Within a few years, humans may be sharing the road with autonomous buses that can move electrically and independently, without a driver. But are we ready? 

Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering are trying to answer that question with a new $100,000 multi-disciplinary study funded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The 21-month Transit IDEA project is part of the Transit Cooperative Research Program, designed to foster innovative concepts. 

Alysha Vidal is from Tampa, Florida, and is pursuing a degree in civil engineering and environmental engineering. When not taking her engineering classes, Vidal spends time as a cadet in the Air Force ROTC program at Florida State University. She hopes to be a pilot one day.

New research from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering combines climate and land use projections to predict water availability.

“Current climate models are a reliable tool to predict future water availability,” said Gang Chen, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the college. “What we are lacking is having enough data to make those models as effective as they can be.”

In the 2021 Best College rankings, FAMU-FSU Engineering moved up to Top 40 public schools nationwide and Top 2 schools in Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When Hurricane Michael devastated rural inland communities in the Florida Panhandle in 2018, public libraries played a critical role in the natural disaster response.

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The Aerospace, Mechatronics and Energy (AME) building and Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion (FCAAP) in Tallahassee’s Innovation Park adopted new management models and leadership under the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering on July 1, 2020. This was the culmination of a three-year transition period which began in July 2017.

Florida is one of several states in the Southeast where wind energy is virtually nonexistent, which is one reason wind farms have not been an economically viable energy source in the region. But a new study from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering shows how upcoming technological advances could make wind energy a hot commodity in the Sunshine State.