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Photo of the front of Tooker House. Caption: It's a new year and new experiences await our freshmen students, but Sun Devil back-to-school traditions remain strong! Photographer: Charlie Leight/ASU

Welcome to the Fulton Schools 2017 photo gallery

August 31, 2017

A new school year is upon us! With a new home for innovation opening at Tooker House this semester, 2017–2018 promises to be one to remember!
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prosthetics, prosthetics ahnds, prosthetic hand advances

Striving for big steps in prosthetic hand technology

August 11, 2017

Fulton Schools researchers are taking aim at breaking down barriers that prevent artificial hands from giving users the full sensations and functional capabilities of natural hands.
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Photo of four students standing in lab coats. Caption: The stem cell wizards of ASU’s Brafman Lab. Left to right: Sreedevi Raman, Josh Cutts, Nick Brookhouser and Christopher Potts. Photographer: Marco-Alexis Chaira/ASU

Graduate students’ lab skills help to earn funding for cutting-edge biomedical research

August 3, 2017

Studies of the mechanisms of early human neurodevelopment and the effects of aging and other risk factors for Alzheimer's Disease will be done by ASU’s Brafman Lab with recent grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission.
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A projection on a screen that says "Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Bioengineering Symposium" over a photo of two people in lab coats.

‘Soft’ side of bioengineering poised to make big impacts

July 27, 2017

A group of engineering and science faculty members is striving to expand the scope of ASU's bioengineering research and education — as well as students' career possibilities.
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Photo of four men standing in front of closed doors. Caption: From left to right, Professors Jose L. Contreras-Vidal and Marco Santello pose for a photo with Deans Joseph W. Tedesco and Kyle Squires, of the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering and ASU's Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, respectively, at Old Main on the Tempe campus, June 29. Santello and Contreras-Vidal lead the ASU and UH sites for the new National Science Foundation-funded Building Reliable Advancements in Neurotechnology, or BRAIN, an Industry–University Cooperative Research Center. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU

BRAIN center gathers to ponder future, direction

July 19, 2017

Researchers, leaders, industry members and stakeholders of the Industry–University Cooperative Research Center Building Reliable Advancements in Neurotechnology, or BRAIN, gathered the center's inaugural industry advisory board meeting on June 29.
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Photo of Yuji Zhao holding up a white disc

New semiconductor material shows promise for more efficient power electronics

July 3, 2017

Yuji Zhao is working to address technological gaps in gallium nitride doping, a critical technical step to achieve high performance GaN power devices.
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Twelve satellite images of roundabouts in Arizona studied by Professor Mike Mamlouk.

Roundabouts: practical yet polarizing

June 23, 2017

Roundabouts are a contentious traffic feature in Arizona, but ASU Professor Mike Mamlouk found that they're safer and more efficient than traditional stops.
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A man wearing a red shirt and black pants stands on a stage next to an enormous TEDx sign. The caption reads: Assistant Professor Ted Pavlic presents his TED talk at the TEDxASU event held March 22 at the Tempe Center for the Arts.

Ted Pavlic urges scholars to be undisciplined in TEDxASU talk

June 13, 2017

Assistant Professor Ted Pavlic recounts his early days as a graduate student to illustrate how to drive innovation by being undisciplined.
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image of a blackboard covered with math equations with text saying "The order of operations for engaging students in STEM begins with high school math class" over it

Calculating a love of math

June 9, 2017

To keep math and STEM careers a possibility for all students, Jim Middleton and Amanda Jansen are studying what contributes to positive student engagement.
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ASU team to improve next generation air traffic control with $10 million from NASA

May 23, 2017

A five-year project, led by Yongming Liu, focuses on safely integrating the complex data sources that are driving the future of air traffic management systems.
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Photo of Jennifer Blain Christen holding a device in her hand with a caption of "Associate Professor of electrical engineering Jennifer Blain Christen holds an early prototype of a point-of-care diagnostic tool, which samples biomarkers in sweat to provide an immediate look into a patient's health. Photographer: Pete Zrioka/ASU"

ASU engineer working to develop disposable point-of-care sensor

May 17, 2017

Jennifer Blain Christen's enthusiasm to explore new and different applications of electrical engineering earned her the funding to leverage her engineering expertise to create an innovative new diagnostic tool.
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Photo of a microfluidic device with E. coli cells with a caption of "The technology used in Xiao Wang’s Systems and Synthetic Biology Lab can capture images of cellular fluorescence in microfluidic devices. The images are used to illustrate in real time how engineered E. coli cells transition from one state or function to another. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU"

Xiao Wang cell fate research advances

May 15, 2017

Biomedical engineering research that is increasing knowledge about the mechanisms of cell differentiation could pave the way to new medical treatments and therapies.
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A photo of a group of students in caps and gowns with overylaying text "Recognizing Exceptional Graduates"

Meet Spring 2017’s Outstanding Undergraduates and IMPACT Award recipients

May 8, 2017

As the Fulton Schools prepares to send newly graduated engineers, innovators and creators out into the world, we take time to highlight some truly exception graduates of the Class of 2017.
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Photo of three students in a library between two bookcases with a caption of "Through reading, you are exposed to new things, new information, new ways to solve a problem and new ways to achieve your goals. Broaden your horizons by checking out a book recommended by Fulton Schools faculty and staff . Photographer Marco-Alexis Chaira/ASU"

Essential Reading: Guidebooks for your journey through college and beyond

May 2, 2017

Books recommended by Fulton Schools faculty and staff members cover topics from self-improvement, coping with change and leadership skills to mythology, political scandal, environmental dangers and a story with wisps of mysticism.
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Illustration of the inside of a human skull with a caption of "Researchers will develop methods to non-invasively stimulate a brainstem nucleus, the locus coeruleus, that is involved in arousal and attention.."

Stimulating the expansion of human cognitive potential

April 26, 2017

Through research aimed at enabling American troops to boost their effectiveness on the battlefield, Fulton Schools faculty hope to refine techniques to enhance human learning and performance.
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Photo of a pair of hands holding a sensor attached to a device worn on a head with a caption of "The BRAIN Center aims to develop safe, effective and affordable personalized neurotechnologies for diagnostics, restoration, enhancement, and rehabilitation of sensory, motor, affective and cognitive functions."

Academia, industry collaborate on solutions to neural disease, injury

April 20, 2017

The BRAIN Center will be led by researchers from Arizona State University and the University of Houston who will work with industry partners to speed technologies to market.
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Photo of two men holding a clear case with a device inside with a caption of "Left to right, Jonathan Bryan, an electrical engineering doctoral student and Peter Firth, CEO of Swift Coat hold a model of Swift Coat's nanoparticle deposition system on the Rice University campus in Houston, Texas. Photo courtesy of Slyworks Photography"

ASU venture Swift Coat wins big at Rice Business Plan Competition

April 19, 2017

Swift Coat, a venture specializing in nanoparticle coatings, took home more than $70,000 from the Rice Business Plan Competition, hosted by Rice University.
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Photo of Carolyn Hirata teaching a class with a caption of "Caroyln Hirata, lecturer and program chair of the Technological Entrepreneurship and Management program, leads a class on the Polytechnic campus. The program’s faculty has expertise across a wide-range of areas, including crowdfunding, beta development, guerrilla marketing, intellectual property and operations research — all facets of entrepreneurship that makes for a more meaningful classroom experience for the students. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU"

Program teaches techies business, entrepreneurial process

March 28, 2017

The Technological Entrepreneurship and Management program empowers techie students, including engineers, to generate new technologies, while teaching them business essentials.
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August 2017 – March 2017