BlackboardSpring 2002
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Prof. Wekezer receives Distinguished University Professor Award at FAMU
Spring 2002
Prof. Jerzy Wekezer, Chair of the Civil Engineering Department, was recognized at the FAMU Spring 2002 Commencement with the Distinguished University Professor Award. This is a lifetime recognition for continued excellence in teaching, research and...
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Thagard to Aid Civilian Space Travel - Professor Signs on to Advise Company
Spring 2002
Dr. Norman Thagard, professor of Electrical Engineering, Director of College Relations and Executive Director of the College’s Challenger Learning Center, a former astronaut, has been hired by Space Adventures to help train civilians planning to...
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Prof. Tawfiq Recognized for Superior Accomplishment
Spring 2002
Kamal Tawfiq, Ph.D., P. E., professor and associate chair in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering received a Superior Accomplishment Award through the FAMU Employee Recognition Program. Dr. Tawfiq was recognized for his outstanding...
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Civil Engineering Student wins Seminole Leadership Award
Spring 2002
Tara Kulkarni, a graduate student in Civil & Environmental Engineering was honored with the FSU Student Seminole Award for Leadership 2002 at the Awards Night on April 4th. She was one of 10 FSU students to receive this award.
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Prof. Palanki Recieves Faculty Research Award
Spring 2002
Chemical Engineering's Dr. Srinivas Palanki was selected as a recipient of the FAMU 2002-2003 Faculty Research Award in recognition of his efforts in securing external funding for his research. The award provides $5000 in research funding. Dr...
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Dr. Ostrach elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Spring 2002
Dr Simon Ostrach, Co-chair of the College’s Engineering Advisory Council, was among 208 distinguished scholars, scientists, artists, business executives, educators, and public officials who were elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts...
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NSF recommends approval for I/UCRC at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
Spring 2002
The Florida Advanced Center for Composite Technologies proposal for establishing an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Advanced Polymers and Composites has received an approval recommendation from the National Science...
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Professor Krothapalli Has Developed A Quieter Fighter Jet Engine
Spring 2002
Beginning this December, noise suppression technology developed at Florida State University will become standard equipment on U.S. Navy F-18 fighter jets. The technology, which is patent-pending, was developed at the FSU Fluid Mechanics Research...
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Industrial Engineering Awarded Prize at International Conference
Spring 2002
Industrial Engineering's Jan Gou, Richard Liang, Chuck Zhang, and IE chair Ben Wang were awarded the prize for best poster presented at the International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling at the University of London, June 17-20. Les Kramer...
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Prof. Foo to present invited paper on a Fuzzy Logic Approach to Fire Detection...
Spring 2002
A fuzzy logic approach to detect hydrocarbon fires in aircraft is derived using inputs from a set of statistical measures derived from the histogram and image subtraction analyses of successive image frames. Rules based on the median, standard...
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Chemical Engineering Receives Prize Paper Award
Spring 2002
Michael Kirkpatrick, Research Associate Wright Finney, and Prof. Bruce Locke received the "James Melcher Prize Paper Award" of the Industry Application Society IEEE for their paper "Reticulated Vitreous Carbon Electrodes for Gas Phase...
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The Countdown has begun for the Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee
Spring 2002
TALLAHASSEE, FL - The highly anticipated launch of the Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee, the K-12 outreach of the Florida A&M University Florida State University College of Engineering has begun. The Challenger Learning Center of...
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Prof. Braswell Receives FSU Teaching Award
Spring 2002
Prof. Braswell The University Teaching Award recognizes teaching excellence as multi-faceted, involving areas such as providing a positive role model to students; imparting a respect for truth and a lore of learning; challenging stugents' thinking...
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College Receives Grant For ASIC Design Center
Spring 2002
Sun Microsystems has awarded Prof. Uwe Meyer-Baese of the College's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department a $50,000 Academic Equipment Grant for the establishment of a "Multipurpose ASIC Design and Training Center". Prof. Meyer...
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College Hosts ASCE 150th Anniversary Student Conference
Spring 2002
The conference organizing committee included conference chair Clea Rose Wootton, chapter president Dan Scheer, chapter vice-president Rebecca Jones, and faculty advisor Dr. Lisa Spainhour. ASCE chapter members and other students served as volunteers...
