Capt. Jason Lloyd entered the Navy in June 1986 as an Electrician’s Mate, was soon selected for the NROTC program and graduated from Florida State University in 1992 with a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering through the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. His first ship assignment was USS BAINBRIDGE (CGN-25) as the Damage Control Assistant and subsequently as a defueling Shift Engineer.
For more than 20 years Lakiesha Vessel Hawkins has enjoyed a rewarding career both in commercial spaceflight and with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Hawkins currently serves NASA as the Chief of Avionics Systems Integration at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. In this role, she manages the technical leadership that integrates hardware and software controlling NASA’s next-generation launch vehicle, the Space Launch System (SLS).
Justin Scott is the Site Manager for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems’, Manufacturing Engineering and Tooling at the Saint Augustine Aircraft Integration Center of Excellence (SAAI CoE). He is responsible for leading SAAI CoE in support of several major aircraft production and modification programs. This team of approximately 100 engineers provides build solutions and technical support for over 450 production personnel.
James Finley is an assistant professor at the University of Southern California (USC), in the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Neuroscience Graduate Program.
Finley received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Florida A&M University through the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering in 2004 and his doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University in 2010. Following his doctoral training, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University.
In July 2018, Asegun Henry will start as an associate professor in Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Henry began his career as an assistant professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech in 2012. He holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Florida A&M University through the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and both MS and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.
Michael Sheehan is a native of south Florida and a graduate of Florida State University. He holds his BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering through the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering.
While a graduate student at FSU, he worked in the Fluid Mechanics Research Laboratory under the expert tutelage of Dr. Farrukh Alvi. After graduation in 2007 he moved to Los Angeles to join Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and has spent the past 10 years in the launch operations department.
In perhaps the largest single admittance in recent history, seven FAMU-FSU Engineering students were accepted into the prestigious FSU Garnet & Gold Scholar Society at the end of the Spring 2018 term. The students were inducted into the honor society during a special ceremony Thursday, April 26.
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.”
Each year, Florida State University’s Council on Research and Creativity bestows upon select faculty the distinction of a Developing Scholar Award—which comes complete with a $10,000 boost to the awardee’s program of research. The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering are proud to claim Kunihiko “Sam” Taira as one such recipient of the 2017-2018 awards.
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.