New Grants for Advanced Research Equipment Will Enhance Training for Future Minority STEM Faculty

Through Florida A&M University, the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering recently received a total of $7.5 million in funding for state-of-the-art research equipment from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). These three equipment grants are set aside for research programs associated with HBCUs and will enhance the college’s production of Black and other minority future engineering faculty.

American Airlines Info Session

Information Session by American Airlines. Pizza will be served courtesy of American Airlines.

Meet with students from the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Alpha-Pi-Mu honor society, etc.

Center for Advanced Power Systems building tools for the future of energy

When Roger McGinnis was an officer serving on U.S. Navy ships, a problem with the onboard electrical system typically meant enduring a power outage that could last up to several hours.

Now, as a director of Florida State University’s Center for Advanced Power Systems, or CAPS, McGinnis oversees an entity dedicated to finding solutions that would instantly resolve those problems.