Programs & Initiatives

Center of Excellence in Ocean Energy Technology
A synergistic partnership among academia, industry and government laboratories combining expertise in ocean engineering and science, fabrication and testing, utilizing the South Florida Testing Facility range to foster the research, design, development, implementation, testing, and commercialization of cutting-edge ocean energy technologies that are cost-competitive with existing fossil-fuel-based power generation. Ocean current, thermal, wave, and tidal-based energy are focus areas for development as renewable power sources.

Florida Atlantic Planning Society
The Florida Atlantic Planning Society (FAPS) promotes excellence in planning education, training and practice, fosters appreciation of issues that are contained within the planning profession and related disciplines; and organizes urban and regional planning students to combine their efforts to advance the art and science of urban planning. FAPS is committed to helping clean up local waterways.

Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN)
The Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) is an innovative approach to stemming the rapid deterioration of our state’s buried and submerged past through education and action. The Southeast Regional Center is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale at FAU and serves Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. FPAN is a grant-funded organization that is part of the FAU Anthropology Department.

Florida Center for Environmental Studies
Represents the ten state universities, including FAU, and four major, private universities.  The center serves as a facilitator and coordinator of research and training related to the environment and as a locus for environmental information. Grounding its activities in the Florida sub-tropical environment, the center’s mandate also encompasses global tropical and sub-tropical environments as well as issues related to freshwater and estuarine ecosystems worldwide.

Resources

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

College of Architecture, Urban and Public Affairs

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution