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Mark Huerta, Vid Micevic and Swaroon Sridhar of 33 Buckets pose with their water containers in Peru

Two more checks on 33 Buckets’ list

Engineering, entrepreneurship and community involvement help three ASU alumni and a current biomedical engineering student bring sustainable clean water to communities in need.
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Professor leads Google ATAP project, teams up with former students

David Frakes finds familiar faces to work with in Google's Advanced Technology and Projects group.
Denise Oswald Greger Neural Engineering Lab

Materializing the ghost in the machine

"The hard part in neuralprosthetic science is the interface, getting the prosthetics to talk to the nerves,” says Bradley Greger. “It’s not just telling the fingers to move, the brain has to know the fingers have moved as directed.”

David Brafman’s STaR Program Receives $70K Award from Women & Philanthropy

David Brafman will be establishing the ASU Stem Cell Training and Research (STaR) program. STaR will recruit, educate and train the first generation of ASU stem cell engineers, providing a pipeline of scientists that can not only broaden but also increase the impact of current interdisciplinary research being conducted at ASU.
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Meet Spring 2016’s outstanding, distinguished undergraduates

Standout undergraduates from the six schools in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering are recognized and honored for their academic performance and contribution to their field and community.
Priya Nair

Priya Nair — Convocation Speaker

Doctoral student Priya Nair discovered a passion for biomedical engineering early on in her academic career, and found a love for research in areas that will help better people's lives through the research opportunities available at ASU.
Emily Herring

Emily Herring — Distinguished Service Award

Emily Herring, a biomedical engineering and honors student, chose to become an engineer because she wanted to be able to develop tools that would enhance the lives of others.
Mikayle Holm

Mikayle Holm — Distinguished Service Award

After her first semester or two at ASU, Mikayle Holm decided to get involved on campus and help make a difference. She believes that service is helping others without expecting anything in return.

Nathan Kirkpatrick — Outstanding Undergraduate

Nathan Kirkpatrick's time at ASU was defined and shaped by his commitment to research, which will continue to guide his career after graduation.

Sanya Mehta — Distinguished Service Award

Between her pre-med studies and concurrent degrees, Sanya Mehta dedicated many hours to service and extra-curricular activities, including serving as a Fulton Ambassador, a Barrett Mentor, an E2 Camp Counselor and outreach director for the Society of Women Engineers — to name just a few!

Essential reading: Books that entertain, enlighten and inspire

Fulton Schools of Engineering faculty and staff members recommend books offering everything from profound lessons on life — including life as an engineer — to fascinating tales and frivolous fun.

Adaptive ice climbing excursion heats up capstone thinking

Interactions with ice climbers who possess disabilities ranging from amputations to traumatic brain injuries have inspired three biomedical engineering students' upcoming senior capstone project.
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Sarah Sabenfeldt Medhi Mikkhah Xiao Wang MCTB Symposium

MCTB Symposium unites researchers, community partners

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Engineers take the stage, glean inspiration at CGI U

Fulton Schools students attended the 2016 Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) to share their commitment to change with their peers.
Barrett Anderies

Goldwater Scholar Barrett Anderies plans to pursue neuroscience in graduate school

Barrett Anderies, a double major in biomedical engineering and mathematics, worked in a neural engineering lab at ASU and his experience there has reinforced his interest to pursue graduate studies in neuroscience. The honors student is one of three Fulton Schools students to be awarded a Goldwater Scholarship.

Nonlinear dynamical networks research published in Nature Communications

Prof. Ying-Cheng Lai has published A geometrical approach to control and controllability of nonlinear dynamical networks in Nature Communications.

eSeed Challenge cultivates student startups with Silicon Valley trip

Student entrepreneurs traveled to the promised land of startups for an innovation retreat
School or unitEntrepreneurship
Samira Kiani

New faculty member working on gene therapies for cancer treatment

Samira Kiani is hoping meld genome engineering and synthetic biology to develop the next generation of gene therapies in the fight against cancer.

Date range July 2016 – March 2016