TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State University will join the City of Tallahassee and other research partners on a U.S. Department of Energy project to improve integration of solar panels into electrical grids.

A graduate student at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering has earned a prestigious fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

This article was featured in the Annual Engineering Research Report (2019-2020).

Abiola Temidayo Oloye is a doctoral student in materials science at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, she received her bachelor’s and first master’s degree from the Southwest State University in Kursk, Russia, in electronic engineering and telecommunications. She also holds a master’s in materials science. 

Ryan Powell is a Managing Director and the Global Innovation Lead for Accenture, a Fortune Global 500 global technology consulting firm. The Florida A&M University alumni graduated with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1998 from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and has been unstoppable ever since.

In a new study, engineering researchers are developing a novel machine learning tool that may increase the reliability of high-temperature superconductor (HTS) power systems. The method finds early indicators of series faults in HTS cables. 

High-temperature superconductor power systems can carry 100 times more electricity than conventional wires. They are lightweight and require less space to power electric aircraft and ships. 

Superfluids are one of the 20th century’s most fascinating and important discoveries. Their study is the basis of Nobel Prize-winning work, and they hold promise for better electricity transmission and may even help answer the secrets of the universe with their mysterious “quantum fluid” properties.