Their research involves high performance additive manufacturing of composite structures via reconfigurable cyber-physical robotic systems. “The question we are trying to answer, is what will 21st century manufacturing look like? We are especially exploring biomimetic and high-throughput prototypes for additive manufacturing systems. Our cutting-edge research will help our students gain the skills needed for commercial and defense careers of the future,” remarked Dickens.
NSF RISE is a research infrastructure award targeted at building innovative research opportunities for graduate students. The NSF-RISE award means having the opportunity to establish at Florida A&M a research program in dimensional printing, one of the most promising technologies of the future, while at the same time developing a system to recruit and train underrepresented students to conduct that research and enter PhD programs in science and engineering.
“The NSF-RISE award provides us a great attractor to encourage students at FAMU to follow interesting careers being offered in Engineering involving the application of advanced manufacturing,” added Dickens.
More information about the award can be found on the National Science Foundation website.
