AME is very excited to now house the Computational and Theoretical Multiphysics Laboratory of Dr. Kourosh Shoele! Kourosh has been very busy lately, applying mathematical and computational tools to assist in the missions of the center. Dr. Shoele has recently been awarded grants from NSF (CAREER Award) as well as NASA--not to mention, his DARPA young faculty award! He's even collaborating with our Mechatronics researchers to assist in problems of biomechanics. With the recent renovation of AME's computational physics lab, Kourosh and his team will be collaborating even closer to other computational and mechanical engineering researchers. Kudos Kourosh!

AME is proud to welcome to the center two new faculty this semester, Dr. S. Unnikrishnan (Unni) & Dr. Brandon Krick! Unni comes to us from The Ohio State University and brings years of experience in the field of aerospace engineering with an emphasis on computation & simulation. Brandon comes to us from Lehigh University and has interests at the intersection of mechanical engineering, materials science, and surface physics. We are very excited to host two extremely talented, multidisciplinary researchers and to see what innovative collaborations arise!

AME is happy to announce that its multidisciplinary investigations will now extend into the forest! Dr. Neda Yaghoobian, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering will be teaming up with the Department of Scientific Computing at FSU, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservatory to study smoke plumes from prescribed fire. This $2.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense will help assist land managers in better understanding when and how to best use the technique.

AME is honored to announce that the center's very own Daniel Hallinan, Ph.D. & Christian Hubicki, Ph.D. were recognized in this month's edition of FSU's Faculty and Staff briefs. Congratulations Daniel and Christian!