Thanks to all who participated and helped with the 2019 HPMI Harry Kroto Memorial Ice Bucket Challenge.  Still not to late to donate at http://webfl.alsa.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=13899&team_id=381505 

Since 2009, the Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering has coordinated Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) internships for STEM majors from across the United States. The programs are centered around “engi-preneurship,” a term coined by the department chair, Dr. Okenwa Okoli to combine the important experiences of engineering and entrepreneurship.

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering doctoral candidate Yourri Dessureault took second place honors in the overall poster competition at the National Space & Missile Materials Symposium (NSMMS) and the Commercial and Government Responsive Access to Space Technology Exchange (CRASTE) conference in June 2019.

Dessureault is a graduate student and researcher based in the college-associated High-Performance Materials Institute (HPMI). He is part of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) department at the college.

It sounds like science fiction, but engineering researchers are working on microscale 3D-printed devices that can be manufactured directly onto fabrics, films and other flexible materials—transforming our idea of “wearable devices” forever.