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High school students embark on cross-country trek in solar-powered cars

July 18, 2018

The Solar Car Challenge features teams of high school students learning how to plan, design, engineer, build, race and evaluate roadworthy solar cars. This year the students’ journey includes a stop in Tempe at Arizona State University.

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NSF Graduate Research Fellow aims to improve lives with synthetic biology

July 13, 2018

Lexi Bounds turned an interest in soccer balls made of lab-grown cells into a promising biomedical engineering research career.

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NSF Graduate Research Fellow sets her mind to research brain-inspired computing

July 6, 2018

Electrical engineering alumnus Alisha Menon will begin studies in the fall in brain-related computing technologies at the University of California, Berkeley.

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NSF Graduate Research Fellow uses computer science to solve society’s toughest problems

June 29, 2018

New National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow Scott Freitas will seek to expand his computer science skills at the Georgia Institute of Technology

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Photo shows an electrical engineering graduate's mortarboard decorated as a breadboard.

Electrical engineering alumni credit Fulton Schools experience for PE exam success

June 22, 2018

Using what they learned at ASU, two graduates recently took a major step toward Professional Engineer licensure: passing the PE exam.

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ASU Baja SAE: Off-roading to the future

June 21, 2018

For ASU's Baja SAE team the car isn’t the only thing that gets built up throughout the year. Gaining knowledge and practical real-world engineering applications help team members prepare for their careers.

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Cool partnership solves hot problem

June 19, 2018

Through the eProjects program, students in the Fulton Schools have been working with local company Mr. Misters over the last two semesters on the redesign of a photovoltaic bimini frame to house a misting system that will be used to cool passengers of runabout style boats.

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Photo of seven women posing outdoors. Caption: Fulton Schools sustainable engineering doctoral student Evvan Morton (far left) and Shakira Hobbs, an engineering research associate at the University of Virginia (far right), are shown with school teachers in the Belize village of Sittee River. Morton and Hobbs are leaders of a project aimed at helping the remote rural community to adopt renewable energy technology and establish an environmentally safe waste management system. Photo courtesy of Evvan Morton and Shakira Hobbs.

It takes a village: acting locally, thinking globally

May 24, 2018

International community outreach projects are preparing engineering doctoral student for a career to help make the world more environmentally sustainable.

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Triple major graduate charts his own course to success

May 14, 2018

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

May 11, 2018

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

May 8, 2018

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

May 4, 2018

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

May 3, 2018

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

April 26, 2018

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

April 23, 2018

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

April 17, 2018

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

April 2, 2018

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

March 19, 2018

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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