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portrait of Adam Doupé

Doupé looks to safeguard personal data through advanced automated vulnerability analysis tools

August 2, 2017

Adam Doupé wants to develop tools that can automatically find vulnerabilities in web applications so they can be found and remedied before an attacker can exploit them.
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Portrait of Rod Roscoe in a computer lab. Caption "Rod Roscoe, assistant professor of human systems engineering, works with students in his SLATE Lab to improve engineering education. His efforts led to a prestigious Tooker Professorship to advance his work in developing an engaging human systems engineering curriculum at Arizona State University's Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU"

Better engineering for humans, by humans

July 24, 2017

Rod Roscoe has been awarded a prestigious Tooker Professorship to advance his work in developing an engaging human systems engineering curriculum at the Fulton Schools.
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portrait of Jay Oswald

Engineer seeks to develop harder, better, stronger plastics faster

July 17, 2017

Jay Oswald is working to improve the process of developing plastics as part of a five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award project.
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Photo of Casey Ankeny sitting at a table talking with students. Caption: Casey Ankeny (center) has demonstrated “dedication to addressing the individual needs of every one of her students,” says a recent biomedical engineering graduate. Ankeny is pictured with students at a Fulton Schools “Feast With Faculty” gathering. Photographer: Rose Serago/ASU

Creative connection: Enriching educational experience springs from Ankeny’s rapport with students

July 13, 2017

The foremost national engineering education advocacy group has given biomedical engineering lecturer Casey Ankeny one of its annual teaching awards.
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Portrait of Samuel Ariaratnam. Caption says: Samuel Ariaratnam, a construction engineering professor and program chair, was appointed for a 16-month term to serve on national committee studying the safety of the nation’s propane pipeline systems. Photographer: Tim Trumble

Propane pro: Ariaratnam named to national committee studying safety of pipeline infrastructure

July 10, 2017

Samuel Ariaratnam was named to a National Academies committee created as part of the PIPES Act, signed by former President Barack Obama in June 2016.
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Photo of David Grau teaching in a classroom. Caption says "As an educator, David Grau has developed and implemented innovative instruction strategies. As a researcher, he is providing the construction industry improved methods for cost-effectively planning and managing projects. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ ASU"

Construction profession peers laud Grau’s outstanding contributions as educator and researcher

June 30, 2017

A Fulton Schools faculty member garners two of a construction industry organization’s major awards, spotlighting his work in the classroom and in improving industry practices through research.
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Two women look intently at a computer screen in a laboratory. The caption reads: Professor Nancy Cooke works with a student in the Cyber Defense EXercises for Team Awareness Research simulator, known as DEXTAR, on ASU's Polytechnic Campus. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU

Nancy Cooke collaborates on MURI award to defend against cyberattacks

June 26, 2017

Researchers from ASU are teaming with five other universities to develop strategies to combat persistent cyberattacks by profiling hackers.
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Photo of two men holding a plaque. Caption says "Professor Ron Askin, former director of the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decisions Systems Engineering, accepts the Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award from Tim McGlothlin, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers 2017-18 President-Elect, at the IISE annual awards gala, held May 22 in Pittsburgh. Photo courtesy of IISE"

Industrial engineering society awards Ron Askin with distinguished educator award

June 21, 2017

Professor Ron Askin was awarded the Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers.
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Portrait of Lucy Qiu

Big Data approach informs energy-saving strategies

June 20, 2017

A National Science Foundation-supported research project strives to provide better data, statistics and analytics to guide efforts to maximize energy efficiency.
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Portrait of Sefaatin Tongay with a caption of "Assistant Professor Sefaattin Tongay earned a 2016 Young Scientist Award from Turkey’s Heroes of Science Association. Photographer: Özlem Mutlu Doğan"

Tongay’s 2D materials research earns award from Turkish science association

June 8, 2017

Assistant Professor Sefaattin Tongay was among six scientists, selected from a pool of 122 applicants, to receive a 2016 Young Scientist Award from the Heroes of Science Association in Turkey.
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Graphic with portraits of Morteza Abbaszadegan and Francois Perreault and the logo of the AZ Water Association over a background of water

ASU engineers honored by AZ Water Association for exemplary research, educational efforts

June 7, 2017

The AZ Water Association honored Morteza Abbaszadegan and Francois Perreault for their contributions to water treatment technology and environmental education.
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Photo of Professor Subbarao Kambhampati with one of the robots used in his lab team’s research aimed at enabling effective collaboration between humans and intelligent robots. The wooden building blocks on the table spell out the name of the lab, Yochan, meaning “thought” or “plan” in the Sanskrit language. Photographer: Marco-Alexis Chaira/ASU

Potential world-changing impacts of artificial intelligence raise promising possibilities and societal challenges

June 1, 2017

Artificial intelligence technologies could shape the future in both positive and troubling ways, says the Fulton Schools professor leading the largest organization in the field.
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Portrait of Umit Ogras

Flexible hybrid electronics bend the rules of computing architectures

May 30, 2017

Umit Ogras is developing an innovative methodology and tools to optimize the design of flexible hybrid electronics — architectures that combine flexible elements and rigid silicon to overcome the performance limitations of purely flexible electronics.
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A photo of Mikhail Chester teaching three students in a classroom with a caption of "Mikhail Chester (left) and his research of ways to adapt infrastructure to more severe and changing weather has been rewarded with the Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Photographer: Nora Skrodenis/ASU"

Mikhail Chester honored for work to protect infrastructure from extreme weather

May 18, 2017

Mikhail Chester and his research of ways to adapt infrastructure to more severe and changing weather has been rewarded with the Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Portrait of Mehdi Nikkhah in his lab with a caption of "Assistant Professor Mehdi Nikkhah's vision of a microengineered chip to better understand hear attacks is being rewarded bt the National Science Foundation with a CAREER Award totaling $500,000 over the next five years. Photographer Jessica Hochreiter/ASU "

Microengineering a heart attack

May 16, 2017

With support from a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, Mehdi Nikkhah is creating a heart attack-on-a-chip to better understand a disease that is a leading killer in the United States.
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A man wearing glasses and a button down shirt stands in a white laboratory with some equipment behind him. The caption reads: Above: Electrical engineering Assistant Professor Yuji Zhao stands in his Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition lab on the Tempe campus, where he works with gallium nitride, a compound with unique properties. Zhao's research is focused on exploring gallium nitride's use in optoelectronics and high-power and high-frequency. Photographer: Pete Zrioka/ASU.

ASU engineer looks to improve next-gen materials for solar cells

April 24, 2017

Yuji Zhao is researching new applications for an incredible material — gallium nitride — and his recent findings show its potential for use in solar cells.
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Photo of six women around a laptop computer with a caption of "Assistant Professor Carole-Jean Wu (in gold), is exploring a new approach to performance optimization based on the unique usage and user satisfaction attributes of smartphones in a five-year National Science Foundation CAREER Award research project. Photographer: Pete Zrioka/ASU."

User satisfaction: The new framework for smartphone performance optimization

April 7, 2017

Assistant Professor Carole-Jean Wu is exploring a new approach to energy performance optimization based on smartphone user satisfaction in a $450,000, five-year National Science Foundation CAREER Award research project.
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An image of a gun created out of bullets with the phrase "Weaponized Narrative" made out of typewriter keys. The image has a caption of "In the digital age, the weaponry used to sow seeds of political and social instability includes targeted and rapid dissemination of disinformation, A new ASU initiative aims to counter the threat this can pose. Image courtesy of the Weaponized Narrative Initiative."

Mounting defenses against the nefarious powers of narrative

March 29, 2017

A new ASU initiative takes on the challenge of countering the threat posed by fast-spreading forms of information and disinformation warfare made for the digital age.
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