platforms with a wave motion. The […]

The Big Story: July 11, 2022

Published: July 11, 2022 | 12:18 pm | Posted in: The Big Story

Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jets fly in formation over the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean, July 13, 2021. (Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Brianna T. Thompson-Lee)

At the Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion (FCAAP), researchers from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering are working to develop next-generation technology in the highly competitive aerospace industry. Read more …

‘Top Gun’ research: FSU’s FCAAP innovates at high speed for Florida’s aerospace industry

Published: July 6, 2022 | 5:01 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Walking out of the latest “Top Gun” movie, you might remember the iconic catchphrase, “I feel the need for speed.” Tom Cruise made the phrase famous in the original 1986 movie, but in real life, it’s scientists and engineers who are pushing the limits of aerodynamics. Take it from Rajan Kumar, director of the Florida […]

FSU researchers expand understanding of vortex spread in superfluids

Published: July 5, 2022 | 4:50 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

An illustration of a vortex tangle. (Courtesy of Wei Guo/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)

An international team of scientists featuring Florida State University researchers has developed a model that predicts the spread of vortices in so-called superfluids, work that provides new insight into the physics that govern turbulence in quantum fluid systems such as superfluid neutron stars. In a paper published in Physical Review Letters, the researchers created a […]

Shine a light: New research shows how low-energy light can bend plastic

Published: June 28, 2022 | 2:53 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

A team of Florida State University researchers has uncovered a way to use low-energy light to manipulate photopolymers or plastic films — a finding that has implications for a wide range of technologies that use light as an energy source to create shape-shifting structures. The research is published in the journal ACS Applied Polymer Materials […]

Record number of FSU faculty win prestigious NSF CAREER awards

Published: June 24, 2022 | 9:45 am | Posted in: University News

Seven Florida State University researchers have earned the National Science Foundation’s prestigious CAREER awards, which recognize up-and-coming researchers and help recipients build their research and teaching portfolios. The award provides funding for the researchers’ labs and gives them an opportunity to work closely with NSF staff on developing their professional endeavors. Seven recipients marks a […]

FAMU-FSU Engineering students design four-legged lunar robot for NASA’s BIG Idea Challenge

Published: June 16, 2022 | 4:45 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Jonathan Clark is the faculty lead for the college’s NASA Big Idea Challenge team that developed a lunar robot (in his hand) that may one day walk, roll or crawl on the surface of the moon. (M Wallheiser/FAMU-FSU Engineering)

Ever watch a cockroach scurry about, with its flat armored body that slips though cracks and then flies through the air? Before you swat that pesky creature, you might want to think about the engineering feat that insect just accomplished. That’s what Jonathan Clark does; it’s kind of a thing for the FAMU-FSU College of […]

The Big Story: May 31, 2022

Published: May 31, 2022 | 2:09 pm | Posted in: The Big Story

Florida A&M University and Florida State University have announced Suvranu De as the next dean of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. De is currently the J. Erik Jonsson ’22 Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he serves as head of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering and director of the Center for Modeling, Simulation, and Imaging in Medicine. His […]

FSU Expert Pitch: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering center pushes preparation for storm season

Published: May 31, 2022 | 10:34 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

With the start of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season, the Resilience Infrastructure and Disaster Response Center at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering is encouraging individuals to take the necessary steps to prepare. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projects above-average activity for the season, which begins June 1. The RIDER faculty and staff have created […]

Search FSU

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

Sidebar