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.

Three teams led by Florida State University faculty members--including two at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering--have received funding from the university to propel their pioneering research from the lab to the marketplace.

The researchers have been awarded a combined pot of $110,000 following their successful pitches at the university’s biannual GAP competition, an event organized by the Office of the Vice President for Research where faculty members present their ideas to a committee of businesspeople.

We are pleased to officially announce the opening of nominations for the 2019-2020 FAMU-FSU Dean's Engineering Fellows Program. The fellows program is designed to enhance the quality and the number of PhD students at the College of Engineering.

Story originally appeared in the FAMUan on 2/6/19

For the FSU-FAMU College of Engineering, research and multiculturalism are the most significant factors in the school’s rising national ranking.

According to Murray Gibson, dean of the shared college, they have increased their rankings by about 19 points in the last two years. He says it’s all due to their messaging and their research funding.

Originally published by Florida State University News on Feb. 7, 2019

When a technology developed by university researchers is licensed and integrated into a commercial product, that’s considered a resounding success. But when that same product eventually benefits student-athletes at the researchers’ own university, that’s cause for special celebration.