A team of Florida State University (FSU) engineering and social work researchers wants to understand the impact of flood disasters on our health—especially related to asthma—in a new National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. 

Tech giant Apple is awarding millions in grants to HBCUs in a new partnership program with colleges and universities to develop the talent of outstanding students attending a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). Three FAMU-FSU Engineering undergraduate students are among the latest recipients of the scholarship award program initiative launched in June 2020. 

The Apple Scholars Engineering and Innovation Scholarship Award is part of a new program established by Apple in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund for HBCU students.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — The Gulf Specimen Marine Lab was awarded a grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

According to the FDEP, the grant is worth $736,531.64 and will be targeted towards preventing harmful algal blooms (HAB) and improving water quality in the state.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection notes the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab, which is located in Panacea, will partner with the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering to study the use of natural and local algae to remove nutrients from Dickerson Bay near Panacea.

Engineering Senior Design Day happens every year in every engineering school in the nation, and FAMU-FSU College of engineering is no exception. It is an event filled with college students in suits scurrying through the school— mostly dark, serious suits with the flair of youth, and maybe colorful sneakers or a tie. Some students carry projects in their hands; other prototypes are so large it takes an entire team to cart them into the building.

Machine learning (ML) is a powerful new weapon to battle water pollution in Florida. FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers are using the technology, a form of artificial intelligence (AI), to make predictions that can mitigate and prevent water pollution in the Floridan aquifer.

Civil engineer and RIDER Center faculty member Nasrin Alamdari is the principal investigator of a new U.S. Department of Environmental Protection (EPA) project to predict harmful algal blooms. The FAMU-FSU researcher is developing a novel method of collecting data to control and mitigate algal growth in South Florida.

In the last thirty years, traffic crashes have been one of the leading causes of fatalities in the United States. The National Center for Health Statistics estimated over 40,698 people died from motor vehicle crashes in the U.S. in 2020. Motor vehicle crashes are the number one cause of death for 16–24-year-old drivers, and researchers want to know why. 

Over 400 civil engineering students and faculty from 17 universities are heading to Tallahassee for the 2022 ASCE Southeast Student Symposium, an annual event of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Participants from Florida, Georgia and Puerto Rico will show their stuff at the event hosted by the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering.