Engineering Faculty Promotions for Fall 2025
Several joint college faculty members received promotions and tenure at the start of the 2025 academic year.
These new titles and tenure statuses became effective in August 2025. Please join us in congratulating these faculty members, who are vital to our engineering education and research enterprise.
Assistant Dean, Administration Search Committee Meeting
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Advanced Risk Assessment Identifies U.S. Dams at Critical Overtopping Threshold
Transformative Research Methodology Reveals Escalating Infrastructure Vulnerabilities
The escalating number of U.S. dams at risk of overtopping represents a critical threat to structural integrity and downstream communities, according to pioneering research from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. This comprehensive study, published in Nature Communications, analyzed five decades of water level data across 33 strategically selected dam sites to quantify how overtopping probability has evolved since 1973.
Thesis Defense: Sumedha Ghattuwar
“Investigating the Reactivity in Epoxy Modified Asphalt Binders”
Dept: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Chair: Michael Elwardany, Ph.D., P.E.
Thesis Defense: Bismark Odum
“Observations of Nutrient Dynamics and Algal Blooms in a Community Lake in North Florida”
Dept: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Chair: Tarek Abichou, Ph.D.
FSU Engineering Student Researches Sustainable Building Solutions Using Invasive Species
Civil and Environmental Engineering Student Wins IDEA Grant for Groundbreaking Research
Cody O’Brien, a civil and environmental engineering student at Florida State University and the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, is pioneering innovative research that transforms Florida’s invasive species problem into sustainable building solutions. His work explores how architectural materials can incorporate invasive species as additives, simultaneously strengthening construction materials and addressing environmental challenges.