technology

ACC Smithsonian festival to showcase FSU innovators

Published: October 12, 2017 | 9:46 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Florida State University students and researchers will be front and center for the first ACCelerate Festival, a three-day celebration in the nation’s capital of creative research at the nexus of science, engineering, arts and design. Organized by Virginia Tech and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, the festival runs Oct. 13-15 at the National […]

FSU ranked among world’s top patent-producing universities

Published: June 6, 2017 | 9:39 am | Posted in: Science & Technology, University News

Florida State University is ranked as one of the most successful producers of groundbreaking technologies in a new report from the National Academy of Inventors® and the Intellectual Property Owners Association. FSU ranks 49th in the organizations’ “Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2016.” The annual report, which is compiled with data […]

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.

DIGITECH conference to feature student innovation

Published: April 10, 2017 | 3:11 pm | Posted in: Students & Campus Life

The annual DIGITECH conference at Florida State University will kick off Wednesday featuring student-driven technologies and creative activities designed to showcase the innovative and entrepreneurial side of FSU. The daylong event will include interactive exhibitions presented by student and faculty innovators as well as sponsors to showcase technology such as robots, apps, artistic creations and […]

Expert Pitch: FSU researchers work to narrow the gender gap in engineering, computer science

Published: March 31, 2017 | 12:09 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, News

Two Florida State University researchers are determined to chip away at a stubborn problem that has vexed concerned social scientists for decades: why is there such a vast and enduring gender disparity in STEM fields? Lara Perez-Felkner, assistant professor of higher education and sociology, and Roxanne Hughes, director of the Center for Integrating Research and […]