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  • Nathan Johnson inspects solar panels with colleagues.

    ASU’s LEAPS lab marks a decade of energy impact

    As industries electrify and data use explodes, the race to power the future is on

  • Dina Verdín portrait style photo where she's standing in a corridor with her arms crossed.

    Changing the lens of engineering education

    NSF CAREER Award supports Dina Verdín’s research to reflect engineering students’ educational journeys.

From energy and the environment to intelligent machines, The Polytechnic School’s research program explores innovative technologies and concepts that benefit society in tangible ways. Our focus is always on transforming basic discoveries into practical, real-world use and enterprise.

How you learn is as important as what you learn.

Students within The Polytechnic School thrive under the guidance of more than 100 faculty members with comprehensive expertise in many of the most important technological challenges that society faces. Instructors bring considerable industrial experience to enhance their teaching and research.

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A modern polytechnic school can redefine the ways that universities can serve the world and create the possibilities for inclusive pathways for students, faculty and staff to be force multipliers for positive change in the world.

Kurt PatersonSchool director and professor