Research at Fenn College of Engineering

Glass

Fenn's Glass Research Center is furthering high-quality production of e-Glass

In-Space Fabricator

Fenn's Industrial Space Systems Lab is pursuing many advanced concepts, such as the In-Space Fabricator

CACT Research Photo

Research at Fenn's Center for Advanced Control Technology is enabling enhanced precision for nano-technology

Fenn College has a rich tradition of cutting edge research. With ties to such organizations as NASA and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Fenn Faculty are performing needed research, pursuing technology from concept through application.

Research Partner Highlight

NASA Logo and  LinkThe NASA Glenn Research Center, located near Cleveland, in Brookpark, Ohio, has a long history of funding Fenn research efforts. In exchange, Fenn faculty have long been a resource for NASA to further research existing concepts, or develop complimentary technology.

In 2003, NASA Glenn and its personnel were instrumental in the founding of Fenn's Center for Research in Electronics & Aerospace Technology, or CREATE. Fenn's proven research faculty and staff are working to make CREATE a center for excellence in electronics technology. Assistance and guidance such as that provided by NASA and its Glenn Research Center are essential to the success of CREATE.

Research Highlights

At any given time, Fenn College faculty, staff and students are involved in a wide variety of basic and applied research. These efforts are often multi-disciplinary in nature and collaboration among sister colleges at CSU is common. Indeed, cooperation of this type is what makes Fenn College's research so strong.Fenn college feels that such collaboration efforts are at such vital importance because Innovation in the absence of economic, societal, legal and other considerations is often no innovation at all.

Here is just of some of the current research being undertaken within Fenn College:

  • Achieving economically viable architectures for the adoption of renewable energy
  • Manufacturing in space
  • Super-strength hybrid composite fibers