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.

First-year Florida State University engineering doctoral student Gary Germanton recently received the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, considered one of the nation’s most prestigious honors for graduate students beginning their studies. 

Germanton is studying chemical engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and does his research at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL) in collaboration with researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

The human circulatory system is a marvel that stretches out over more than 60,000 miles within an adult body. Keeping it functioning properly is a crucial part of maintaining good health, especially as people age and the circulatory system weakens.

On April 7, the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering honored outstanding faculty and staff at the annual College Awards Night Banquet at the Capital City Country Club in Tallahassee, Florida. Ditching their sneakers, the engineering campus community celebrated the success of their students and peers on a warm night of fellowship.
 
The awards recognize employees who go above and beyond their day-to-day duties to serve the engineering campus community. Students from several top senior design teams were also honored at the event.        

More than a dozen of our FAMU-FSU College of Engineering faculty members have active labs at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Using the world’s most powerful magnet technology, they study everything from human neurobiology to complex fluid mechanics. See what’s behind the scenes at the National “MagLab” just steps from our college.