Several FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) and High-Performance Materials Institute (HPMI) researchers received awards at the SAMPE 2018 Technical Conference and Exhibition in Long Beach, California.
Dr. Ayou Hao was one of the seven winners of the 2018 SAMPE Young Professionals Emerging Leadership Award.
The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, the nation’s only joint engineering college shared between two institutions—Florida A&M and Florida State universities—gained seven points in the annual graduate and professional programs rankings by U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 edition of “Best Graduate Schools.”
IME PhD Candidate and HPMI Researcher Jolie Frketic was awarded an appointment to the Student Research Participation Program at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (USARL) through a program administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE).
A team of six student engineers, who brainstormed a hands-free umbrella for wheelchairs, won the grand prize of $10,000 in Florida State University’s annual InNOLEvation® Challenge sponsored by the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship.
The students, all seniors at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, created an umbrella called DriGo that automatically deploys when a person pushes a lever located behind the left elbow.
Claire Kelly, an industrial engineering student, said there’s nothing else like DriGo on the market.
Three teams led by FAMU-FSU College of Engineering faculty members received specialized funding from Florida State University as they work to translate their innovative research into successful commercial products.
The researchers were awarded critical financial support following their successful presentations at FSU’s biannual GAP competition, a panel event organized by the FSU Office of the Vice President for Research where entrants pitched their novel ideas to a committee of state and local businesspeople.
Industrial engineering junior Roberto Barrera believes he was born tailored with an engineering mindset. At 10-years-old, his parents made him responsible for inventory of their food stand back home in Greensboro, FL. Before he started organizing it, setting up their stand took almost two hours. As a child, Barrera was able to help his parents by increasing their efficiency.
“I would always look for the better solution to things or how to innovate a system in my normal life,” Barrera remembers.
The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering is highly focused on educating the faces of the future providing unwavering support, reliable resources and quality professors to students. One of the top HBCU’s in the country conjoins with a top research university, creating a uniquely multicultural and connected college.
In the same way that “just in time manufacturing” once revolutionized the logistics industry, 3D printers and additive processes will change the way we order, obtain and use products needed for daily life.
Marquese Pollard and Arriana Nwodu, Florida A&M University graduate students at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering were the first two students from the college to be involved with a new emersion program funded by the National Science Foundation-Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (NSF-RISE). The two industrial engineers collaborated with students from the University of Michigan (UM) to gain hands on experience in manufacturing systems.
As the 2019 Florida Legislative Session begins in March, Florida State will request funding in recognition of its preeminence and performance to support the university’s continued efforts to hire world-class faculty and scholars, advance its professional and graduate degree programs, support academic excellence and maintain its facilities.