The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has announced Garit Poire, E.I., M.S., ENV SP as one of ten 2019 New Faces of Civil Engineering in the Professional category! Poire is a graduate of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University – Florida State University (FAMU-FSU) College of Engineering, where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering. Poire now serves as a Special Project Division Engineering Assistant for Turner Construction Company. Today, Poire calls Orlando, Florida home. 

Dr. Terri Norton has come a long way since earning her doctorate in civil engineering (2005) at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering.  

On July 1, 2018, Norton begins a new job as the Bucknell University College of Engineering Associate Dean for Students & Strategic Initiatives, a role in which she will support students and promote multiculturalism.

A FAMU-FSU College of Engineering professor recently received a Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) grant from the Department of Education in the amount of $1.5 million dollars to identify and nurture minority students pursuing a graduate education in engineering. Clayton Clark II, Ph.D., a professor of civil and environmental engineering procured the grant that is partially funded by Florida A&M University. He is the administrator and principal investigator for the award.

Senior citizens often don’t evacuate during major storms because of pets or special needs. Now, a FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researcher has developed a new model for local governments or relief organizations to quickly determine which regular shelters could be repurposed into special needs or pet-friendly shelters.

The Senior Design Project course allows students to apply the knowledge learned throughout the curriculum and work with industry mentors on a capstone project. The students work in teams to provide creative solutions to real-life projects incorporating multiple constraints.

Dear FAMU-FSU College of Engineering students,

Although classes at both main campuses will be suspended on their respective Homecoming Day (see dates below), classes at the College of Engineering will be held as usual.  

At Engineering Design Day in April, photographer Mark Wallheiser snapped an impromptu group photo of the 2018-19 Civil and Environmental Engineering senior design class. Later, the students placed a copy of that photo on a plaque they had made for their instructor, first-year Professor of Practice Sean Martin. The plaque read, “Thank you from your guinea pigs.”

Anwer Al-Kaimakchi, a graduate student at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering studying civil and environmental engineering earned $500 for the “People’s Choice” award at the annual Three Minute Thesis event on Tuesday, Nov. 27. His research focused on making bridges safer by studying the flexural performance of stainless steel precast prestressed concrete girders. Two other FAMU-FSU Engineering students competed in the renowned event as well.

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Ph.D. student Olumide Abioye won first and second place, respectively, in the FAMU research poster and the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competitions earlier this week.

Abioye is a graduate student in the FAMU-FSU Engineering department of civil and environmental engineering. He received $850 in total prize money for these wins.