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John Cava walking across the stage at Convocation.

Triple major graduate charts his own course to success

John Cava, a triple major, graduated from ASU this spring with degrees in computer science, mathematics and molecular biosciences and biotechnology.
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Photo of Steve Phillips and Zhengshan “Jason” Yu holding a plaque. Caption: Zhengshan “Jason” Yu receives the Palais Outstanding Doctoral Student Award from School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering Director Steve Phillips at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Spring 2018 Gold Convocation Ceremony at Wells Fargo Arena, May 9, 2018. Photographer: Marco-Alexis Chaira/ASU

Palais Outstanding Doctoral Student’s research shows great potential for solar power

Zhengshan “Jason” Yu won the 2018 Fulton Schools Palais Outstanding Doctoral Student Award for research leading to record-breaking efficiency of tandem solar cells.
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Photo of Carl Harris in combat gear. Caption: Carl Harris has been on active duty or reserve status for the U.S. Navy for the past 18 years, with multiple deployments on missions in countries throughout the Middle East. He says he may stay associated with the military as a contractor as he begins a new career after earning an engineering degree online from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Photograph courtesy of Carl Harris.

Online and on duty: Navy weapons tech specialist earns an engineering degree

A new Fulton Schools graduate is embarking on an engineering management career with a degree he earned while often overseas on military duty in high-conflict regions.
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Networking gives materials science and engineering students the advantage

ASU students learned the value of human connections at Industry Night, a student-led networking event hosted by student organization Material Advantage.
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Photo of student working on a robot. Caption: Ryan Bodhipaksha, a robotics engineering major at Arizona State University and co-lead of PYRO Robotics, practices with the team’s robot to prepare for the VEX Robotics World Championship 2018. Photo courtesy of Samantha Blokker

ASU robotics club ready to rumble at world championship

The Rossum Rumblers’ PYRO team represented Arizona State University’s Fulton Schools at the 2018 VEX® Robotics World Championship.
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photo of 10 students in maroon and gold shirts holding a trophy. Caption: The Fulton Schools Maroon and Gold teams celebrate together after the Maroon team won the 2018 ASU Academic Bowl title. Photographer: Cortney Loui/ASU

Classmates battle for title as Fulton Schools team wins Academic Bowl

Started in 2006 as a showcase for the broad intellectual talent and school spirit of the ASU student body, the Academic Bowl pits 16 teams from various colleges at ASU against each other in a trivia competition.
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Photo of two people standing next to each other. Caption: Father and son duo Doug and Brent Kolste graduate together in May 2018, when online student Doug Kolste will fly to Arizona for the ceremony. Photo courtesy of Kolste family

A family that learns together, earns together

A father and son graduate together with bachelor's degrees from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, achieving a long-time educational aspiration.
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Photo of two people in a canoe. Caption: Tempe Town Lake near the Arizona State University campus was the site of the concrete canoe contest, a signature event in the American Society of Civil Engineers annual student competition. Pictured are two ASU students steering their team’s canoe, named “Bullet Bill.” Photographer: Marco-Alexis Chaira/ASU

Civil engineering students compete and connect at ASCE Pacific Southwest Conference

For the first time in almost two decades, the American Society of Civil Engineers Pacific Southwest Conference competitions came to Arizona State University April 12 to 14 bringing about 1,500 students from 18 universities in California, Hawaii, Nevada and Arizona to ASU’s main campus.
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Photo of two men holding a certificate. Caption: Lead writer Chaitanya Kale accepts the Light Metals Division Magnesium Technology Award at the 147th Annual TMS Meeting for Best Student Paper. Photo courtesy of Chaitanya Kale.

Student paper pioneers research on promising alloy

MultiPhysics Lab graduate students won Best Student Paper for research on unique behavior in lightweight material from The Materials, Metals and Minerals Society.
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Photo of three students working at a table together. Caption: ASU students worked with students from around the globe during Devils Invent's – Invent for the Planet to solve high impact, global problems together. Photographer: Marco-Alexis Chaira/ASU

Students innovate for the world, with the world at Devils Invent

The sun never sets on innovation and at Devils Invent – Invent for the Planet, a 48-hour intensive design experience, students from around the globe were able to connect with each other to solve high impact, global problems together.
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Photo of College Avenue Commons at sunset

Building a legacy of construction excellence at major competition

Construction management and engineering students in the Fulton Schools earned top rankings at the Associated Schools of Construction annual competition.
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Photo of two men in lab coats standing next to each other. Caption: Chi-En Lin, a doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering, has won Metrohm USA’s Young Chemist Award 2018. This is the second year in a row a biomedical engineer from Jeffrey La Belle’s Lab has won the award. Photographer: Marco-Alexis Chaira/ASU

Doctoral candidate’s revolutionary biosensor research earns top award

Chi-En Lin, a doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering, earned Metrohm USA’s Young Chemist Award 2018 for revolutionary research on biosensor technology.
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ASU biomedical engineering graduate student Nicholas Hool, electrical engineering undergraduate student John Patterson and computer engineering graduate student Sami Mian pitch the Hoolest earbud at the ASU Innovation Open semifinal round.

Hoolest lends an ear to stress relief

Hoolest Performance Technologies, a student startup led by biomedical engineering graduate student Nicholas Hool, seeks to create an earbud device that reduces the effects of performance anxiety, stress and nervousness. They will compete for $100,000 in funding at the ASU Innovation Open final round on February 2.
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Three students standing with the middle one holding a plaque. Caption: After giving their Chapter Best Practice speech at the convention, current president Ethan Marschall, former president Allison Marley and current vice president Scott Boege hold their BMES Commendable Achievement Award. Photo courtesy of Ethan Marschall

BMES student chapter earns national recognition

ASU's BMES chapter received the Commendable Achievement Award for the 2016-2017 academic year at the at the BMES Annual Meeting.
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Photo of an dome made of metal sitting on a table. Caption: The lightweight aluminum dome designed by three Fulton Schools freshmen stood out from the competion at the national Domesday ASM Geodesic Dome Design Competition. Photo courtesy of Joshua Burchard

Freshman team outranks undergrads in national “Domesday” competition

Materials science and engineering freshmen secure ASU’s fourth placement in the top three for the past four years in national geodesic dome competition.
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Starbucks Technology Center at ASU's SkySong

ASU interns serve enticing digital experiences for Starbucks customers

For a team of 10 Arizona State University computer science and software engineering students, a Starbucks technology internship means considerably more than becoming a connoisseur of coffee – although that is part of the package.
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Photo of girl in front of her poster.

Chemical engineering student wins poster award at national conference

Chemical engineering senior Anikki Giessler's research into DNA clustering behaviors earned her a poster session award at the 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers annual meeting.
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Photo of Sebastian Husein holding a trophy in a lab. Caption: Sebastian Husein became the second consecutive student from Mariana Bertoni's group to bring home the Lynn Preston Trophy after winning the NSF's Perfect Pitch competition. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU

QESST student wins NSF’s Perfect Pitch Competition

Sebastian Husein, a scholar in QESST, won the National Science Foundation’s Perfect Pitch competition at the biennial meeting. This marks the second straight time that a QESST student from Assistant Professor Mariana Bertoni’s group has won.
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Date range May 2018 – December 2017