Jamel Ali Awarded a 2022 Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Grant for Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research

Jamel Ali, assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, was awarded one of two Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Grants at the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) 2021 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) Symposium.

Engineering professor Ralm Ricarte receives NSF CAREER Award

Ralm Ricarte, assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and Florida State University, has been honored with a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in recognition of his work on; “Vitrimer gels as a platform for homogenous and meso/nanostructured networks” .

The potential applications of his work include energy storage, separations, medicine, consumer products and advanced performance materials. 

Biomedical engineering professor receives prestigious early career awards for work in nanoscale engineering and makes HBCU history

Jamel Ali, assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and Florida A&M University (FAMU), has received two prestigious early career awards: a 2022 Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and the 2022 American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS PRF) Doctoral New Investigator Award.

Ali is one of 36 scientists and engineers to receive a YIP award and the first from a Historically Bl

Engineering student part of silver multidisciplinary team at 2021 iGEM competition

In an effort to stamp out food insecurity, a group of multidisciplinary students at Florida State University (FSU) decided to tackle the problem locally in the annual International Genetically Engineered Machine, iGEM, a collegiate competition held in fall 2021.

Ely Bor is a chemical and biomedical engineering student at FSU and the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering.

Jenna Radovich researches for clues to better understand diseases like stroke and dementia

Undergraduate Student Spotlight

Jenna Radovich is a senior biomedical engineering major at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. She is from Sarasota, Florida, and is currently working on her senior thesis through the Honors in the Major program at Florida State University. The program allows students to work on a selected topic and graduate with honors after completing a project in a discipline.

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researcher lands new $800,000 NSF grant to fuel opportunities for FAMU Students

Florida A&M University (FAMU) and Virginia Tech have received an $800,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help more African American students obtain graduate degrees in Chemistry and related fields.

“We want to increase the number of underresourced minority students who obtain graduate degrees by building a sustainable platform to support and retain our students throughout the masters and Ph.D. stages,” Natalie Arnett, the principal investigator for this initiative, said.