Awards

Paul Westerhoff receives 2021 Jankowski Legacy Award

March 24, 2021

Paul Westerhoff is being recognized with the 2021 Daniel Jankowski Legacy Award for his decades of work at ASU as an administrator, researcher and professor.

Artificial intelligence applications for a more resilient power grid

March 19, 2021

With support from a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, Yang Weng will use machine learning and artificial intelligence applications to improve power distribution grids.

Samuel Ariaratnam named Beavers-Ames Chair in Heavy Construction

March 11, 2021

As the newly-appointed Beavers-Ames Chair in Heavy Construction, Samuel Ariaratnam looks forward to empowering students to pursue careers in heavy construction.

National Academy of Inventors elevates Forzani to senior member

March 3, 2021

Professor Erica Forzani has attained a major career milestone through her innovative contributions to advances in medical technologies and methodologies.

Machine learning gets interactive for better data-driven impact

February 22, 2021

In an NSF CAREER Award project, Gautam Dasarathy is developing interactive machine learning algorithms, increasing information processing effectiveness.

A germ of an idea: Turning a virus into a new tool to help brain disorders

January 5, 2021

A proposal to engineer the Zika virus into a tool to deliver treatments to the brain for mental illness and neurodegenerative disorders earns a fellowship award.

Scott Danielson named ASME Fellow for mechanical engineering education impact

January 4, 2021

Scott Danielson, an associate professor at ASU, was named an ASME Fellow for his contributions to improving mechanical engineering curriculum.

ASU researcher helps robot teams get the lay of the land

December 18, 2020

Assistant professor Sze Zheng Yong's research to help coordinate robot and rover activities on lunar and planetary surfaces earns him an Early Career Faculty Space Tech Research Grant awarded by NASA.

Mechanical engineering achievements earn Ladani ASME Fellow status

December 2, 2020

A Fulton Schools professor’s impacts as an educator and research leader have elevated her stature in the leading organization in mechanical engineering.

Vijay Vittal: 15 years of energizing power systems engineering

November 12, 2020

Vittal is ending his tenure as director of the Power Systems Engineering Research Center after an impactful 15 years of modernizing the electric grid.

Chao Wang earns Engineering Unleashed Fellow award for entrepreneurship-focused education

October 21, 2020

Hands-on, team-based, open-ended design projects in first-year engineering courses improve retention, skill development and a sense of community and success.

Timing is everything: Advances in distributed systems’ time transfer earns ASU researcher DARPA award

October 20, 2020

Saeed Zeinolabedinzadeh earned a DARPA award for a high-precision, low-latency scheme for 5G and 5G communications to improve security, performance and cost.

Neithalath awarded $2 million to recast concrete construction

October 15, 2020

ASU engineering faculty member Narayanan Neithalath is fostering a new global network to coordinate concrete construction technology research and development.

Rivera honored for innovation in engineering education

September 16, 2020

Daniel E. Rivera has been recognized by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for his achievements in advancing interactive computer-based education.

Holloway honored as a rising star in chemical engineering

September 10, 2020

ASU engineering faculty member Julianne Holloway is being recognized among the best and brightest in the field of chemical engineering.

Abbas, Friesen earn elevated status among academic inventors

August 18, 2020

Fulton Schools Associate Professors James Abbas and Cody Friesen are among three ASU faculty members recently named National Academy of Inventors senior members

FORTA Professorship to expand ASU pavement engineering research

August 11, 2020

Growing support from a major corporation in the synthetic reinforcement fibers industry will boost Fulton Schools pavement improvement pursuits.

AI and the science of abstraction

August 6, 2020

Siddharth Srivastava earned a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his research to equip artificial intelligence with abstract reasoning capability.