Engineering News
Welcome! Find out about news and events in Frostburg State University's Engineering Department!
2022
May 16, 2022

P&E invited Mr. Kurt Heckman to present a seminar entitled, "The U.S. Department of Energy: Missions for America." The seminar, held Tuesday, May 10, 2022, was well attended by students, faculty and staff. During the seminar, Heckman discussed opportunities for collaboration with the Department of Energy for FSU faculty, staff and students including possible internships.
May 11, 2022

Senior engineering and physics students at Frostburg State University recently presented their capstone projects during the Engineering Advisory Board (EAB) meeting. Fostering connections and entrepreneurship, EAB group members discussed the program areas and the University’s unique attributes.
May 2, 2022

Materials Engineering alum, Alanzo Chambers '17, talks about how his capstone project at Frostburg State University helped prepare him for the workforce. Just 4 years after graduation, he now works as General Engineer and Testing Officer at the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center.
Mar 21, 2022

Dr. Jamil Abdo, chair of the Frostburg State University Department of Physics and Engineering, was recently awarded a $171,351 grant testing self-driving cars in less-than-ideal weather conditions, dust and smog.
Feb 9, 2022

Materials Engineering alum, Brendan Latimer '18, talks about how his studies at Frostburg State University helped guide his career path. Just 3 years after graduation, he now works as an NPWS Systems Engineer for FEMA's Integrated Public Alert System.
2021
Aug 2, 2021

Mechanical Engineering alum, Ryan Grabowski '12, talks about his career as a Testing and Validation Engineer and how the taking the Mechanical Engineering program at FSU helped him meet his goals.
Jul 7, 2021

Mechanical Engineering alum, Nick Harris '21, talks about why he chose Frostburg State University's Mechanical Engineering program and shares some advice for current students.
2020
Dec 17, 2020

Frostburg State University’s bachelor’s degree program in engineering has been reaccredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, which is the recognized accreditor of college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering and engineering technology.
Dec 16, 2020

For Frostburg State University engineering student Bria’ Johnson, getting to participate in the U.S. Department of Energy’s prestigious Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF) program this past summer was a tremendous honor. She was even more honored when her research project was highlighted on the DOE’s official website.
Dec 14, 2020

As a young girl, Frostburg State University student Kaoutar Sahmoudi always had engineering on her “radar.” But it was a career path that was uncommon for women and, particularly, women of color. Now, Sahmoudi’s commitment to pursue her dream is receiving international recognition.
Aug 15, 2020

Engineering Major Spencer Hamblin is assisting Dr. Abdo with his research testing the performance of sensors for self-driving cars.
Jul 2, 2020

This book takes an interdisciplinary system approach to evaluating energy systems so that readers can gain the necessary technical foundation to perform their own performance evaluations and understand their interactions with socioeconomic indicators.
Jul 1, 2020

Dr. Hang Deng-Luzader spent her sabbatical year in Beijing, China. She taught quantum mechanics to a graduate level class in Beijing Normal University during the fall semester of 2019.
Apr 23, 2020

Apr 13, 2020

Cadenazzi received several nominations from students who commend him for his commitment to online teaching. “This professor is doing a great job during this challenging situation to help us continue to learn.”
Feb 26, 2020

Engineering students working on their capstone project took inspiration from their frosty Frostburg surroundings in developing modular heated tiles to melt snow and ice on slippery surfaces.
2019
Sep 10, 2019

ABSTRACT: The net radial flow velocity of gas is an important parameter for understanding galaxy evolution. It is difficult to measure in the presence of the elliptical orbits of an oval distortion because the mathematical model describing the observed velocity is degenerate in the unknown velocity components.
Feb 19, 2019

Frostburg State student and U.S. Army veteran, Brent Patterson, has had a big year. Patterson not only presented his research on the potential of plant-based bullet-resistant materials at the Materials Science and Technology Conference in Ohio, but he was also awarded three purple hearts.
2018
Oct 2, 2018

Dr. Greg Latta, professor in Frostburg State University’s Physics Department, has won his third Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council. He was awarded $3,000 in the category for Non-Classical Music: Solo Performance.
May 19, 2018

Jason Speights has been awarded the Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring, the highest honor that the University of Maryland Board of Regents bestows to recognize exemplary faculty achievement. He was honored at the April 20 meeting of the board.
2017
Oct 3, 2017

Dr. Amber Stuver, Frostburg Class of 1999, makes her living looking for disturbances in the space-time continuum that are so difficult to detect that even Albert Einstein wasn’t sure how to go about it. Stuver is part of a team of ground-breaking scientists who were the first to detect the existence of gravitational waves and black holes — a revolutionary feat that has puzzled the best of scientists since Einstein first predicted them in his general theory of relativity.
2016
Dec 16, 2016

The Luzader Scholarship at Frostburg State University supports physics majors with a GPA of at least 3.0, with preference for juniors or seniors pursuing graduate school or teacher certifications as demonstrated through an essay.
2015
Oct 27, 2015

Frostburg State University's rooftop observatory is now projecting images from the universe into the Multimedia Learning Center and Planetarium thanks to the hard work of students and faculty advisors.