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  • A team of Arizona State University engineering students in the EPICS GOLD program are helping the city of Phoenix develop an environmental management strategy to keep trash out the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area. Pictured at the site are the team leader, chemical engineering major Jared Schoepf (second from left), EPICs director Richard Filley (far left), head park ranger at the Rio Salado Habitat, Winston Lyons, and habitat supervisor Chris Parks (far right). (Photo: Blaine Coury/ASU)

    Engineering students learn by doing

    April 27, 2010

    ASU engineering students are getting opportunities to put their education to use by taking the lead on community projects through the EPICS program.
  • Dijiang Huang Photo: Jessica Slater/ASU

    Navy supports mobile communications research

    April 26, 2010

    ASU researcher Dijiang Huang’s advances in mobile cloud computing have earned him a grant to further his efforts to produce more reliable and secure computing and communications networks.
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  • Grad student merits meeting with Nobel winners

    April 21, 2010

    ASU engineering graduate student Larry Mickelson’s academic and research achievements earn him a place at a meeting of Nobel Prize winners and outstanding grad students from around the world.
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  • ASU assistant engineering professor Veronica Santos (at right) instructs preschool students how to use a sensor glove to control the fingers on a robot hand at the Biomechatronics Lab. (Photo: Jessica Slater/ASU)

    Kids try their hands at robotics technology

    April 21, 2010

    Youngsters recently got some interactive experience with advanced robotics technology at ASU’s Biomechatronics Lab.

  • Even 100-level engineering course can pay off

    April 20, 2010

    An ASU freshman majoring in engineering used what she learned in an introductory course to help win a national student competition.
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  • Computing expertise earns Ye NSF CAREER Award

    April 15, 2010

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  • Seeking deeper insight into climate change

    April 7, 2010

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded almost $743,000 from its Measurement Science and Engineering Research Grants Program to senior research scientist James Anderson and associate professor Peter Crozier, both in the School of Mechanical, Aerospace, Chemical and Materials Engineering, a part of ASU’s Ira A Fulton Schools of Engineering.

  • Alumnus recognized for mechanical engineering contributions

    April 7, 2010

    Ravi Prasher, an Arizona State University alumnus, has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in recognition of his innovative research.

  • Partnership to advance solar energy technology

    March 30, 2010

    Arizona State University and the University of Tokyo are joining forces to advance photovoltaics technology.

  • New alloys key to efficient energy and lighting

    March 22, 2010

    A recent advance by ASU researchers in developing nanowires could lead to more efficient photovoltaic cells for generating energy from sunlight, and to better light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that could replace less energy-efficient incandescent light bulbs.
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  • Royal society honors engineering professor

    March 3, 2010

    Douglas Montgomery, professor in the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering, receives the Greenfield Industrial Medal from the Great Britain-based Royal Statistical Society.
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  • Engineering schools’ alumni are top achievers

    February 26, 2010

    Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering alumni H.E. Al Mansoori and Cody Friesen have received top awards from the Arizona State University Alumni Association for their leadership in taking on major challenges in technology, economic development, sustainability and other areas critical to social progress.

  • Alloy toxicity research paper garners award

    February 19, 2010

    Nikhilesh Chawla, a professor in the School of Mechanical, Aerospace, Chemical and Materials Engineering, a part of ASU’s Ira A Fulton Schools of Engineering, and Rajen Sidhu, now a senior engineer with Intel Corporation, were presented the best research paper award on Feb. 16 from the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) during the annual Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) Meeting and Exhibition in Seattle.
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  • Solar technology: Seeking peak performance

    February 16, 2010

    Three faculty members in Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering are leading a project to improve the effectiveness of solar energy technology.
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  • Adams points way to engineering enlightenment

    January 28, 2010

    Professor James Adams has been named President’s Professor for 2009.

  • Young students make the engineering connection

    January 25, 2010

    more than 125 students from Santan Junior High School in Chandler, Ariz., participated in Partnership, Pathway and Pipeline for Engineering Education – called P3E2 for short, a nearly year-long collaboration with Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.

  • Lin, Akay earn major engineering honors

    December 28, 2009

    Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering faculty members Jerry Y.S. Lin and Metin Akay have been selected as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
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  • Adams is President’s Professor Award winner

    December 21, 2009

    Engineering professor James Adams has won the Arizona State University President’s Professor Award for 2009.
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  • ASU scientists improve chip memory by stacking cells

    December 6, 2009

    Scientists at Arizona State University have developed an elegant method for significantly improving the memory capacity of electronic chips.
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  • Professor’s role in civil engineering leadership expands

    November 30, 2009

    Edward Kavazanjian has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and become president of the organization’s Geo-Institute, which represents more than 10,000 geotechnical engineers among ASCE’s membership.
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  • Dieter Schroder approaches 30-year career at ASU

    November 23, 2009

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  • Making battlefield communications better

    November 23, 2009

    Junshan Zhang is working to improve wireless communications technology with support from a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) grant from the U.S. Department of Defense.
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  • Kashiwagi honored for achievement as educator

    November 18, 2009

    Arizona State University professor Dean Kashiwagi has won the International Facility Management (IFMA) Association 2009 Distinguished Educator Award, recognizing numerous accomplishments in research as well as in teaching.
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  • Paul Westerhoff portrait

    Research efforts get $3M boost from NIH grants

    November 16, 2009

    Arizona State University has been awarded nearly $3 million in federal stimulus funds from the National Institutes of Health. ASU’s Stuart Lindsay and Paul Westerhoff will lead a pair of two-year, innovative projects designed to tackle challenges in the fields of rapid DNA sequencing and nanotechnology.
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  • Lin lauded for chemical engineering leadership

    November 9, 2009

    The 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineering Award for Excellence in Industrial Gas Technology went to Arizona State University’s Jerry Y.S. Lin.
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  • Rittmann makes big challenges seem small

    November 9, 2009

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  • Leading quest for sustainable energy options

    November 5, 2009

    Arizona State University researchers, including engineering associate professor Cody Friesen, will work on projects funded by the Department of Energy with the potential to change the way the nation generates and consumes energy.
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  • Engineering prof selected as U.S. EPA adviser

    October 22, 2009

    Professor Paul Westerhoff has been appointed to a three-year term on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board.
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  • Heydt earns top electrical engineering honor

    October 9, 2009

    Gerald Heydt, a professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, has been selected to receive the 2010 Richard H. Kaufmann Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for exceptional achievements in electric power quality, and transmission and distribution engineering.
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  • Rittmann receives Arizona BioIndustry’s top research award

    October 5, 2009

    Bruce Rittmann, a professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, a part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, has won the 2009 Award for Research Excellence from the Arizona BioIndustry Association.
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