Research

Teens design back-to-school strategies amid COVID-19 pandemic

June 25, 2020

A tri-university virtual engineering design competition hosted by ASU tasked high school students to develop COVID-19 social distancing solutions for schools.

ASU, Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council announce first engineering scholarship recipient

June 23, 2020

The Fulton Schools of Engineering and Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council announced ASU student Sara Curry is the recipient of the first ASU Girl Scouts Arizona Cactus-Pine Scholarship.

Machine learning research employs mobile devices to mitigate COVID-19

June 22, 2020

ASU Associate Professor Lalitha Sankar leads new research on machine learning with smartphones to help combat the novel coronavirus.

Forecasting the future of mobility

June 9, 2020

Fulton Schools researchers aim to pave way for use of new transportation technologies amid conflicting public attitudes — especially about driverless vehicles

What wastewater reveals can aid in easing societal harm by COVID-19

June 1, 2020

Advanced wastewater analysis by ASU researchers will help formulate strategies to relieve social upheaval brought on by the widespread coronavirus threat

Data-driven disease modeling could improve regional response

May 26, 2020

ASU researchers received a grant from the National Science Foundation to design a new way to model the spread of COVID-19 using data and machine learning.

ASU rapidly engineers solution for medical staff battling COVID-19

May 21, 2020

ASU Regents Professor Paul Westerhoff, fellow faculty and students have created a practical face-mask decontamination solution to help combat COVID-19.

Soft skills make engineers better

May 20, 2020

ASU programs like the Grand Challenges Scholars Program and Entrepreneurial Mindset initiative collaborate with industry to align goals for success.

13 ASU engineering faculty earn the prestigious NSF CAREER Award

May 14, 2020

Thirteen early career faculty members in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering earned the prestigious NSF CAREER Award between November 2019 and April 2020.

ASU solar energy startup shines in national competition

May 12, 2020

Innovation from Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering researchers has advanced to the final round of a U.S. Department of Energy competition.

Turbulent terrain: Peering beneath the Venusian surface

May 7, 2020

A team of ASU engineers and scientists takes on the challenge of making technology tough enough to probe seismic activity on one of the most forbidding planets.

Essential Reading: Books that edify, elucidate and enthrall

April 30, 2020

Fulton Schools faculty and staff members suggest books offering everything from profound insights to practical life lessons and thought-provoking absurdity.

Researchers shed new light on creating nanolasers using 2D materials

April 16, 2020

After an experiment seemed to defy the laws of physics, Cun-Zheng Ning and his collaborators discovered a way to create low-power 2D semiconductor nanolasers.

New technique boosts versatility of 3D-printed metals

April 13, 2020

A new additive manufacturing technique developed by a team of Fulton Schools electrical engineering researchers promises higher-quality 3D printing of metal objects.

ASU researchers provide a golden opportunity to improve cancer treatment accuracy

April 9, 2020

An interdisciplinary research team is developing a quicker, cheaper and more user-friendly way to measure cancer radiation treatment doses with gold nanoparticles.

Fulton Schools faculty take a constructive view of COVID-19

April 8, 2020

The governor's stay-at-home order cites construction as an essential activity. ASU engineers weigh in.

Fulton Schools researchers reveal new understanding of synthetic gene circuits

April 6, 2020

Two ASU laboratory teams have published new research that represents a first in the expanding field of synthetic biology.

Modifying the manufacturing mindset

March 31, 2020

Feng Ju and his team at ASU's Manufacturing and Service Automation Lab are developing tools to advance factory operations and minimize production disruptions.