Florida State University’s InSPIRE, the Institute for Strategic Partnerships, Innovation, Research, and Education, added two, week-long trainings in Robotics starting in July.  ROBO 101: Introduction to Robotics in the Classroom will be offered free to educators in Bay County on July 6-12 and in Okaloosa County on July 13-17.

FSU InSPIRE’s Director of Education and Workforce Talent, Carrie Meyers, was awarded FLATE’s Manufacturing Partner-of-the-Year for Service. Industry partners and secondary and postsecondary educators across the state of Florida have been formally recognized by FLATE for 19 years. A part of the FloridaMakes network, FLATE helps expand and develop Florida’s manufacturing workforce and supports manufacturers with a strong STEM pipeline.

Florida State University’s InSPIRE, the Institute for Strategic Planning, Innovation, Research, and Education, has released the dates and locations of eight week-long opportunities for educators to discover the foundations of AI and explore how it can help transform educational practices.

Florida State University’s InSPIRE, the Institute for Strategic Partnerships, Innovation, Research, and Education, today announced the winners of their America 250 AI Challenge.  The challenge was presented to the hundreds of teachers who have completed professional development courses on AI and robotics since 2024 throughout the eight Northwest Florida counties InSPIRE serves.

The research could help develop methods for reducing intense noise that threatens aircraft and ground crews

Researchers from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion, or FCAAP, are helping to solve a safety challenge in military aviation: the extreme noise generated by supersonic jets during takeoff and landing.

FSU’s Institute for Strategic Partnerships, Innovation, Research, and Education (InSPIRE) announced Alex Riensche’s appointment to operate advanced manufacturing initiatives. He is currently leading the ASTRO | FSU InSPIRE 2026 Tech Challenge, now in its second year, where companies can compete on their distortion prediction and compensation abilities for laser-based powder bed fusion parts.

The Applied Science & Technology Research Organization of America (ASTRO America) in partnership with FSU InSPIRE today announced the second installment of its national 3D Printing Tech Challenge at the Defense Strategies Institute’s Military Additive Manufacturing (MILAM) Summit. This year’s competition will focus on Distortion Prediction & Compensation in LPBF Inconel 718, a critical challenge facing precision parts manufacturing in aerospace and defense.

FSU’s Institute of Strategic Partnerships, Innovation, Research, and Education (InSPIRE) workforce development team has designed and launched free virtual tours showcasing advanced manufacturing along the Gulf coast.

FSU’s Institute of Strategic Partnerships, Innovation, Research, and Education (InSPIRE) is fast-tracking the development of its Panama City-based applied research, developmental testing, and training center with the appointment of Chris Billings. As senior research and project engineer for advanced manufacturing (AM) Billings plays a key role in collaboratively defining the AM capabilities that InSPIRE’s industry, academic, military, and entrepreneurial partners want and need.

Friday, October 3 Kicks Off Activities Highlighting Tech Careers in Advanced Manufacturing