Interim Dean Farrukh Alvi announced today the appointment of Changchun (Chad) Zeng, Ph.D. as the chair of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME). Zeng begins the new role on July 1, 2022.

“Chad has been one of our most active researchers in recent years and I’m honored to appoint him to this leadership role,” Alvi said. “His experience and vigor will bring a fresh perspective to the department and a new voice to our college executive committee.”

Food, memories & football in Tallahassee on September 23!

This is the 40th anniversary year of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, and we’re celebrating 2022 in a big way! On September 23, join us for the 40th Anniversary Green & Gold Tailgate, a party designed for Rattler Engineers and Nole Engineers to celebrate together. Activites include:

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

The High-Performance Materials Institute (HPMI) and the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering joined a major multi-university project funded by NASA that will focus on developing technologies crucial to human exploration in deep space.

“We are really happy to participate in a project that supports NASA and its future work,” HPMI Director Richard Liang, Ph.D. said enthusiastically.

Industrial and manufacturing engineering faculty members Rebekah Sweat and Zhibin Yu have attracted special funding from Florida State University to bring promising technologies to market.

Florida State University and St. Petersburg College have partnered to offer a graduate program of study leading to a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, with a specialization in Engineering Management of Orthotics and Prosthetics. Through this partnership, St. Petersburg College students earning a Bachelor of Applied Science in Orthotics and Prosthetics can then apply and matriculate to FSU to earn their master's degree. Please visit http://online.fsu.edu/ on Florida State University's website for additional information.

Professors at Florida A&M University (FAMU) and the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering have garnered a prestigious Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) grant from the National Science Foundation to support the Center for Complex Materials Design for Multidimensional Additive Processing (also known as the CoManD Center).

Undergraduate Research Spotlight

The Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) has awarded a $6.3 million contract to Florida State University (FSU) and the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) to study multifunctional composites to meet the aerospace application needs of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and Department of Defense. 

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and Technical Systems Integration Inc. researchers won a Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) grant for undersea wireless power transfer.

LaBreesha Batey saw her mother’s struggles with neuropathy, a debilitating disorder that affects the nerves. The NASA researcher watched her mother push through every obstacle to successfully raise three children, while bravely battling the disease. Now Batey has a chance to help alleviate the problem that affects more than 20 million people in the U.S.