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Potential to help keep U.S. an innovation nation brings students coveted research fellowships

October 19, 2017

Six Fulton Schools of Engineering doctoral students have joined the ranks of National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows, who are seen as future research and education leaders.
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Photo of a brain scan displayed on a monitor. Caption: Despite the popularity of transcranial electrical stimulation, or tES, in experimental applications, exactly how electricity travels through the brain is not well understood. With the aid of a $2 million award from the National Institutes of Health, Assistant Professor Rosalind Sadleir hopes to discover how current makes its way through our minds and in doing so, potentially unlock new insights into brain stimulation research and treatments. Photographer: Marco Alexis-Chaira/ASU

Rosalind Sadleir stimulates brain function, research

September 27, 2017

Rosalind Sadleir hopes to discover how current makes its way through our minds and in doing so, potentially unlock new insights into brain stimulation research and treatments.
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Five individuals, three young men and two older men, stand in a gymnasium before a poster detailing their capstone project. The caption reads: Left to right, biomedical engineering students Mohammad Mousa, John Tobey and Barrett Anderies pose for a photo with Professor Marco Santello, director of the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering and Dr. Rami Aoun, of the Mayo Clinic's Department of Neurological Surgery at the SBHSE capstone project showcase in April 2017. Photo courtesy of Barrett Anderies

Biomedical engineers land second place in NIH’s DEBUT challenge

September 5, 2017

Three biomedical engineering students garnered the praise of the National Institutes of Health for their innovative 3D brain mapping tool.
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Photo of a group of students in colorful lab coats with their professor. Caption: ASU graduate and undergraduate students are getting valuable research experience in Associate Professor Sarah Stabenfeldt’s lab. Her work on developing new and improved approaches to treating neural injury has been highlighted by a leading international science organization. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU.

Royal Society of Chemistry recognizes growing impact of Stabenfeldt’s research

August 30, 2017

A leading international chemical sciences organization selects a Fulton Schools biomedical engineer as one of the up-and-coming researchers in the field.
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Meet the class of 2021

August 18, 2017

Each year, we pull aside some members of the incoming class to learn about why they came to ASU, their hopes, dreams and more. Read on to get to know the class of 2021.
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Striving for big steps in prosthetic hand technology

August 11, 2017

Fulton Schools researchers are taking aim at breaking down barriers that prevent artificial hands from giving users the full sensations and functional capabilities of natural hands.
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Photo of four students standing in lab coats. Caption: The stem cell wizards of ASU’s Brafman Lab. Left to right: Sreedevi Raman, Josh Cutts, Nick Brookhouser and Christopher Potts. Photographer: Marco-Alexis Chaira/ASU

Graduate students’ lab skills help to earn funding for cutting-edge biomedical research

August 3, 2017

Studies of the mechanisms of early human neurodevelopment and the effects of aging and other risk factors for Alzheimer's Disease will be done by ASU’s Brafman Lab with recent grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission.
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A projection on a screen that says "Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Bioengineering Symposium" over a photo of two people in lab coats.

‘Soft’ side of bioengineering poised to make big impacts

July 27, 2017

A group of engineering and science faculty members is striving to expand the scope of ASU's bioengineering research and education — as well as students' career possibilities.
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Photo of four men standing in front of closed doors. Caption: From left to right, Professors Jose L. Contreras-Vidal and Marco Santello pose for a photo with Deans Joseph W. Tedesco and Kyle Squires, of the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering and ASU's Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, respectively, at Old Main on the Tempe campus, June 29. Santello and Contreras-Vidal lead the ASU and UH sites for the new National Science Foundation-funded Building Reliable Advancements in Neurotechnology, or BRAIN, an Industry–University Cooperative Research Center. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU

BRAIN center gathers to ponder future, direction

July 19, 2017

Researchers, leaders, industry members and stakeholders of the Industry–University Cooperative Research Center Building Reliable Advancements in Neurotechnology, or BRAIN, gathered the center's inaugural industry advisory board meeting on June 29.
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Photo of Casey Ankeny sitting at a table talking with students. Caption: Casey Ankeny (center) has demonstrated “dedication to addressing the individual needs of every one of her students,” says a recent biomedical engineering graduate. Ankeny is pictured with students at a Fulton Schools “Feast With Faculty” gathering. Photographer: Rose Serago/ASU

Creative connection: Enriching educational experience springs from Ankeny’s rapport with students

July 13, 2017

The foremost national engineering education advocacy group has given biomedical engineering lecturer Casey Ankeny one of its annual teaching awards.
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Portrait of Mehdi Nikkhah in his lab with a caption of "Assistant Professor Mehdi Nikkhah's vision of a microengineered chip to better understand hear attacks is being rewarded bt the National Science Foundation with a CAREER Award totaling $500,000 over the next five years. Photographer Jessica Hochreiter/ASU "

Microengineering a heart attack

May 16, 2017

With support from a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, Mehdi Nikkhah is creating a heart attack-on-a-chip to better understand a disease that is a leading killer in the United States.
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Photo of a microfluidic device with E. coli cells with a caption of "The technology used in Xiao Wang’s Systems and Synthetic Biology Lab can capture images of cellular fluorescence in microfluidic devices. The images are used to illustrate in real time how engineered E. coli cells transition from one state or function to another. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU"

Xiao Wang cell fate research advances

May 15, 2017

Biomedical engineering research that is increasing knowledge about the mechanisms of cell differentiation could pave the way to new medical treatments and therapies.
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13 of the 17 Spring 2017 Grand Challenge Scholars pose for a group photo at the Grand Challenge Scholars Program Graduation Reception.

Fulton Schools graduates 17 more Grand Challenge Scholars to tackle global challenges

May 12, 2017

High-achieving students in the Fulton Schools go above and beyond the typical engineering curriculum in the Grand Challenge Scholars program, as they learn to be collaborative, transdisciplinary, global problem solvers.
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A photo of a group of students in caps and gowns with overylaying text "Recognizing Exceptional Graduates"

Meet Spring 2017’s Outstanding Undergraduates and IMPACT Award recipients

May 8, 2017

As the Fulton Schools prepares to send newly graduated engineers, innovators and creators out into the world, we take time to highlight some truly exception graduates of the Class of 2017.
Photo of three students in a library between two bookcases with a caption of "Through reading, you are exposed to new things, new information, new ways to solve a problem and new ways to achieve your goals. Broaden your horizons by checking out a book recommended by Fulton Schools faculty and staff . Photographer Marco-Alexis Chaira/ASU"

Essential Reading: Guidebooks for your journey through college and beyond

May 2, 2017

Books recommended by Fulton Schools faculty and staff members cover topics from self-improvement, coping with change and leadership skills to mythology, political scandal, environmental dangers and a story with wisps of mysticism.
Illustration of the inside of a human skull with a caption of "Researchers will develop methods to non-invasively stimulate a brainstem nucleus, the locus coeruleus, that is involved in arousal and attention.."

Stimulating the expansion of human cognitive potential

April 26, 2017

Through research aimed at enabling American troops to boost their effectiveness on the battlefield, Fulton Schools faculty hope to refine techniques to enhance human learning and performance.
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Photo of a pair of hands holding a sensor attached to a device worn on a head with a caption of "The BRAIN Center aims to develop safe, effective and affordable personalized neurotechnologies for diagnostics, restoration, enhancement, and rehabilitation of sensory, motor, affective and cognitive functions."

Academia, industry collaborate on solutions to neural disease, injury

April 20, 2017

The BRAIN Center will be led by researchers from Arizona State University and the University of Houston who will work with industry partners to speed technologies to market.
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Photo of Aldin Malkoc receiving an oversized check with a caption of "Above: Aldin Malkoc's research to improve on the specificity and sensitivity of DNA detection was awarded the 2017 Young Chemist Award by Metrohm USA. Photo courtesy of Aldin Malkoc"

DNA-detection research earns biomedical engineer Young Chemist Award

March 16, 2017

Biomedical engineering graduate student Aldin Malkoc was awarded the 2017 Young Chemist Award for his research to improve on the specificity and sensitivity of DNA detection.
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October 2017 – March 2017