Rebekah Downes

Rebekah Downes serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, a joint institution of Florida State University and Florida A&M University. She joined the college in August 2019 as an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and has since advanced to her current rank, contributing to the college's engineering research and academic programs.

Her educational foundation includes:

• Ph.D. from Florida State University (2015)

Dr. Downes specializes in advanced materials engineering and computational modeling, with research spanning:

• Micromechanics
• Nanomaterials
• Composites
• Fracture Mechanics
• Digital Twin Technology
• Predictive Simulations
• Multifunctional Materials

Her work integrates digital twin frameworks with predictive simulations to analyze composite material behavior and fracture dynamics, emphasizing multifunctional material design for engineering applications. Prior industry experience at Solvay's Composite Materials Global Business Unit in Greenville, SC, informs her applied research approach in micromechanics and virtual modeling.