Awards

Better brain and body electrical measurements

September 25, 2019

Rosalind Sadleir’s research focuses on accurately measuring electrical signals in human body tissue, which could aid disease diagnosis.

Inventions for developing world lead to Lemelson-MIT Prize

September 18, 2019

Cody Friesen was awarded the 2019 Lemelson-MIT Prize for invention for his work addressing the need for access to fresh water and reliable energy in the developing world.

ASU researcher brings the heat to composite materials

September 17, 2019

Aditi Chattopadhyay, a Regents Professor at Arizona State University, received a $1M grant from the Department of Energy to research and model the deformation of ceramic matrix composites.

Linking the mind and body for better physical therapy

September 9, 2019

Sydney Schaefer is developing easy-to-use, more personalized solutions for nervous system injuries that are better tailored to older adults.

Dimitri Bertsekas reinforces computational decision-making research at ASU

August 28, 2019

National Academy of Engineering Member Dimitri Bertsekas joins Arizona State University as the Fulton Chair of Computational Decision Making.

Ladani to keep The Polytechnic School on path to success

August 26, 2019

Drawn by ASU’s commitment to inclusiveness and innovation, Leila Ladani wants to further those aspirations as The Polytechnic School’s new director.

Going FFAR with agricultural research

August 22, 2019

ASU researchers have been awarded a grant to develop tools to help small farmers reduce food waste and more aptly meet consumer demand.

ASU engineering professors named as Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors

August 15, 2019

Terry Alford and Andreas Spanias are two of 54 academic inventors selected as Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) spring 2019 class.

ASU professor Paul Westerhoff selected for 2019 Clarke Prize

July 30, 2019

Paul Westerhoff has been named the 2019 Clarke Prize Laureate for outstanding achievement in water science and technology by the National Water Research Institute.

Yuji Zhao makes light work of quantum computing

July 22, 2019

Gallium nitride and III-nitride photonics research for more efficient semiconductors and devices earns Yuji Zhao a Presidential Early Career Award.

ASU researcher makes quantum leaps in materials engineering

July 18, 2019

Associate Professor Sefaattin Tongay’s research in materials made of single layers of atoms is producing multiple possibilities for quantum technology advances.

Awards and honors come down the pipeline to Ariaratnam

July 2, 2019

Samuel Ariaratnam has been named a member of the U.S. National Academy of Construction and received the 2019 Excellence in Pipelines Award.

Ann McKenna named 2019 ASEE Fellow for achievements in engineering education

June 25, 2019

The American Society for Engineering Education honor recognizes her influential work to scale and sustain educational innovations at ASU and across the country.

ASU engineer’s “rad” little board set to go to space

June 19, 2019

Hugh Barnaby's ELDRS experiment to test space radiation's effect on transistors will launch as part of the NASA SET mission to learn how to protect satellites.

Amy Trowbridge named 2019 Rising Star by Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network

May 28, 2019

The KEEN network award recognizes faculty who implement inventive, impactful, inspiring and integrated applications of the entrepreneurial mindset.

Transforming the mindset on nanomaterials

May 22, 2019

The narrative on nanomaterials is shifting from being a potential source of contamination to becoming valuable tools for the benefit of human and environment health.

A new low-cost method to mass manufacture nanomaterials

May 16, 2019

Fulton Schools Assistant Professor Bruno Azeredo recently published a paper on electrochemical nanoimprinting of silicon in PNAS

Turning borderlands into an energy-water innovation zone

May 10, 2019

Fulton Schools ASU Regents' Professor Ronald Adrian is a co-author of a plan to bring prosperity to the U.S.-Mexico border region with a vast energy and water corridor.