Fall 2008

  • Engineering Professors Honored by Top Professional Institutes

    Engineering Professors Honored by Top Professional Institutes

    Fall 2008

    One is a former astronaut who champions the teaching of science to young people. The other is a pioneering researcher looking for ways to improve the safety and reliability of the nation's power systems. Both are members of the faculty at the...

  • Florida State Announces $6.5 Million in Energy Research Grants

    Florida State Announces $6.5 Million in Energy Research Grants

    Fall 2008

    The 29 grants named today were selected from research proposals seeking nearly $14 million in funding and covering a variety of sustainable energy topics. Given the excellent quality of the proposals submitted and limited dollars available in this...

  • Florida State Researchers to Develop Sustainable-energy Research Park

    Florida State Researchers to Develop Sustainable-energy Research Park

    Fall 2008

    The Florida State University has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Birchwood Acres Limited Partnership, doing business as Harmony Development Company, and Starwood Energy Group Global LLC to locate Florida State's Energy...

  • EDC Hopes to Lure Engineers to Area

    EDC Hopes to Lure Engineers to Area

    Fall 2008

    Tallahassee is within 500 nautical miles of most major cities in the Southeast - one reason why the area is in a prime position to become a center of aviation and aerospace technology.

  • Students' Brainpower Will Fuel One Vehicle in FSU Homecoming Parade

    Students' Brainpower Will Fuel One Vehicle in FSU Homecoming Parade

    Fall 2008

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - As Florida State University President T.K. Wetherell waves to the crowds during this week's Homecoming Parade, be sure to take a close look at the unique vehicle he's riding in. The all-black, battery-powered car was designed and...

  • Engineer Pursues Science in Paradise

    Engineer Pursues Science in Paradise

    Fall 2008

    It can't be said that a degree from the Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering won't take you places. Just ask Craig Nance.

  • Revolutionary Paper is Stronger Than Steel

    Revolutionary Paper is Stronger Than Steel

    Fall 2008

    TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) - It's called "buckypaper" and looks a lot like ordinary carbon paper, but don't be fooled by the cute name or flimsy appearance. It could revolutionize the way everything from airplanes to TVs are made. For more...

  • Super Class

    Super Class

    Fall 2008

    A new class of superconductors developed by Japanese scientists earlier this year has many scientists excited about its possible use in an array of technologies, from MRIs to power generation. Scientists around the world, including a group at...

  • Energy Bill Allots $8.75M to FSU

    Energy Bill Allots $8.75M to FSU

    Fall 2008

    As Americans drained their wallets to fill their gas tanks this summer, politicians and environmentalists were abuzz with talk of wind, solar and biomass energy technology. But the promise of sustainable energy sources could fizzle if the country...

  • FSU Receives $8.5 Million for Defense-related Research

    FSU Receives $8.5 Million for Defense-related Research

    Fall 2008

    Two Florida State University research centers that are working to develop new advanced materials and design new energy technologies for the U.S. military will receive $8.5 million in federal funding under a bill signed into law by President George W...

  • Dirac Anniversary

    Dirac Anniversary

    Fall 2008

    The Paul A.M. Dirac Science Library will celebrate its 20th Anniversary on October 10th, 2008.

  • CASE Tutorial Laboratory

    CASE Tutorial Laboratory

    Fall 2008

    The College announces the opening of a new tutorial laboratory called the Center for Academic Support in Engineering (CASE). For more information about the CASE laboratory, courses offered and hours of operation, visit www.eng.fsu.edu/case

  • FSU to Partner in NSF-funded Energy Research Center

    FSU to Partner in NSF-funded Energy Research Center

    Fall 2008

    The Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering and FSU's Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS) have been chosen by the National Science Foundation as partners in a new national research center that will work to...

  • Former FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Professor Named Deputy Prime Minister of...

    Former FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Professor Named Deputy Prime Minister of...

    Fall 2008

    Dr. Arthur Mutambara

  • Local Chapter of Engineers Without Borders Travels to the Peruvian Amazon to...

    Local Chapter of Engineers Without Borders Travels to the Peruvian Amazon to...

    Fall 2008

    EWB members and community leaders This summer, faculty and students from the local chapter of Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA) at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering made a journey to San Rafael, Peru and helped...

  • Engineering Dean Receives Prestigious Fluids Engineering Award

    Engineering Dean Receives Prestigious Fluids Engineering Award

    Fall 2008

    TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Ching-Jen "Marty" Chen, a professor of mechanical engineering and dean of the Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering, has received a major award from the American Society of Mechanical...

  • Welcome Back Students

    Welcome Back Students

    Fall 2008

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