Distinguished Seminar Series: Manoj Shah
“A Career Path from 30,000 Feet Above”
A lecture by Manoj Shah, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and General Electric
College Joins the DOE Southeastern Center of Excellence Consortium
Florida A&M University (FAMU) and the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering are part of the newly formed Centers of Excellence funded by the U.S. Department of Energy to establish regional Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC) to train the next generation of engineers and bring green manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.
Distinguished Seminar Series: C.F. Zukoski
“Creation of a New Industry: Lithium Extraction in the Imperial Valley”
A lecture by Charles Zukoski, University of Southern California.
College Awards Night Celebrates Engineering’s People and Accomplishments
On April 7, the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering honored outstanding faculty and staff at the annual College Awards Night Banquet at the Capital City Country Club in Tallahassee, Florida. Ditching their sneakers, the engineering campus community celebrated the success of their students and peers on a warm night of fellowship.
The awards recognize employees who go above and beyond their day-to-day duties to serve the engineering campus community. Students from several top senior design teams were also honored at the event.
Smart home technology, also known as home automation technology, has changed our lives since its invention in 1975. The purpose of smart home technology is to give homeowners the ability to have remote access to monitor and manage household devices and systems. This includes devices such as thermostats, security systems, lighting, and entertainment systems. The X10 system was seen as the birth of smart home technology. It was a system that used a home’s electrical wiring to control lights, appliances, security systems, pools, and more from a distance.
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Solar energy is the key to a clean energy future and is important to our society for reducing carbon emissions. The sun produces more energy each day than is needed by the entire planet. Solar energy is a limitless resource, is carbon-free, and requires little maintenance—making it ideal for creating clean energy. Thus, we need to find new and innovative ways to harness solar power. We designed a digital Wi-Fi canopy that uses solar energy to power much of its equipment.
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Today’s automotive industry is always looking for the newest and best technology to protect the vehicle longevity and passengers. Each company is in a heated race to create the best vehicles in the market.
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3D printing has become a reliable tool for printing custom parts. However, errors within the printing process can misshape and damage the final product. These errors include warps, loose strands, thin printed parts, weak filaments, or issues within the STL file, which holds the 3D image. We aimed to create a reliable scan of a 3D-printed object and print the results. This can help users compare their scan to the original to check for mistakes in the printing process. The project focuses more on 3D image processing than finding printing errors.
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An accelerometer is an electromechanical device that converts mechanical motion into an electrical signal. It measures acceleration change in speed due to a force, caused by either gravity or motion. The accelerometer works by detecting changes in force, which will change the position of a small mass inside the device. This mechanical motion is then converted into an electrical signal.
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) hosts SoutheastCon, a yearly conference where universities across the Southeast region compete in multiple competitions. The challenges change each year.
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