Thesis Defense: Bryana Beckford

Manuscript Title: INVESTIGATION OF EMBEDDED SENSOR INTEGRATION IN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPOSITES SUBJUGATED TO HIGH VELOCITES PRESENT IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS

Committee Chairs - Dr. Okenwa Okoli (Advisor), Dr. Tarik Dickens (Co-advisor), Dr. Zhiyong "Richard" Liang (Committee member), Dr. Enrique Jackson (Committee member)

Department: Industrial & Manufacturing

Video Conferencing Link & information (Zoom): https://famu.zoom.us/j/99049108771

Grad Student Gets a Royal Rattler Welcome, Voted Graduate Attendant for FAMU’s Royal Court

Clarke Miley, a graduate student in engineering management, a degree in the industrial and manufacturing engineering department, won a run-off election during FAMU’s Fall 2022 student election week. She was elected Miss Graduate Attendant for FAMU’s Royal Court and represents all FAMU graduate students, including the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. 

FAMU-FSU ENGINEERING, FSU Statistics Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Analyze Human Work Performance

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Researchers from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the Florida State University Department of Statistics are teaming up in a National Science Foundation-funded study that could help people perform better in manufacturing and other industries that rely on humans.

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.

One Year On, Signs of Success for System Designed to Address Mobility Needs of the Transportation Disadvantaged

Last year, a multi-university team of researchers led by Yanshuo Sun of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, received a three-year National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project to promote social equality and improve transportation accessibility for millions of transportation-disadvantaged people. The concept was theoretical at that time.

IME Department Remembers Professor and Colleague Robert Braswell

This is a sad day for the department. Dr. Robert N. Braswell, Professor Emeritus of the department, passed away on September 26, 2022. He was 90 years of age.

Dr. Braswell retired from the department in 2005. Many of you may not have met him, and some may even not have heard about him. However, Dr. Braswell was a big part of the department’s history and a significant contributor to what the department is today.