Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering News http://eng.fsu.edu/ The lastest news from the Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering in Tallahassee, Florida. en-us Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 IME and HPMI principal investigator leading a $4.4M project from VA Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.eng.fsu.edu/shared/news/article.html?s=chad_zeng Florida State University's High-Performance Materials Institute (HPMI) is leading a major partnership to develop the next generation of prosthetic limbs for military-veteran amputee patients, thanks to a new contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Florida State University reports development of highly conductive, high-strength buckypaper Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.eng.fsu.edu/shared/news/article.html?s=compositesworld Florida State University's High-Performance Materials Institute (HPMI, Tallahassee, Fla., USA) reports that has developed a new high-performance composite material that could be up to 10 times lighter and 250 times stronger than steel, twice as hard as diamond and highly conductive to electricity and heat. Engineering Design Project Day - Fall 2012 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.eng.fsu.edu/shared/news/article.html?s=eng_design_project The Executive Council of the College of Engineering has proclaimed November 21st, 2012 as "Engineering Design Project Day." All engineering students are strongly encouraged to use this day to collaborate with teammates to finalize class and/or senior design projects. To facilitate this collaboration, all classes held on Wednesday, 11/21 at the College of Engineering will be suspended. New MSIE Program Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.eng.fsu.edu/shared/news/article.html?s=new_msie Florida State University and St. Petersburg College have partnered to offer a graduate program of study leading to a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, with a specialization in Engineering Management of Orthotics and Prosthetics. Through this partnership, St. Petersburg College students earning a Bachelor of Applied Science in Orthotics and Prosthetics can then apply and matriculate to FSU to earn their master's degree. Please visit Engineering Management of Orthotics and Prosthetics... IME Department Team Wins Second Place in FSU's Jim Moran Institute's InNOLEvation Challenge Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.eng.fsu.edu/shared/news/article.html?s=npgroup Nanotech Patronas Group (NP Group) placed second out of ten competitors in the Shark Tank round of Florida State University's InNOLEvation Challenge, walking away with $55,000 in cash and in-kind services. NP Group comprises industrial engineering doctoral candidates from the Florida A&M University/FSU College of Engineering. Team members include Ph.D. candidates Tarik Dickens and David Olawale. NP Group is in a damage monitoring and prevention business that uses innovative triboluminescence... Engineering's Student Leadership Council Now Taking Student Organization Proposals for Funding Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.eng.fsu.edu/shared/news/article.html?s=student_funding During the Fall 2011 semester the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering reestablished their Student Leadership Council (SLC). The Council, whose primary function is to allocate the funds provided from the Florida State University Student Government Association to the College's student organizations for campus wide programming and events, is currently represented by all five of the College's academic departments with a total of 14 voting members with four executive positions; Chair, Vice-Chair... Engineering Day Career Fair & Workshops Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.eng.fsu.edu/shared/news/article.html?s=engineering_day_2012 The Engineering Day career fair is right around the corner on Tuesday January 24th from 9am-3pm at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering! You can access the Career Services list of employers attending this event. Engineering Design Project Day Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.eng.fsu.edu/shared/news/article.html?s=eng_design_project_day COE Executive Council Proclaims November, 23rd, 2011 as "Engineering Design Project Day" Researchers Developing Revolutionary Nanomaterial with Promise for Major Technological Breakthroughs Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.eng.fsu.edu/shared/news/article.html?s=nanomaterial_research It's a car, it's a plane, it's … paper? Corporate Partnership, Doctoral Program Create New Opportunities in Materials Science Research Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.eng.fsu.edu/shared/news/article.html?s=corporate_partnership Attracting and training the best minds in the rapidly growing field of advanced materials science is the goal of a new partnership between Florida State University and Cytec Industries Inc., a global specialty chemicals and materials company.