The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering community is saddened to announce that Professor Yaw A. Owusu passed away in Ghana, West Africa, on the morning of Feb. 7, 2020. He was 77.

Owusu was a founding faculty member of the industrial and manufacturing department at the college and joined the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering in August 1987. During his tenure, he served as the associate chair of the department and was instrumental in bringing forth the first additive manufacturing equipment to the college. He retired in 2009 after a successful, distinguished career.