Jamini Bhagu, a doctoral student in chemical and biomedical engineering at Florida State University and the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, was awarded first place for her presentation at the 2023 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) annual meeting. The Diffusion Study Group selected Bhagu’s poster for first place in her division at the event in Toronto.
 

Cherie Stabler, an alumna from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and Florida State University, was recently named chair of the University of Florida (UF), Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering.

Researchers at Florida State University and the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering are helping build the solar cells of tomorrow by examining how a next-generation material can operate efficiently under real-world conditions that include baking temperatures and hours of sunlight.

Their work was published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

Theo Siegrist, a chemical and biomedical engineering professor at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, was recently elected to the Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL). Siegrist was selected for his contributions to materials physics, materials chemistry and solid-state chemistry.

Polymer-grafted nanoparticles look like long chains of spaghetti, with ball-like attachments at the ends. These strange shapes have the potential to improve the design of high-performance materials. Polymer-grafted nanoparticles are the hope for next-generation materials used for everything from electrical energy storage to space travel. The U.S. Air Force has taken notice.

Yan Li, an associate professor in chemical and biomedical engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, was named a Fellow in the 2023-2024 cohort of the Executive Leadership in Academic, Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES) Program run by Drexel University.

Greg Moller, an undergraduate in chemical and biomedical engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, was awarded the 2023 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRF). The Florida native earned the award for his research at the Nienhaus Laboratory at Florida State University. 

The spiral-shaped bacteria Helicobacter pylori are common and troublesome.

More than 13 percent of Americans have an H. pylori infection, although rates vary with age, race and socioeconomic status. The microorganism uses its corkscrew-like tail to power forward through viscous fluids such as stomach mucus. When it arrives at the epithelium of the stomach wall, it can cause everything from ulcers to cancer.