A next-generation foam technology developed by engineers at Florida State University could soon be a key component in safer and more effective football helmets, thanks to a new grant from the National Football League’s Play Smart. Play Safe. health and safety initiative.

Three teams led by FAMU-FSU College of Engineering faculty members received specialized funding from Florida State University as they work to translate their innovative research into successful commercial products.

A key component of many mattresses, pillows, helmets, shoes, earbuds and bathmats, memory foam has become ubiquitous in modern life.

Researchers from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering have developed a class of breakthrough motion sensors that could herald a near future of ubiquitous, fully integrated and affordable wearable technology.

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering industrial and manufacturing engineering Ph.D. candidate and High-Performance Materials Institute (HPMI) research assistant Abiodun Oluwalowo has racked up several accolades since the first of the year.

Several FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) and High-Performance Materials Institute (HPMI) researchers received awards at the SAMPE 2018 Technical Conference and Exhibit

HPMI Researcher Dr. Ayou Hao was named as one of seven people for the inaugural 2018 SAMPE Young Professionals Emerging Leadership Award.

HPMI Researcher Melissa Ann Davis is wrapping up her first academic year as a Fellow for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The Fellowship period is up to 5 years.

Jolie Frketic participated in U.S. Army Research Laboratory research programs

HPMI researcher Meagan E. Raley, a Master's Student in Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering from Jacksonville, FL, was awarded the Gilbreth Memorial Fellowship for the 2017-18 academic year from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE).