FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

Soaking up the sun: FSU, alumni partner to install solar panels on campus

Published: August 22, 2017 | 9:15 am | Posted in: University News

(Left to right) Chris Diaz, the principal and executive vice president of Business Development for Seminole Financial Services and a 1988 graduate of the FSU College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, Elizabeth Swiman director of FSU Sustainable Campus, and Justin Vandenbroeck, a senior project developer at ESA Renewables and a 2014 graduate of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. (Photo: FSU Photography Services)

Florida State University is moving forward on the path of solar sustainability — thanks to three alumni and FSU Sustainable Campus. The alumni, Justin Vandenbroeck, Chris Diaz and Scott Minos, provided and installed 12 solar panels to their alma mater, all pro bono. The installation was completed Friday, Aug. 18, with the panels mounted on […]

Researchers investigate ways to split water, create hydrogen fuel

Published: July 10, 2017 | 11:09 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Jose Mendoza-Cortes

A Florida State University researcher played a major role in a new discovery in how to produce pure hydrogen, a green energy fuel, by splitting water. FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Jose Mendoza-Cortes, partnering with a Penn State University research team, has investigated new ways to create clean energy, particularly hydrogen […]

Power of light: Research team finds light is key to promising material

Published: July 5, 2017 | 12:04 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Biwu Ma, associate professor of chemical and biomedical engineering

A Florida State University research team has discovered that light can significantly alter the structure of a promising material that scientists believe could make more efficient light-emitting diodes, lasers and other photon-based technologies. In the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Associate Professor Biwu Ma explains how light can change a material […]

FSU graduate students to attend international Nobel laureate meeting

Published: June 22, 2017 | 4:40 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology, Students & Campus Life

Chemistry graduate student Gabriel Dos Passos and FAMU-FSU College of Engineering graduate student Margaret Scheiner will represent FSU at the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, an annual meeting that includes 30 Nobel laureates.

Two Florida State University graduate students are among 400 student-scientists worldwide invited to attend the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, an annual meeting that includes 30 Nobel laureates. This year, chemistry graduate student Gabriel Dos Passos and FAMU-FSU College of Engineering graduate student Margaret Scheiner will represent FSU at the meeting and hear from some […]

FSU names new director of Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion

Published: May 3, 2017 | 4:40 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Florida State University Vice President for Research Gary K. Ostrander has named FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Professor Lou Cattafesta the new director of the Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion. “I cannot think of a better choice to lead FCAAP into the future,” Ostrander said. “Lou’s excellent scholarship and experience as a researcher, teacher and mentor […]

Engineering student wins prestigious Udall Scholarship

Published: May 1, 2017 | 3:14 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology, Students & Campus Life, University News

David Perez is FSU's first Udall Scholar since 2009.

A Florida State University environmental engineering major has been selected as a recipient of a prestigious 2017 Udall Scholarship. David Perez, a junior from Homestead, Fla., who has established himself as a thoughtful and prodigious researcher at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, will receive a cash stipend of up to $7,000. Udall Scholars are selected […]

FSU technologies highlighted in economic growth report

Published: April 25, 2017 | 10:28 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Two companies born from Florida State University research are among those highlighted in a new report from the university research advocacy group The Science Coalition. The report, “American-Made Innovation Sparking Economic Growth” identifies 102 companies that trace their roots to federally funded university research. In particular, the report mentions two companies that have commercialized Florida […]

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Senior Design Day

Published: April 18, 2017 | 11:07 am | Posted in: Multimedia, Video Stories

This daylong event features innovative, creative and multidisciplinary projects developed by graduating senior engineering students. Each team, composed of students from among five different departments, will present their academic capstone design projects simulating real-world experiences. This year’s event showcases 71 capstone projects with more than 300 senior engineering students participating.

FSU displays digital creations during Digitech

Published: April 14, 2017 | 9:42 am | Posted in: Multimedia, Video Stories

DIGITECH shows how technology can be used in a variety of disciplines, merging the creative world with the scientific one. The DigiTech event shows how FSU students are developing some of the most innovative technology on campus.

High-Performance Materials Institute to play major role in deep space exploration

Published: April 13, 2017 | 10:32 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Florida State University’s High-Performance Materials Institute and the Florida A&M University–Florida State University College of Engineering are joining a major multiuniversity project funded by NASA that will focus on developing technologies crucial to human exploration in deep space. “We are really happy to participate in a project that supports NASA and its future work,” HPMI […]

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering to celebrate National Engineers Week

Published: February 17, 2017 | 3:12 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering has organized a host of events in commemoration of National Engineers Week — a time where we recognize how the skills, innovation and creativity of engineers have fueled the march of human progress. National Engineers Week will take place from Sunday, Feb. 19 through Saturday, Feb. 25. All events are […]

New material holds promise to create more flexible, efficient technologies

Published: February 9, 2017 | 9:11 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Shangchao Lin, assistant professor at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

An organic-inorganic hybrid material may be the future for more efficient technologies that can generate electricity from either light or heat or devices that emit light from electricity. FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Assistant Professor Shangchao Lin has published a new paper in the journal ACS Nano that predicts how an organic-inorganic hybrid material called organometal […]