This week the Arizona State University Foundation accepted a $2 million check from the Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority (MCIDA) to fund a new workforce development project to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship in Maricopa County.

Thousands of visitors descended on the Polytechnic and Tempe campuses for ASU Open Door. The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering faculty, staff and students had a slew of activities for guests of all ages, with interactive exhibits on topics ranging from 3D printing, electron microcopy and environmental microbiology to disease detection with smell, the future of photovoltaic technology and rocketry.

David Brafman partnered with the Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Richard J. Caselli to use a stem-cell-based approach to identify causes of Alzheimer’s disease in people with various levels of risk based on variations of the apolipoprotein E (ApoE) gene.

Chi-En Lin, a doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering, earned Metrohm USA’s Young Chemist Award 2018 for revolutionary research on biosensor technology.

In spring 2017, five ASU seniors began McKesson Scottsdale’s first internship class for that summer. Initially, McKesson hoped to have them rotate through a cybersecurity discipline the company operated in — such as operations, identity, software development and security automation. What ended up happening was much better for both the company and the interns.

A Fulton Schools’ research team is making strides in technologies that promise to make electrical power more accessible, mobile and reliable almost anywhere on the planet.