David Larbalestier’s career has been all about the right stuff — finding the best materials for superconductors as a scientist at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, teaching students as a FAMU-FSU College of Engineering professor and developing himself as a scientist at Imperial College London, where he earned undergraduate and doctoral degrees in metallurgy.

Ralm G. Ricarte, assistant professor in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, was awarded the 2023 3M Non-Tenure Faculty Award (NTFA) at the annual symposium held in late 2023.

In an unparalleled achievement, students from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the High-Performance Materials Institute (HPMI) emerged as the undisputed champions at the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) university research symposium at CAMX this fall. The 2023 SAMPE symposium saw a historic win for the institution as its talented researchers clinched the gold medal in all three categories: Ph.D., M.S., and B.S.

Fitness trackers, smartwatches and other wearable devices are popular ways to monitor and manage personal health. Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering are helping advance that technology by developing soft and stretchable electronic components that improve measurement accuracy, hold a charge longer and offer more comfort for users.

Their research was published by the American Chemical Society’s journal Applied Materials and Interfaces.

A potent “green” energy source, hydrogen promises clean power but demands not only new science but a workforce with new, high-tech skills.

With a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant, researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering are searching for materials to enable reliable, long-term hydrogen energy infrastructure. 

Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering are leading a new study to develop perovskite-polymer composites that can be 3-D printed for high-resolution pixelated radiation detectors and other devices, like detector arrays.