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  • ASU researcher Jeremy Rowe displays a sketchbook from his collection of historic illustrations and photographs. The book, one of the earliest visual documentations of Arizona, is the focus of a story featured in an upcoming episode of the popular PBS series “History Detectives.” Photo: Blaine Coury/ASU.

    Informatics helps illuminate Arizona history

    July 2, 2010

    Two popular nationally broadcast television shows are benefiting from expertise found at ASU in the growing field of informatics.
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  • Seeking a bridge to the quantum world

    June 30, 2010

    ASU researchers propose an answer to mysteries about how the world of our sensory experience emerges from the cloudy realm of atoms.
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  • An ASU student researcher uses an electron microscope in ASU's John M. Cowley Center for High Resolution Microscopy lab, which was managed for more than two decades by John Wheatley. A room in the center was recently named for Wheatley to honor his contributions to the lab's success.

    Honoring a leading light in ASU research

    June 28, 2010

    John Wheatley, who helped make ASU a leading center for microscopy, is honored posthumously with the dedication of a special research and education facility.
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  • Dealing with our electronics-dominated world

    June 22, 2010

    LiveScience talks to an ASU professor about his explorations of the environmental impacts of our modern electronics age.
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  • ASU's Kai He is one of fewer than 20 doctoral students in the Southwest to receive the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad.

    China recognizes achievements of engineering student

    June 18, 2010

    The government of China has honored ASU engineering student Kai He, as outstanding among his peers.
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  • ASU professor Thomas Schleifer is teaching small business owners how to expand their ventures. Photo by: Blaine Coury

    ASU expertise tapped to help small companies

    June 18, 2010

    The industry education arm of ASU’s Del E. Webb School of Construction is collaborating with the Arizona Department of Transportation to educate small businesses about how to grow.
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  • ASU prof helps develop new manufacturing system

    June 17, 2010

    The semiconductor industry may be able to more efficiently and inexpensively manufacture silicon chips with new technology that an ASU electrical engineering professor helped to develop.
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  • Engineering education goes above and beyond

    June 16, 2010

    ASU joins an endeavor led by the National Academy of Engineers to cultivate the “renaissance engineers” needed to develop solutions to the 21st century’s most critical technological challenges.
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  • Bernard Harris addresses Arizona middle school students at the summer science camp at ASU

    Astronaut enthralls youngsters at summer camp

    June 15, 2010

    A visit by veteran U.S. astronaut Bernard Harris was the highlight of a summer science camp at ASU for Arizona middle school students.
  • Paul Johnson has been named dean of the Fulton Engineering Schools, effective Jan. 1, 2011.

    Johnson named dean of Fulton Schools of Engineering

    June 13, 2010

    ASU’s Paul Johnson has been named dean of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, effective Jan. 1, 2011. He succeeds Deirdre Meldrum, who has been promoted to senior scientist.
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    Academic advisor earns national award

    June 11, 2010

    A national academic advising organization gives one of its top awards to student advisor in ASU’s School of Biological and Health Sciences Engineering.
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  • Using ethanol, sulfuric acid and water as power sources, ASU engineering students designed and built this "Chem-E-Car" that has earned them a place in a national student competition sponsored by the American Institute for Chemical Engineers.

    Students will put ‘chem-car’ to national test

    June 9, 2010

    A group of ASU engineering students are preparing for the National Chem-E-Car Competition to test their chemical-powered vehicle against similar vehicles designed and built by student engineering teams from around the country.
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  • Engineering students Jonathan Plasencia (left) and Haithem Babiker won an international award for innovation in biomedical research.

    Heart research gets international recognition

    June 4, 2010

    ASU bioengineering students have won an international award for a presentation on their research into treatment of congenita1 heart disease.
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  • Veteran U.S. astronaut Bernard Harris guides summer science camp students through an experiment at ASU in 2009.

    Rocks, rockets and robotics

    June 3, 2010

    Middle school students from throughout Arizona will take on a cosmic challenge at a summer science and engineering camp at ASU.

  • ASU water researchers in the spotlight

    June 2, 2010

    ASU researchers working on ways to help the world find sustainable solutions to its water-quality and wastewater-treatment problems were featured at an international conference.
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  • Mutsumi Nakamura

    Nakamura named engineering schools’ ‘Best Teacher’

    May 28, 2010

    Going beyond the call of duty to motivate and inspire students has helped computer science and engineering lecturer Mutsumi Nakamuri win one of ASU’s “Best Teacher” honors.
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  • Defense technologies raise critical questions

    May 25, 2010

    An ASU engineering and ethics professor asks if society is prepared to cope with the implications of advanced high-tech military capabilities.
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  • Shamar Thomas

    Engineering alums earn prestigious fellowship

    May 24, 2010

    Two graduates of ASU’s engineering programs will pursue advanced degrees in education through one of the country’s prominent teaching fellowship programs.
  • Rahul Mitra is only a junior in high school, and already he’s working with an engineering research group at Arizona State University.

    High school student earns place in ASU lab

    May 20, 2010

    A Tempe high school student’s exceptional skills in science and engineering have earned him an opportunity to work alongside ASU researchers.
  • Chemical engineering major Jared Schoepf was part of a project team that helped engineer a way to enhance an urban plant and wildlife habitat. The team won both an Innovation Challenge award and a Community Changemaker award. (Photo: Blaine Coury/ASU)

    Engineering majors excel in community projects

    May 20, 2010

    ASU engineering students are earning awards for their innovation and community service.
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    Student brings sustainability to business

    May 19, 2010

    A Phoenix-area small business is running more smoothly thanks to the skills of an ASU computer systems engineering student.
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  • Henry Sodano

    Virginia Tech honors an alumnus at ASU

    May 17, 2010

    Innovative research achievements have helped earn ASU engineering faculty member Henry Sodano honors from his college alma mater.
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  • Contributions to laser technology spotlighted

    May 17, 2010

    Science magazine notes the role of an ASU researcher in promising advances in the use of laser technology.
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  • Richard Farmer

    Professor honored for dedication to education

    May 17, 2010

    ASU engineering professor Richard Farmer is recognized by an international group for his skills as a teacher and commitment to his students.
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  • ASU research revealing clues to autism causes

    May 13, 2010

    Professor James Adams talks to ABC News 15 in Phoenix about ASU research that is teaching us more about the causes of autism and potentially more effective ways to treat it.
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  • Researchers at ASU's NanoFab facility provide expertise to help businesss and industry take advantage of the latest technologies. (Photo: Jessica Slater/ASU)

    Where nanotechnology’s future is incubating

    May 13, 2010

    ASU is home to one of the center’s that make up the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, designed to keep the country at the leading edge of high technology.
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  • Arizona State University engineering students Ryan Scott (left) and Travis Sein say they returned from their first national computer gaming challenge determined to take on more tough competition in the future. (Photo: Blaine Coury/ASU)

    Computer gaming skills shown on national stage

    May 11, 2010

    Skills learned in ASU’s computer science and engineering program helped two students earn a spot in the finals of a national student computer gaming competition.
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  • DNA threads through a carbon nanotube. Enlarged to this scale, the nanotube would extend about the length of a football field.

    What do we know about nano?

    May 7, 2010

    Sorting out nanotech’s potential from the hype, creating policy, and educating the public are huge issues facing the science of the small.
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  • ASU prof joins national radio show biofuels talk

    May 4, 2010

    The National Public Radio program “Science Friday” turned to ASU professor and researcher Bruce Rittmann to talk about biofuels as an alternative energy source.
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  • Rebekah Theisen, shown at work in a research lab, is one of four ASU engineering students to recently win prestigious National Science Foundation Fellowships to support advanced studies in their fields

    Engineering grads earn prestigious national fellowships

    April 30, 2010

    In one of the toughest competitions for support to pursue graduate studies, four ASU engineering students succeed.