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An artificial diamond being grown in lab equipment

ASU researchers use diamonds for electrical power

Professor Trevor Thornton leads research through ASU’s AMPED Science and Technology Center to create diamond and boron nitride transistors.
School or unitEnergyMicroelectronics
Fulton Schools Year in Review. Top tracks: 1. World-class engineering school, 2. Awards and distinctions, 3. Semiconductor hub, 4. Driving economic growth, 5. Workforce development, 6. Increasing diversity, 7. Entrepreneurship, 8. Innovative research. Enrollment: 30,000+ students. Top category: Innovation. #ASUengineering

Fulton Schools Wrapped: 2022 year in review

From solidifying Arizona as a top semiconductor hub to achieving record student enrollment, the Fulton Schools at ASU made tremendous impacts in 2022.
School or unitData scienceEducationEnergyEntrepreneurshipHealthManufacturingSustainabilityWater
An overhead view of the Capstone Showcase presentations in the ASU Sun Devil Fitness Complex.

Problem solving prowess

The Capstone Showcase spotlights team projects displaying graduating Fulton Schools students’ readiness to tackle real-world engineering challenges
A group of students learns from an engineer about the career field while seated around a table

ASU student groups offer electrical engineering opportunities

The IEEE and Eta Kappa Nu student organizations at ASU provide networking and hands-on experience for electrical engineering students.
A graphic of locks superimposed on top of solar panels and computer chip designs

ASU researchers collaborate internationally to secure power grid

ASU electrical engineering researcher Yang Weng leads a partnership between the U.S. and Israel to bolster cybersecurity for both nations’ energy grids.
School or unitGlobalSecurity
row of wind turbines

Keeping the lights on

ASU electrical engineering researchers used a type of machine learning known as deep-Q learning to investigate how to enhance power grid cybersecurity.
School or unitSecurity
portrait collage of 25 Fulton Schools of Engineering graduates

Meet the exceptional graduates of Fall 2022

At the close of the fall and spring semesters, the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering recognizes select members of the graduating class for demonstrating academic excellence, extraordinary leadership and community service.
simulated image of COVID-19 virus

Predicting future pandemic patterns

An interdisciplinary team of Arizona State University researchers is investigating the use of machine learning to reduce impacts of future pandemics.
School or unitHealth
Software engineering major Kaycee Nienhuis and computer science graduate student Radhika Ganapathy look at images on a computer screen with a virtual reality headset on a desk as part of MORE research with the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU.

Meet student researchers impacting data science and manufacturing

Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering students conduct use-inspired research to address real-world challenges.
School or unitData scienceManufacturing
A pink ball with electricity arcing off from it

Quantum computing: When the right direction is random

ASU Assistant Professor Christian Arenz and his team are working to improve quantum computing algorithms to solve practical problems more efficiently.
School or unitData science
Jennifer Blain Christen

Rewarding service and entrepreneurship

Jennifer Blain Christen won the 2022 Joseph C. Palais Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award for her outstanding contributions to electrical engineering.
School or unitMicroelectronics
Image of a satellite in space

Powering up computing capacity

ASU faculty member Matthew Marinella works with Sandia National Laboratories to make radiation-hardened computing technology more efficient.
Aide Robles working in a lab

Scholarship supports innovative Arizona student researchers

A record number of 13 students in the Fulton Schools were honored with an Achievement Rewards for College Scientists, or ARCS, Scholarship in 2022.
Ashley Fauss (RET), Lauren Everett (REU), Andreas Spanias, Filippo Posta (RET), Michael Esposito (REU) posing together at Sensor Signal and Information Processing Center

Summer research experience programs expand horizons for students and teachers

Fulton Schools’ Sensor Signal and Information Processing Center gives high school and community college teachers and ASU undergrads valuable research experience.
School or unitEducation
coast guard helicopter

Setting the course in electrical engineering

Coast Guard officer Mike Freeman advocated for, then graduated from, ASU’s online delivery of the accelerated electrical engineering master’s degree program.
School or unitEducation
"Top 25" "6 Fulton Schools areas of focus ranked in the Top 25 - U.S. News & World Report, 2022-23"

Fulton Schools of Engineering jumps nine spots in two years in US News rankings

Undergraduate studies in civil engineering, computer engineering, cybersecurity, electrical engineering, environmental engineering and mechanical engineering in ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering are among the nation’s best according to U.S. News.
School or unitEducation
individual wearing a virtual reality smell engine on their head

Smelling strawberries, smoke and space in virtual reality

ASU researcher Robert LiKamWa leads a team working to add realistic smell to virtual reality for educational purposes such as recognizing contaminated water.
School or unitVirtual reality
New Faculty 2022-2023

Meet the newest Fulton Schools faculty, 2022–23

The Fulton Schools is continually growing its teaching and research enterprise to increase the scope and impact of its educational programs and research initiatives.

Date range December 2022 – August 2022