CEE Newsletter
September 2019 Edition
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FACULTY IN THE NEWS
Dr. Sungmoon Jung to study how a cityscape affects wind damage to buildings
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From August 2019 through July 2022, principal investigator
Sungmoon Jung
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a FAMU-FSU associate professor civil and environmental engineering, will quantify measurements of wind loading on buildings, which ultimately will contribute to conserving infrastructure during and after a hurricane. Florida State University department of computer science professor
Xiuwen Liu
is a co-principal investigator.
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First Professor of Practice caps off successful first year
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At Engineering Design Day in April, photographer Mark Wallheiser snapped an impromptu group photo of the 2018-19 Civil and Environmental Engineering senior design class. Later, the students placed a copy of that photo on a plaque they had made for their instructor, first-year
The plaque read, “Thank you from your guinea pigs.”
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CEE Students & Alums in the News
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FAMU-FSU students, faculty and alumni recognized at Engineer’s Week banquet
Numerous CEE students, faculty, and alumni were recognized for their contributions to the field of engineering by local professional organizations at the annual
Engineers Week
Banquet, held in February at the University Center Club in Tallahassee. FSU student Maggie Martins was named Student of the Year by the
Big Bend Chapter of the Florida Engineering Society
, while FAMU student Elon Yates was named Student of the Year by the
Tallahassee Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers
. FES also presented scholarships to FAMU-FSU students Joe Ottolino and Jennifer Magi, and ASCE presented a scholarship to FAMU-FSU student Ariana Morales Rapallo.
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Alumna improves her hometown with engineering creativity
It isn’t uncommon to find individuals in a city striving to make a positive impact. However, what differentiates civil engineer
Echo Gates
from many is that her ideas are literally changing the landscape of her community and improving the quality of life in Tallahassee.
Since 2005, Gates worked as a project engineering for
Genesis Group
, a Tampa-based civil engineering firm that recently merged with Halff Associates of Richardson, Texas to form Genesis Halff. Genesis designs and builds projects for both public and private sector clients, specializing in projects relating to transportation, public and civic infrastructure, and community design. As Genesis’ associate vice president at its Tallahassee location, Gates oversees proposal preparation, civil design work, staff supervision and financial and business management. With her leadership, the Tallahassee team has created new roads, parks and much more throughout northwest Florida and southern Georgia.
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Graduate Student Profile:
PhD student Simeng Li
PhD student
Simeng Li
received a grant from the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AAESP) Foundation to fund his SAFE-Water Project proposal. This grant, typically awarded only to regular faculty members, allowed Li to provide outreach and education activities to K-12 in the community, with a goal of improving environmental science knowledge among the public and preparing students to become future environmental engineers. Having defended his PhD in July under the direction of major professor Gang Chen, Li will join the faculty of California Polytechnic State University at Pomona this fall.
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FAMU-FSU Engineering students win first place in 2019 Doghouse Challenge and Sight-Reading competitions at ASCE Conference
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More than 60 students from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering participated in the 2019 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Southeast student conference
. The event was hosted by the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. During the conference, engineering students from 29 schools had the opportunity to network and compete in numerous engineering challenges.
FAMU-FSU Engineering students Daniel Diaz, Jamie Green and Parker Austin were awarded first place for their design of a sustainable dog house.
“The idea behind the Dog House competition is to help an animal rescue group provide temporary housing for an animal in need after a disaster,” Diaz said. “Rescue organizations need to be able to set up a mobile area to house dogs in an emergency. The guidelines stipulated that the structure had to be sturdy, light, easy to assemble, weather resistant and made from sustainable materials.”
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Green & Gold Tailgate
Friday, November 1, 2019 @ 5:00 PM
Event Location:
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
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For Your Information
is an update from the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering providing breaking news and information about upcoming events. For more, please visit
https://eng.famu.fsu.edu/cee
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