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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 […]

Four Florida State University students earn fellowships from the National Science Foundation

Published: May 12, 2022 | 10:13 am | Posted in: University News

From left: Trystan Loustau, Leanna Gharbaoui, Jessica Dixon and Annais Muschett-Bonilla.

Four Florida State University students have earned research grants through the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP). The GRFP recognizes and supports students in STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees. The fellowship includes three years of financial support toward a doctoral degree, including an annual stipend of $34,000 […]

FSU early career researchers receive prestigious NSF award

Published: May 6, 2021 | 3:02 pm | Posted in: University News

The National Science Foundation's CAREER Awards are grants for junior faculty with the potential to serve as role models in research and teaching and to lead advances in the mission of their organization.

Three Florida State University faculty members have been recognized by the National Science Foundation with the prestigious CAREER Award, a grant given to promising up-and-coming researchers who are expected to become leaders in their fields. Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards are given to junior faculty with the potential to serve as role models in […]

FSU political science researcher to examine law in time of COVID-19 crisis

Published: April 2, 2020 | 3:13 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

FSU Associate Professor Amanda Driscoll is part of a team researching the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public support for the rule of law.

A Florida State University researcher and her colleagues have earned a grant from the National Science Foundation to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public support for the rule of law. FSU Associate Professor of Political Science Amanda Driscoll, the project’s co-investigator, said the team will examine the challenge that the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus presents to long-standing norms that support democratic order. […]

Early career faculty members recognized with prestigious NSF awards

Published: July 22, 2019 | 10:13 am | Posted in: Science & Technology, University News

FSU's 2019 National Science Foundation CAREER awards winners. Top row: Christianne Beekman, Sonia Haiduc, Christopher Holmes. Bottom row: Lama Jaber and Yan Yan Hu.

Five Florida State University assistant professors have received highly competitive CAREER awards from the National Science Foundation for their significant early career accomplishments in research and education. The CAREER award, one of the most prestigious granted to junior faculty by the NSF, supports scholars in the early stages of their careers as they develop their […]

No lie! FSU researcher developing world’s first online polygraph

Published: March 15, 2019 | 2:30 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Associate Professor Shuyuan Ho envisions lots of potential applications for her idea. "This could have wide-ranging uses for online communities, social networks and online dating environments." (FSU Photography Services)

Can you spot a liar? It’s tricky enough in face-to-face conversations that offer facial expressions, gestures and tone of voice because those physical cues add context. Spotting a liar gets even tougher in blind computer conversations. Florida State University researcher Shuyuan Ho wants to shed those blinders by creating a revolutionary online polygraph. “The future […]

Climbing high: FSU robotics researchers look to cockroaches to understand what it means to run up walls

Published: February 26, 2019 | 12:46 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Associate Professor Jonathan Clark and doctoral student Jason Brown examined whether moving rapidly up a wall or other vertical surface equates to a slow run or fast walk.

The way animals walk, jump, run and climb is an endless source of fascination for researchers. That includes robotics researchers who are taking inspiration from biology to build some of the fastest, most efficient robots — ones that could climb a 100-foot building in under a minute. Researchers from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Jonathan […]

FSU researchers push creative, scientific accomplishments in 2018

Published: December 21, 2018 | 3:08 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State University researchers pushed their work to new heights in 2018. Our faculty members were engaged in research and creative activity at the highest levels and produced extraordinary work that made international headlines. Here are some highlights of the past year. FSU Faculty Awarded $226 Million in Research Dollars Florida State University researchers brought […]

FSU researcher: Family of rodents may explain how some groups of animals become so diverse

Published: October 3, 2018 | 2:39 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Researchers examined how rodents of the Sigmodontinae family branched out into 400 species across South America. (Peter Meserve and Mammal Images Library of the American Society of Mammalogists.)

How did a single species of rodent invade South America and then quickly branch off into 350 new species? The answer is simple — the rodents were able to move quickly across the continent unencumbered by geographic boundaries that can’t be easily crossed such as an ocean. FSU Professor of Biological Science Scott Steppan and […]

MagLab nets $4.2M NSF grant to launch next-generation superconducting magnets

Published: September 25, 2018 | 4:14 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

An insulated magnet coil built using the high-temperature superconductor REBCO, or rare earth barium copper oxide. Photo by Stephen Bilenky/National MagLab.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $4.2 million to the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory to launch a research and development effort for the next generation of high-field superconducting magnets. Headquartered at Florida State University in Tallahassee, the National MagLab is already home to a dozen world-record magnets. Every year, more than 1,800 scientists […]

FSU professor harnesses single electrons to accelerate chemical reactions

Published: September 11, 2018 | 12:54 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Igor V. Alabugin, professor of chemistry

A Florida State University chemistry professor has described an unusual phenomenon in which the energy of an electron is spontaneously increased in the course of a chemical reaction. The process is reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie. FSU Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Igor Alabugin and his team call this chemical phenomenon “electron upconversion.” In […]

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