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Kumar Ankit holds a steel ball bearing.

Ironing out the details of steel microstructures

In a National Science Foundation CAREER Award project, Kumar Ankit is generating new knowledge of steel microstructures to strengthen steel manufacturing.
School or unitSEMTE
graphic of a circuit board in the shape of two faces

Navigating the nuance of negation

ASU’s Eduardo Blanco is leading research to help computers recognize positive interpretations of negative constructions within human language.
School or unitSCAI
Portrait of Dimitri Bertsekas

In a class of his own

Dimitri Bertsekas is advancing reinforcement learning research and education as a faculty member in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.
School or unitSCAI
Saeed Zeinolabedinzadeh working in a lab

Engineering innovations to enhance the performance of wireless systems

Saeed Zeinolabedinzadeh’s research team is striving to make advances in modern communications, sensing and navigation systems vital to national security.
School or unitECEE
Above: (From left to right) Darshan Karwat, assistant professor in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and the School for the Future of Innovation in Society; Madison Macias, urban and environmental planning master’s student in ASU’s School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning; Eddie Schmitt, post-doctoral fellow in SFIS; Jorge Morales Guerrero and Mokshda Kaul, sustainable energy doctoral students in ASU’s School of Sustainability; and Eric Stribling, innovation in global development doctoral student in SFIS. Not pictured: David Oonk, post-doctoral fellow in SFIS. Photographer: Erika Gronek/ASU

Evolving engineering for a better world

Darshan Karwat merged his engineering background with his concerns for social and environmental justice which led to the development of his own research niche.
School or unitPOLY
Jessica Weaver

Placenta may hold key to eliminating immune suppression during organ transplants

Jessica Weaver is developing a unique way to make transplantation possible without suppressing the immune system.
School or unitSBHSE
Chaitali Chakrabarti poses in the stairwell of the Goldwater Center

An electrifying career honored

Chaitali Chakrabarti, professor of electrical engineering, is the 2021-2022 Joseph C. Palais Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award recipient.
School or unitECEE
An illustration of Dr. Frankenstein and the creation of his "monster"

Learn to love your “monsters”

ASU’s Emma Frow wins 2021 National Science Foundation CAREER Award to explore the concept of care at the frontier of synthetic biology.
School or unitSBHSE
Electron with curved line extensions indicating a circular motion positioned on gradient dark blue to black background

A rising star among us

Ivan Sanchez Esqueda’s research on disruptive nanoelectronic computing technology has earned him an Intel Rising Star Award.
School or unitECEE
Mary Niemczyk

Beloved aviation faculty receives her wings

Beloved aviation associate professor Mary Niemczyk is remembered for her contributions to the aviation program, its students and the community.
School or unitPOLY
A portrait of Mohammadreza Imani, an assistant professor of electrical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University.

On a different wavelength: ASU engineer harnesses microwaves to improve imaging systems

Mohammadreza Imani is advancing microwave imaging by using uniquely patterned metamaterials for a faster and simpler way to "see" through barriers.
School or unitECEE
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering new faculty 2021-2022

ASU welcomes new engineering faculty

The Fulton Schools is continually growing its teaching and research enterprise to increase the scope and impact of its educational programs and research initiatives.
School or unitECEEPOLYSBHSESCAISEMTESSEBE
Brent Nannenga in a lab with students

Catalyzing crystal clarity

ASU’s Brent Nannenga wins award for an innovative microscopy technique that is advancing discovery in fields ranging from photovoltaics to pharmaceuticals.
School or unitSEMTE
Image of human cells.

Bioimaging funding stimulates harmonized research

Pair of Fulton Schools faculty receive funding from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative for multidisciplinary research on bioimaging.
School or unitSBHSE
headshots of Rebecca Muenich, Andréa Richa and Sydney Schaefer

How to be an engineer and influence people

ASU engineering faculty mentors who strive to help their mentees succeed were recently recognized for their outstanding mentorship.
School or unitSBHSESCAISSEBE
Photo of Nathan Johnson next to solar panels

Johnson elected to U.S. Energy Association board of directors

In this role, Johnson looks forward to contributing his expertise and collaborating with other experts to further advance energy access in developing countries.
School or unitPOLY
Thurmon Lockhart in front of man on treadmill viewing a large screen

New collaboration advances the science of fall prevention

MORE Foundation Professor of Life in Motion Thurmon Lockhart is collaborating with clinicians to develop innovative technology that helps to prevent falls.
School or unitSBHSE
Jennifer Blain Christen and Jitendran Muthuswamy received Flinn Foundation Translational Research Grants to bring their research to the marketplace.

Translating innovation from the lab to the marketplace

Two Flinn Foundation grants support ASU bioscience innovations for accessible COVID-19 diagnostics and neurostimulation-based chronic migraine relief.
School or unitECEESBHSE

Date range February 2022 – June 2021