The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering news for faculty and staff
Happening
Lunchtime Food Trucks will be at the Shaw Building's picnic area on the corner of East Paul Dirac Drive and Pottsdamer Street starting at 11:00 am. Lunch truck tentative schedule here.
COE Cafe: SU Hours thru August 1 - Open Mon-Thur, 9:00AM-2:00PM, Closed Fri.-Sun. | Menu
Independence Day Holiday, July 4, 2025, College closed
CLC Engineering Summer HS Camp, July 7 thru July 11, 2025, 10:00am-3:00pm, COE B118 (Amwake)
Harry Kroto Memorial Ice Bucket Challenge, July 16, 2025, 3pm-4:30pm, MRB (Allen)
Tally Robotics Youth Summer Camp, ends July 24, 2025, M-F, 9:00am-3:00pm, Location TBD (Shearer)
Brilliant Resilience Summer School, ends July 24, 2025, M-F, 8:00am-5:00pm, Location TBD (Ernst)
Brilliant Resilience Youth Summer School Showcase, July 25, 2025, 2:00-6:00P, B210 (Ernst)
TallyRobotics Summer Camp, July 28 thru August 1, 2025, 9:00am - 3:00pm, A226 (Shearer)
NASA + EN BP-AE REU, ends August 1, 2025, at AME (Moore)
Resilience REU, May ends August 1, 2025, at RIDER (Zhang)
Summer Term Ends, August 1, 2025
IME REU, ends August 2, 2025, at HPMI (Dickens)
Joint Management Council Meeting, August 05, 2025 @ 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Event Location: Zoom (Brown)
2025 New Faculty Orientation, August 22, 2025, 12:00pm - 3:30pm, A-115 at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. Confirm your attendance by emailing Duo Liu.
Fall Semester Begins, August 25, 2025
Labor Day Holiday, September 1, 2025, College closed
STEM Resume Cafe, September 25, 2025, 10:00am - 2:00pm, A Atrium (Lazar)
Engineering Ambassador Network (EAN) SE Workshop, September 26-28
STEM Career & Internship Fair, September 30, 2025, 9:00am-3:00pm, All common areas. (Lazar)
FSU Seminole Futures, October 1, 2025, all majors career fair
FAMU Homecoming, October 18, 2025
FSU Discovery Days, October 20-23, 2025, TBD, TBD (Shearer)
Engineering Ambassador Network (EAN) SE Workshop, October 24-26, 2025, TBD, TBD (Keller)
FSU Homecoming, November 1, 2025
Veteran's Day Holiday, November 11, 2025, College closed
Joint Management Council Meeting, November 18, 2025, 2:00pm - 3:00pm, Location B202 (Brown)
Thanksgiving Day Holiday—No Classes, November 26-28, 2025 (Wednesday-Friday)
Last Day of Classes, December 5, 2025
Final Exams, December 8-12, 2025
Fall Semester Ends, December 12, 2025
Bookmark college events webpage.
Harry Kroto Memorial Ice Bucket Challenge on Wednesday, July 16, at the Materials Research
Once again, we are conducting the Challenge in memory of Sir Harry Kroto, who passed away from ALS on April 30, 2016. Harry was a Nobel Laureate, FSU professor and a long-time friend of many others at FSU and throughout the world.
We have set the date for Wednesday, July 16. The tentative time is 3:30 at the Materials Research Building.
I will pledge to donate at least $5 for everyone who participates. I encourage you to participate in the challenge and donate directly to the ALS Association at our event website.
Also, please pass this along to anyone you think may be interested. Please contact me if you have any questions.
If you are willing to participate, please contact me so I can ensure we have a bucket for you.
Contact Frank Allen for the necessary waiver form or with any questions.
IGITE Webinar August 14, 2025
Serial Health Tech Entrepreneurs Share Their Exit Stories
Presented by IGNITE Tallahassee: A CEO Speaker Series
Join serial entrepreneurs Maha Sallam (VuEssence) and Lawrence Binder (VSurgic) for a candid conversation on what it takes to build and exit a successful health tech startup. With firsthand experience leading companies through acquisition and IPO, they’ll share how the industry has evolved, what’s changed in the startup playbook, and the lessons they’ve learned along the way.
Whether you're launching your first venture or scaling your next, this session offers actionable insights from founders who’ve done it before—and are doing it again.
RSVP here to join the webinar.
Federal Research Updates
Office of Research | Information for Researchers HerE
Federal Update | June 27, 2025, 3:17 PM
We continue to closely monitor the federal funding situation, shifts in federal priorities, court rulings, and policy changes. We are committed to keeping you informed of how these changes impact your efforts and will share updates as new information becomes available. While a couple of court rulings appear to favor reinstatement of some terminated awards, the direct impact remains unclear. We are posting and archiving relevant updates on the Federal Research Updates page with time stamps. We have recently added the updated NIH Policy guidance on Foreign Subawards and new NSF Annual Certification Requirement for Principal Investigators and co-Principal Investigators.
If you have an active federal award, it is critical that you check your email daily. Principal Investigators have recently received modification requests that require a 24-48 hour turnaround time. If you receive any request from your sponsor, please let us know. We stand ready to assist.
I would be remiss if I didn’t remind you to please continue your efforts to develop competitive proposals, keep technical reports up to date, and ensure the successful execution of all funded projects. If you have questions regarding the status of your award or receive any new information or correspondence from your federal sponsor, please reach out to Kerry Peluso, Associate Vice President for Research Administration and Finance, before contacting your sponsor.
We continue to engage with state and federal leaders to advocate for the interests of FSU and all of you. Our advocacy efforts are focused on highlighting the significance of FSU’s research, scholarship, and creativity enterprise and underscoring the vital role of your work on shaping the future of our state, our nation, and the global community. We believe that by articulating the profound impact of our work, we can garner the necessary support to help further our mission.
As changes and shifts occur, we understand that you may have specific questions and concerns. These issues may impact you in various ways, and we are always here to support you. Please feel free to reach out directly at any time.
Thank you for your continued commitment to FSU.
Kind regards,
Stacey
Find FSU Resources at response.fsu.edu
We hope you are having a fantastic summer and are finding ways to beat the heat. Whether new to FSU or returning to campus, we want you to know that your FSU community is always here for you. The resources listed below are available to help support your well-being, and we encourage you to reach out as you see fit. Thank you for showing kindness and support of one another.
To access important resources and updates, visit: RESPONSE.FSU.EDU
FSU Counseling & Psychological Services
FSU Employee Assistance Program
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Need to Know
Engineering Our Future
We identified five strategic priorities to focus on for the next five years. For each of these priorities, we set goals with identified metrics for our college:
Opportunities for Faculty and Staff
FAMU HR Upcoming Trainings Calendar
Click here for the latest Upcoming Trainings calendar.
Dissertation and Thesis Defenses
Dissertation Defenses
Okunzuwa Ekuase, Tuesday, July 01, 2025 @ 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Event Location: MRB 114
Farhad Farzaneh, Tuesday, July 01, 2025 @ 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Event Location: B202
THESIS DEFENSES
Bismark Odum, Thursday, July 03, 2025 @ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Event Location: Zoom
Spencer Dyen, Wednesday, July 2, 2025 @ 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Event Location: CAPS, BLDG A, Conference Room 147
For full defense announcement info click here.
Order here. All orders can be picked up locally or shipped. If you have questions, please email Dana.
Good to Know
ORNL Opportunities
A Newsletter of Internships and Jobs for New Graduates
One of ORE’s major missions is overseeing the internship programs at ORNL, which bring over 1000 students per year to our laboratory. My position is relatively new, and I have been working with people at each of your universities to raise the visibility of ORNL for students and faculty who could visit and/or collaborate with the scientists at ORNL. We are trying to support STEM career development for the laboratory and the nation.
I am starting a monthly message that will have an attachment listing our current opportunities aimed at your students – for internships, postdocs, and permanent positions for new graduates, taken in snapshot form to know more about our programs and learn how to apply for the positions here. Positions for recent graduates can quickly go out of date, but I give instructions on how students can get weekly updates or register their CV with our human resources department.
July 2025 monthly newsletter pages below:
William Jenks, Office of Research Education, Oakridge National Laboratory
New FSU ID Cards for COE Joint Faculty
FSU is issuing new ID cards for our FAMU faculty in the College of Engineering. These new cards are designated "COE Joint Faculty" rather than "Courtesy" at FSU. This change reflects our efforts to better recognize and integrate our faculty within the college community, as outlined in Article 4 of the Memorandum of Agreement between FAMU and FSU and the One College goal of the COE Strategic Plan.
To obtain your new ID card, drop by the FSU card office.
FAMU-FSU Engineering Career Services Liaisons
Sean Collins - sean.collins@famu.edu
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Sr. Career Specialist, Career Services Liaison at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering | https://cpdcenter.famu.edu/
FSU - TBD Career Liaison for the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
Drop-in Career Advising at the Career Center (No Appointment Necessary):
- Monday (VIRTUAL): 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Click HERE
- Tuesday - Thursday (IN-PERSON): 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Friday (VIRTUAL): 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Click HERE
Pre-Scheduled Career Advising Appointments with a Career Advisor (located at The Career Center):
- Login to NoleNetwork
- Click appointments on the menu bar options
- Click request a new appointment
- Select Virtual Career Advising
- Click search at the bottom
- Select your preferred appointment time to complete the booking process by following any additional prompts
- You will get a confirmation email and can always log back into your NoleNetwork account to update, change, or cancel your virtual career advising booking
Career Docs (Virtual Document Review):
- Students can submit their resumes, cover letters, and other career-related documents for online review and feedback via Career Docs - https://canvas.fsu.edu/enroll/3LWPX7
Things to Do
InfinityCon Tallahassee 2025 - July 12-13, 2025
Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee
Hollywood Movies at the IMAX | Call (850) 645-7796 to Buy Tickets
Faculty and Staff tickets are $11. Check out all the new movies now playing, here.
Resources
Engineering Career Services
Virtual and F2F advising hours here.
FAMU Academics
Undergraduate Links to academic info, student services, student life and more.
Grad Links to academic info, grad student services and more.
FSU Student Academic Resources
Undergraduate Links to academic info, official university announcements and public health information.
Grad Links to graduate student academic info, official university announcements and public health information.
Online Scholarship Search
In case of emergencies
Call 9-1-1. If you have concerns about your safety while on the engineering campus, call FSU Police 850-644-1234.
The Engineering Library Circulation Desk
Hours are: Monday - Friday – 8am to 5pm | (850) 410-6328 | A225 & A248
College Lost and Found
Student Services in B111 is the college lost and found location. If you've found something, drop it off here and if you've lost something, check here first!
Need a Mental Health Break?
Welcome to the Breakroom, B226-H, which is available for one person at a time, from 9:00 am - 4:50 pm on normal business days. Reserve a 50-minute slot using this link.
FAMU Counseling Services and Support
Check online here for more information about individual or group counseling services.
To schedule an appointment, you can walk in or contact the office by phone at 850-599-3145.
If you are experiencing a crisis and need to speak with a counselor when our office is closed, call BetterMynd for FREE at (844) 287-6963.
FSU Employee Mental Health & Wellbeing Support
If you are struggling, please visit the Employee Mental Health & Wellbeing Support page for a list of on-campus and community resources.
If you are in crisis or need immediate intervention, contact FSU PD at (850) 644-1234. To reach the 24/7 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, call 988.
Questions? Contact the Employee Assistance Program at (850) 644-2288.
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