Mechanical Engineering Alumnus Kevin Garvey received FSU young alumnus award

Kevin Garvey, B.S. '06, M.S. '07, Mechanical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, was among 31 alumni recognized by the Florida State University Alumni Association's Thirty Under 30 young alumnus awards. Garvey was one of the six recipients of the Reubin O'D. Askew Young Alumni Award who were honored at the Young Alumni Awards Dinner in Tallahassee, Fla., June 2014.

Building a Better Quantum Bit: New Qubit Breakthrough Could Transform Quantum Computing

New qubit breakthrough could transform quantum computing

You are no doubt viewing this article on a digital device whose basic unit of information is the bit, either 0 or 1. Scientists worldwide are racing to develop a new kind of computer based on the use of quantum bits, or qubits, which can simultaneously be 0 and 1 and could one day solve complex problems beyond any classical supercomputers.

Apple Awards Scholarships to Three FAMU Engineering Students

Tech giant Apple is awarding millions in grants to HBCUs in a new partnership program with colleges and universities to develop the talent of outstanding students attending a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). Three FAMU-FSU Engineering undergraduate students are among the latest recipients of the scholarship award program initiative launched in June 2020. 

The Apple Scholars Engineering and Innovation Scholarship Award is part of a new program established by Apple in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund for HBCU students.

Engineering Alumni: Melissa Van Dyke, Deputy Manager of the Chief Engineer’s Office at NASA

If you’d told her she’d be overseeing a team of NASA engineers for projects like combustion stability on rocket engines, alumna Melissa Van Dyke would not have believed you. Currently Deputy Manager of the Flight Partnership and Programs Chief Engineer's Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center, Van Dyke graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University (FSU) in 1990. While in the Department, she focused on courses geared toward the aerospace industry; thus fluid dynamics and aerospace classes called her name.

Danielle Carr, Named First Female FAMU Graduate Student to Receive DoD SMART Scholarship

Florida A&M University and FAMU-FSU College of Engineering graduate student Danielle Carr makes history as the first-ever female FAMU student to be awarded the prestigious SMART scholarship from the Department of Defense (DoD). The mechanical engineer from Pompano Beach, Florida, will receive full tuition and a yearly stipend from the SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program, sponsored by the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center-Philadelphia Division.