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a remote village with solar panels

Power to the people

ASU engineering experts are leading major new collaborations to expand the provision of affordable, reliable, clean energy in the developing world.
School or unitEnergyGlobal
Carolyn Hirata teaching

Scholarship supports children of fallen service members

A scholarship created by retired faculty members and veterans, Ernest and Carolyn Hirata, supports students who have suffered a military loss.
bomb squad robot

New life for old robots

Two retired bomb squad robots donated by the Phoenix Police Department will help ASU students gain hands-on experience with robotics design and real-world use.
School or unitRobotics
classroom with speaker presenting

Local industry partner prepares students for Industry 4.0

Honeywell Aerospace boosts The Polytechnic School’s experiential learning culture, supporting student success and economic growth
Shakira Hobbs (left) and Evvan Morton (right) with their anaerobic digester prototype in Sittee River, Belize

Fulton Schools alum launches sustainability nonprofit

BioGals empowers women of color from around the world to engineer dynamic food waste solutions for sustainable development.
School or unitGlobalSustainability
2021 Year in Review

2021 year in review

Revisit some of the year's most popular stories about how Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering students and faculty made lasting impacts throughout 2021.
Fall 2021 GCSP poster session

ASU grads ready to take on grand challenges

Three new Grand Challenges Scholars graduated from ASU in Fall 2021 with the skills to address global challenges and become agents of change.
a collage of 30 outstanding graduate portraits

Meet the exceptional graduates of Fall 2021

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.
Two standing next to a large

Empowering algae to shape the future of bioenergy

ASU is named as one of 11 U.S. Department of Energy award recipients to advance algae bioenergy technology.
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Photo of George Beakley Jr. from 1958

Prime mover: Leading the evolution

George Beakley Jr. was a key architect of a framework for engineering education that still sustains the Fulton Schools’ commitment to innovation
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Graduate researchers Boer Liu and Clarissa Westover work with Professor Timothy Long in the ASU Biodesign Center for Sustainable Macromolecular Materials and Manufacturing.

Garbage into gold: Circular economy research makes plastic more sustainable

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from ASU, Virginia Tech, adidas and two national laboratories is developing a circular economy for polyurethane foams.
School or unitSustainability
Above: (From left to right) Darshan Karwat, assistant professor in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and the School for the Future of Innovation in Society; Madison Macias, urban and environmental planning master’s student in ASU’s School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning; Eddie Schmitt, post-doctoral fellow in SFIS; Jorge Morales Guerrero and Mokshda Kaul, sustainable energy doctoral students in ASU’s School of Sustainability; and Eric Stribling, innovation in global development doctoral student in SFIS. Not pictured: David Oonk, post-doctoral fellow in SFIS. Photographer: Erika Gronek/ASU

Evolving engineering for a better world

Darshan Karwat merged his engineering background with his concerns for social and environmental justice which led to the development of his own research niche.
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A graphic of a globe featuring different engineering applications superimposed on a photo of a desert sunset.

High schoolers get to SEE engineering’s bigger picture

High school juniors and seniors, including students from migrant communities, learn about engineering disciplines and the college experience at SEE@ASU.
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Mary Niemczyk

Beloved aviation faculty receives her wings

Beloved aviation associate professor Mary Niemczyk is remembered for her contributions to the aviation program, its students and the community.
Dean Kyle Squires speaking

Engineering Dean Kyle Squires is appointed vice provost

The new position, effective immediately, acknowledges Squires’ role in reshaping engineering education at ASU and how that effort aims to expand in the future.
School or unitArtificial intelligenceManufacturing
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering new faculty 2021-2022

ASU welcomes new engineering faculty

The Fulton Schools is continually growing its teaching and research enterprise to increase the scope and impact of its educational programs and research initiatives.
A group photo of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering peer mentors.

ASU engineering students learn to thrive with peer mentors

Fulton Schools peer mentors help all first-year and transfer students with the transition to college, and gain their own skills and rewards in the process.
Emeritus Professor Thomas Schildgen, shown at the far left in a processional at a Fulton Schools convocation ceremony, has launched a scholarship to support incoming transfer students and continuing students in the graphic information technology program at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Photographer: Hayden Taylor/ASU

Emeritus faculty remains dedicated to student success through scholarship

A graphic information technology scholarship established by Dr. Thomas Schildgen continues to empower his dedication to the field and its students.

Date range February 2022 – August 2021