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ASU engineers jump into national effort to advance AI computing 

April 18, 2018

Three electrical engineering professors in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering will be joining leading faculty from the nation’s top engineering schools in prestigious new research centers that will lay the foundation for technological innovation in the next decade.
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Will nature-inspired soft robots spark the next tech revolution?

April 16, 2018

Harvard University Professor George M. Whitesides spoke to ASU students and faculty about how simple, soft robots can forge a new path for robotics technologies.
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ASU secures grant to train teachers in STEM subjects

April 5, 2018

The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, a new initiative funded by the National Science Foundation and awarded to Arizona State University, recruits and prepares highly effective elementary and secondary science and mathematics teachers for high-need local schools.
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Portrait of Paul Westerhoff. Caption: Paul Westerhoff is an Arizona State University Regent’s Professor in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, where he is the vice dean of research and innovation. He is also deputy director of one of the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Engineering Research Centers, the Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment.

A Nanoparticle and an Engineer Walk into a Lab: Using Nanotech to Purify Water

March 29, 2018

On World Water Day, Fulton Schools Regents' Professor Paul Westerhoff explains how global water challenges are being tackled with nanotechnology.
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Five people pose for a photo in the Meteor Studio. Caption: Assistant professor Robert LiKamWa and his students from the Arizona State University Meteor Studio impressed the mobile computing systems international research community at the Association for Computing Machinery’s HotMobile ‘18 conference workshop, taking home a Best Poster award and getting valuable feedback on their research. From left to right: Electrical engineering graduate student Sridhar Gunnam, computer science graduate student Siddhant Prakash, Assistant Professor Robert LiKamWa, computer engineering doctoral student Jinhan Hu and computer engineering (electrical engineering) graduate student Venkatesh Kodukula.

ASU Meteor Studio makes big impact at mobile computing research conference

March 26, 2018

Students from the ASU Meteor Studio impressed the mobile computing systems international research community at the ACM HotMobile ‘18, taking home a Best Poster award.
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Photo of an aircraft carrier at sea. Caption: Many military ships and aircraft are made largely of aluminum alloys. In research funded by the Navy, Air Force and the Department of Defense, two recently graduated Fulton Schools doctoral students explored ways to lessen the corrosive impacts of the environment on those alloys. Photo courtesy of Pixabay

Combating corrosion: Making metals mightier

March 21, 2018

Two doctoral students’ award-winning research paper reveals insight into metal corrosion that’s valuable to the U.S. military.
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Photo of the Fulton family standing and sitting for a posed portrait. Caption: The Fulton Family was honored as the 2018 Founder’s Day Philanthropists of the Year for their vision, leadership and commitment to advance Arizona State University and the New American University. Photographer: Timon Harper

Leading national philanthropists make a difference at ASU

March 21, 2018

Ira A. Fulton and his family received the Philanthropist of the Year Award for ASU Founders’ Day 2018 — a signature event to celebrate the university founders.
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Photo of three people standing in a row with the middle one holding a certificate. Caption: Assistant Professor Francois Perreault’s research has had a significant impact on the use of nanomaterials in a variety of biological, chemical and environmental processes, including those related to water treatment. Photographer: Ana Barrios/ASU

Making sustainable strides in nanotechnology

March 12, 2018

A Fulton Schools doctoral student and two faculty members swept the top research awards at a major international nanotechnology conference.
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Lithium-related discovery could extend battery life and improve safety

March 7, 2018

Hanqing Jiang’s research involves uses silicone as the substrate of lithium metal anode to mitigate dendrite (whisker) formation, which can dramatically extend battery life and diminish safety risks in lithium-ion and lithium-air batteries.
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ASU partners with Coursera to launch online Master of Computer Science

March 6, 2018

Arizona State University and Coursera have announced the launch of an online Master of Computer Science program that will be offered through the Ira. A Fulton Schools of Engineering and hosted on Coursera’s learning platform.
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Photo of a mother and son sitting on a couch. Caption: The Korean documentary “Microbiome Human” includes an extensive segment that chronicles the case of a young boy with autism who had struggled with severe diarrhea from infancy. He received microbiota transplant therapy as part of a clinical trial led by ASU researchers. After treatment, the boy experienced a dramatic drop in symptoms of gastrointestinal disorder and a reduction of autism symptoms. Video image from the documentary “Microbiome Human.”

TV documentary spotlights autism, microbiome research by ASU engineering and biodesign faculty

February 6, 2018

A new in-depth documentary reports on new knowledge about links between autism and health problems revealed by the work of ASU researchers.
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Group of people standing in front of large Menorah sculpture. Caption: The group in front of a large Menorah sculpture near the Israeli Parliament building. Photograph courtesy of Jeremi London/ASU

Fulton Schools faculty members took educational sojourn to Israel

February 1, 2018

Five Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering faculty members were among the seven ASU educators in a travel fellowship program that took them to Israel recently.
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Dash, Arizona State University elevate blockchain research, offer graduate course and scholarships

January 18, 2018

ASU and Dash have announced a partnership designed to accelerate research, development and education to advance blockchain technology.
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Pollinator-Plant Tipping Points

New tipping point prediction model offers insights to diminishing bee colonies

January 10, 2018

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Engineering success for all online graduate students

January 9, 2018

The Fulton Schools buck the trend of exclusivity among the top online engineering graduate programs with a focus on inclusivity and student success, earning the 11th place ranking in the U.S. News and World Report's Best Online Engineering Programs.
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Troy McDaniel holding a device. Caption: Troy McDaniel shows off the haptic devices that will be placed on the chair to deliver vibration patterns. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU

Fulton Schools faculty win award with innovative “person-centered” multimedia paradigm

December 4, 2017

Three Fulton Schools faculty members and one postdoctoral student win 2017 IEEE MultiMedia Best Department Article Award for person-centered multimedia computing and its assistive and rehabilitative applications for individuals with disabilities.
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A group of people stand in front of a ceremonial ribbon, woman in center holds a pair of scissors ready to cut.

Tooker House open for innovative engineering student experience

November 28, 2017

Diane and Gary Tooker along with Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Dean Kyle Squires, ASU President Michael Crow and other VIP guests spoke about the residential community's effect on the student experience and held an official ribbon cutting ceremony.
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ASU Professor Ying-Cheng Lai human mobility research

New human mobility prediction model offers scalability, requires less data

November 21, 2017

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April 2018 – November 2017