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Florida State University Graduate Bulletin 2007-2009

FAMU—FSU College of Engineering

Dean: Ching-Jen Chen; Associate Deans: Reginald Perry, Norman Thagard; Assistant Dean: Braketta Ritzenthaler; Director of Student Services: Sheldon White

The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering was authorized by the 1982 Legislature as a joint program between Florida A&M University and Florida State University. Graduate programs of study lead to the Master of Science (MS) degrees and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees in biomedical, civil, chemical, electrical, industrial and mechanical engineering. A student entering the college applies for admission at one of the two universities and must satisfy the admission and general degree requirements of the University, the college and the department respectively. The degree is granted by the College of Engineering through the university where the student is registered.

The mission of the College of Engineering is:

 • to provide an innovative academic program of excellence at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, judged by the highest standards in the field and recognized by national peers

 • to attract and graduate a greater number of minorities and women in professional engineering, 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

Facilities

The College occupies over 200,000 ft.2 of classroom, office and laboratory space in a building complex especially designed for engineering education. It is located off the main campus of each university in an area adjacent to Innovation Park, which also houses the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, the Center for Advanced Power Systems and other university, public and private organizations engaged in research, development and clean industry operations.

Each department of the college operates specialized laboratories for teaching and research that are listed in the description of its programs.

The College operates for the common use of all programs a computing facility, a library and reading room, and a machine shop.

Library

The main book and journal collections for engineering are housed in the Dirac Science Library at Florida State University and in the Coleman Library at Florida A&M University. The College also maintains an engineering library resource and reading room (sometimes referred to simply as engineering reading room or college library) that functions as a satellite to the two university libraries relative to engineering needs. Collections at the college library include monographs, texts and reference works that directly support instruction and research at the college. Library computer facilities enable extensive electronic literature search throughout the university libraries and other sources. Library services include literature search training sessions for students and faculty. The college library is headed by a full time librarian who is also a staff member of one of the two university libraries. Other college library personnel include assistants supported by the college.

Computing Facilities

Students at the college have access to a large number and variety of computing resources in the College of Engineering. Due to the unique requirements of engineering computing and the off-campus location of the college, the college is relatively autonomous in providing service to engineering students.

The college has over 2,500 computing devices connected to its local network managed by the college's Computing and Multimedia Services (CMS). Over 220 of these machines for general student use are high-end Pentium class workstations supported by a cluster of Sun Enterprise Series servers and RAID storage system. Computer labs connect to the college's gigabit fiber-optic backbone via 100Mbps Ethernet connections. One of the computer labs is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year; the other three are used as classrooms and are maintained open with technical support over 70 hours per week. The college also provides computing facilities in the public areas that are available to students 24 hours a day 365 days a year. Additionally, both universities provide on-campus facilities that are available to all students. Software includes major general purpose packages as well as special applications oriented toward particular disciplines.

The college's research labs contain dozens of machines clustered together to provide enhanced research capabilities including complex number crunching for simulations.

The college's computing infrastructure uses a gigabit core Layer 3 switch to connect all communications via gigabit fiber optic cables. The college Internet connection is a gigabit link connecting through the Florida State University backbone (FSU acts as the Internet Services provider for the college) allowing for faster access to the Internet2, Florida Lambda Rail, and NSF's vBNS network. Florida A&M University's computing facilities are also connected to the Tallahassee MAN, thus providing a link to the college for its students. In addition to local Ethernet network, the college has set up a wireless server infrastructure with access points in the college atriums for students who may want to use their own laptops to connect to the college's computing resources.

The college also provides remote dial-in capability to all student, faculty and staff. The dialup hardware consists of a remote access server allowing up to 23 concurrent dial-up users. This allows the users to perform research and other activities from remote sites.

The college has state of the art instructional classrooms all equipped with multimedia equipment. Three classrooms are prepared as computer classrooms. The instructional computer facilities include: a LCD projector, overhead projector, a document camera, a VCR, an amplifier and a set of high quality speakers. The ceiling mounted LCD projector is used for large-scale projection, linked to the PC at the instructor's console with a 100 Mbps Ethernet connection. A special Florida Engineering Education Delivery System (FEEDS) classroom has two studio cameras and one document camera connected to a desktop PC with a scan converter to display Web pages. A two-way live videoconferencing link via dedicated Fractional T-1 to the FSU Branch Campus in Panama City, Florida, provides interactivity to synchronous distance delivery of classes to those students.

The Real Video G2 server is used to stream live and recorded programs, classes and events from the college. The Poly Com VS4000 provides for 4-point IP videoconferences.

Supporting Facilities

The college participates in several research centers, both within the college and in cooperation with other departments, intended to foster learning opportunities for students and research advancement by noted faculty. They include the Center for Advanced Power Systems (electrical and mechanical engineering), the Center for Intelligent Systems, Control and Robotics (mechanical and chemical engineering), the Center for Materials Research and Technology (physics), the Center for Nanomagnetics and Biotechnology (chemical, biomedical and mechanical engineering), the Computation Science and Information Technology Center (computer science and mechanical engineering), the Florida Advanced Center for Composite Technologies (industrial engineering), the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute (physics), the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (industrial engineering), the Institute of Transportation Technologies (civil engineering), the Multidisciplinary Design Center, the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (mechanical engineering and physics). Other specialized laboratories are included in the various departmental listings.

Opportunities

A large number of graduate students in the College of Engineering are supported through department teaching or research assistantships. University fellowships are available for exceptionally qualified students. In addition, tuition waivers for graduate assistants and fellows are available on a competitive basis. Students should contact the department of their proposed major regarding financial support.

Master of Science Degree

The departments of Chemical and Biomedical, Civil and Environmental, Electrical and Computer, Industrial and Manufacturing, and Mechanical Engineering offer both thesis and non-thesis programs for the Master of Science degree. The thesis-based programs are designed to provide the student with advanced course work and experience in the chosen engineering discipline. The non-thesis programs are designed to provide the student with a strong technical education with less emphasis on research. The thesis programs are appropriate for a student who plans to engage in research or to continue graduate studies for the doctoral degree. Candidates for the master's degree must satisfy all regulations and requirements of the department in which they enroll. For additional departmental requirements consult the degree requirements under each department.

Doctor of Philosophy Degree

The doctor of philosophy degree is awarded after the student satisfies all requirements of the University, the College and the department, respectively. This degree is offered in biomedical, chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering.

Admission Requirements

A candidate must meet the following minimum criteria to be considered for admission into the graduate program:

 1. A Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or a closely allied field from an accredited institution of higher learning

 2. A grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale on all work while registered as an upper-division student

 3. A score of at least 1000 on the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE), quantitative and verbal portions combined. All candidates must submit official exam scores prior to being admitted as a regular graduate student

 4. A minimum of 550 on the TOEFL examination (for international students only)

and

 5. Satisfy any admission requirements of the department.

For further details on graduate or research programs, contact the Office of Graduate Studies at (850) 410-6423 or by e-mail at studentsupport@eng.fsu.edu. The college also maintains a Web site at http://www.eng.fsu.edu with detailed information on all its graduate programs.