FAMU-FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING In this brochure we highlight TEN of our most productive research endeavors. Our f aculty are truly at the f oref ront in addressing the Grand Challenges of Engineering!
The Colle ge ’s le a d ing res earch f aci l i t i es and c olla b ora ting fa c ulty come t oget her t o creat e d yna mic e nvironme nts t o s t udy s ol ut i ons t o world c ha lle nge s. Faculty at the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityFlorida State University (FAMU-FSU) College of Engineering have become nationally and inter nationally renowned for their research efforts in many engineering areas such as: • • • • • • • •
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Energy production and sustainability, Affordable materials, Intelligent transportations and infrastructure systems, Advanced power and security systems, Communication networks, Aero-propulsion design and fabrication of aircraft, Robotics and control systems, and Biomedical-related research.
Faculty have stepped up to the challenges of conducting basic and applied research and have used their intellectual property to develop technologies for today, tomorrow and beyond.
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Founded in 1982, the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering was established as a joint college serving Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) and Florida State University (FSU). Since the uniqueness of the College provides access to opportunities and resources of both universities, these opportunities reaffirm the College’s incredible potential and excellence in engineering education and research for more than 2500 students, almost 90 faculty. The mission of the College is to provide an innovative academic program of excellence at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and to attract and graduate a greater number of minorities and women in professional engineering, teaching and research; and to attain national and international recognition of the College through the educational and research achievements and the professional service of its faculty and students.
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Kunihi k o Ta ira ONR 2016 Youn g Investigator Award
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Kunihiko “Sam” Taira, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been recognized as one of 47 recipients of the Young Investigator Award from the US Office of Naval Research (ONR). The Young Investigator Program identifies and supports academic scientists and engineers who show exceptional promise for doing creative research. The objectives of this program are to attract outstanding faculty members of Institutions of Higher Education to the Department of the Navy’s research program, to support their research, and to encourage their teaching and research careers. Dr. Taira has been recognized for his work with the active flow control and global instability analysis. His research group focuses on fundamental research on improving aerodynamic performance of air vehicles by deepening the understanding of complex unsteady aerodynamics and examining how to modify the fluid flows by using active control techniques. This award is accompanied by a three-year $510,000 research grant to support the awardee’s research program.
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C e n t e r for A ccess i b i li t y a n d Safet y for an Agin g Pop u lat ion 3
The Aero-Propulsion, Mechatronics and Energy (AME) Center focuses on transformational research programs to foster cross-cutting technologies while integrating exemplary educational and professional training programs. The synergistic assimilation of three interdisciplinary groups of aero-propulsion, mechatronics and energy is based on the past records of these groups to build successful partnerships, recent research accomplishments and the prospect of developing university-produced innovations.
The Center for Accessibility and Safety for an Aging Population (ASAP Center) is a multidisciplinary collaboration organized to conduct research in transportation engineering. The large numbers of senior residents in Florida, high involvement of seniors in traffic crashes nationwide, and seniors’ special needs for transportation, result in the Center’s aim to provide safe and accessible transportation to the aging population. Interdisciplinary support comes from various disciplines including civil engineering, urban planning, geography, psychology, and health care management.
With its headquarters in the AME Center, the Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion (FCAAP) has world-class facilities including the NSF-sponsored PolySonic Wind Tunnel (PSWT) with an operating testing range from subsonic, transonic, supersonic to hypersonic; an anechoic wind tunnel, a hot jet facility capable of producing high supersonic jets at temperatures of 2,000° F or higher; Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) facility, etc. The mechatronics group is known for its integrated robotics design lab, smart system integration and autonomous motion control capabilities. The energy group is led by experts in the development of fuel cells, advanced batteries, super-capacitors and other energy storage devices. For more information: ame.fsu.edu
The center focuses on four interdisciplinary areas: • accessibility and community connectivity among older adults • human factors affecting the older population • geometric design research, especially regarding elder crash mitigation • health, wellness and safety of seniors as it relates to multimodal transportation and emergency operations. Current research projects include safety investigation of elder drivers and pedestrians at roundabouts, multi-modal emergency transportation operations, and improving cutaway bus safety for aging passengers. For more information: utc.fsu.edu
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8 6 A p p l i e d S u p e r c on d u c t iv i t y C e nte r 4 The Applied Superconductivity Center (ASC) advances the science and technology of superconductivity using a multidisciplinary approach to investigate conventional and emerging superconductors emphasizing practical applications. Laboratories for property measurements and microstructural evaluation, combined with a comprehensive bulk and thin film fabrication facility, are unmatched at any university in the world. ASC is supported through multiple research grants and through collaborations with other universities, national laboratories and industry educating post-graduate, graduate and undergraduate students through research and public service. The Center works in conjunction with the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, which houses the strongest magnet in the world. The capabilities of the Center include: • Dual beam focused ion beam device • Electromagnetic test capability • Fabrication and heat-treatment laboratory capability • Laser confocal • Magneto-optic imaging facility • Microstructural evaluation capability. For more information: www.magnet.fsu.edu/magnettechnology/ research/asc/overview.html
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The Center for Advanced Power Systems’ (CAPS) core competencies are in the areas of power systems modeling, analysis and control in the context of real-time digital simulators, power electronics, electrical machines and drive systems, superconductivity and thermal systems analysis. CAPS possesses state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities that embrace the real-time environment, with dedicated facilities based on dSPACE, RTDS, and OPAL-RT computational platforms. CAPS has placed considerable resources and effort into unique FPGA and DSP real-time model and system emulation platforms for highly specialized or nonlinear device applications.
The vision of the Center for Intelligent Systems, Control, and Robotics (CISCOR) is to use state-of-the-art technology to develop practical solutions to problems in systems, control and robotics for applications in industry and government. The Center’s goal is to provide a means for the State of Florida to achieve national prominence in the area of automated systems and to assume a leadership role in Florida’s technology of the future. CISCOR has become a leading center in Florida for the development and implementation of technologies related to intelligent systems, control, and robotics.
CAPS has devoted significant resources and attention to the development of a variety of “at power level” demonstration and testing platforms for: machines, drives, converters for renewable energy applications, smart grid, distributed grid intelligence, and distributed control. The physical platforms vary from approximately 10KVA ~ 5MVA in power and from 208Vac ~ 4160Vac (0 – 24KVDC). CAPS resources and faculty capabilities are deemed unique in the United States and are being extensively used by industry, the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense and other partners. For more information: caps.fsu.edu
In the field of robotics, CISCOR has expertise in motion planning, terrain identification, object recognition, task allocation for cooperating agents, design of biologically inspired multimodal legged systems, dynamic modeling of vehicles, haptic interfaces, and teleoperation, as well as a strong foundation of state-of-the-art robotics equipment. Some of this research has been developed to enhance the mobility of electric powered wheelchairs, a special type of robotic device. CISCOR has strong control expertise in the areas of predictive control and robust control. For more informaiton: www.eng.fsu.edu/ciscor/
E N e r g y a n d S u s ta in a b i l i t y C e n t e r 7 The Energy and Sustainability Center (ESC) addresses the most challenging energy issues related to the use of alternative energy through the development of innovative solutions for consumers and industry. The Center addresses the need for affordable energy systems that have much lower emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse materials to the atmosphere. Technologies of interest and areas of expertise include: off-grid zero emission buildings; algae photobioreactors; solar-thermal tri-generation systems; solar and waste heat desalination; advanced power cycles; fuel cells; and thermodynamic optimization of energy conversion systems. For more information: www.esc.fsu.edu
F l ori da C e n t e r for adva n c ed A ero - Pro p u l sion 8 The Florida Center for Advanced Aero Propulsion (FCAAP) offers an unrivaled pool of aerospace talent, expertise and physical infrastructure. The Center designs and develops new technologies and products that solve aerospace problems. The Center also serves as an incubator to transition aerospace technology to applications. The Center’s state-of-the-art facilities include; 1) polysonic wind tunnel – facilitates low test section noise and extensive optical access for advanced flow diagnostics with speeds up to Mach 5; 2) subsonic wind tunnel – a suckdown open loop wind tunnel outfitted with a series of
screens and other flow conditioning systems which result in a highly uniform flow field with very low turbulence intensities; 3)anechoic wind tunnel – for aerodynamic and aeroacoustics studies of various flow-induced noise phenomenon and boasts state-of-the-art experimental fluid dynamic and aeroacoustic measurement capabilities; 4) high temperature jet facility – capable of producing high temperature, high speed airflow to accurately simulate the exhaust of a jet engine; 5) short takeoff and vertical landing facility – focus is to improve current knowledge in effort to effectively and intelligently design and test control devices aimed at reducing high noise levels associated with free and impinging high speed jets. For more information: www.fcaap.com/
F u t u r e R e newab l e E l ect ri c En e r g y D el i ve ry an d M a na g em ent 9 The Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center aims to build a smart-grid prototype that will enable the US to take advantage of advances in renewable energy for a secure and sustainable future. FREEDM will realize its vision through breakthroughs in fundamental research (system theory, advanced storage, and post-silicon power devices) and enabling technology development (secured communication, distributed grid intelligence, high-frequency and high-voltage power conversion, and distributed energy storage devices). The FREEDM Systems is headquartered on North Carolina State University’s Centennial Campus with core US universities of North Carolina State University, Arizona State University, Florida A&M University, Florida State University, and
Missouri University of Science and Technology, and international universities of WTH Aachen University in Germany and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Switzerland. For more information: www.eng.fsu.edu/freedmsc/
Hi gh-p e rform a nce m at e ri a ls 10 in s tit ut e The multidisciplinary High-Performance Materials Institute (HPMI) focuses on emerging advanced composites, nanomaterials, multifunctional materials and devices and advanced manufacturing. HPMI’s leading expertise and capabilities include 1) carbon nanomaterials synthesis and characterization; 2) multifunctional nanocomposites and highperformance CNT nanocomposites; 3) process modeling, quality control and optimization of nanomaterial fabrication; 4) nanomaterial-based sensors and devices for structural health monitoring and biosensors; 5) liquid composite molding and resin flow simulation and optimization, and 6) scale-up nanomanufacturing and advanced manufacturing. HPMI has comprehensive research resources including fieldemission SEM and atomic resolution TEM, multimode AFM, SAX/WAX X-ray, FTIR/UV-Vis/ Raman spectroscopies, complete setups of thermal and electrical property analysis, VARTM, hot press and autoclave composite manufacturing, multiple 3D Printer and advanced manufacturing setups, CAD/CAM/CAE modeling and analysis software and mechanical tests, as well as a large high-bay lab for scale-up manufacturing, product prototypes and demonstrations. For more information: www.hpmi.net