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A portrait of Saivirup Akavarapu

From processor project to professional pathway

Building a computer chip gave one ASU student the skills needed to launch his microelectronics career.
School or unitElectrical engineeringMicroelectronics
Claudia Zapata outdoors holding a book

Essential Reading: Books brimming with insight from fact to fiction

Fulton Schools faculty and staff members recommend books that inform, inspire and offer compelling stories for students and colleagues
Jia Zou on a yellow background surrounded by spare computer parts.

The hidden waste inside AI

Jia Zou’s systems rethink how databases and AI models work together to reduce computational waste.
School or unitArtificial intelligence
Lei Yu

AI leader Lei Yu returns to ASU to help shape the future

The GDIT executive says future graduates must learn to collaborate with AI systems.
School or unitArtificial intelligence
Varun Srivastava poses with a map

The map that finds the truth and loses you

Showing uncertainty should build trust. Instead, new ASU research shows it makes people doubt the data they’re seeing.
School or unitData science
Bing Si

Solving health care’s growing data problem

Bing Si uses machine learning and engineering to turn fragmented health data into tools for precision medicine and better clinical decisions.
School or unitData scienceHealth
Mirali Purohit

12 million images later, Mars starts to make sense

A new AI model from the Kerner Lab helps scientists analyze the Red Planet at a planetary scale.
School or unitArtificial intelligence
Agilan Kumara, a Fulton Schools student, works with colorful wires and electronic equipment in an engineering lab while smiling down at a circuit setup. An oscilloscope and other testing instruments are visible on the table.

Innovation Showcase opens doors for students

Innovation Showcase connected future engineers and technologists through projects displaying the hands-on learning that takes place each semester.
School or unitArtificial intelligenceEducationManufacturingRobotics
Yuehwern Yih

Lecture asks what happens when data tells the wrong story

Yuehwern Yih explored how gaps between digital systems and real-world conditions affect health care and humanitarian aid.
School or unitData science
Rakibul Hasan

The fight to protect student data in the age of AI

Rakibul Hasan receives an NSF CAREER Award to build tools that help universities use student data responsibly without turning it into a surveillance system.
School or unitArtificial intelligenceData science
graphic of Yan Shoshitaishvili and Adam Doupé

When hackers are no longer human

As AI accelerates cyber threats, a first-of-its-kind conference examines how research must evolve to stay ahead.
School or unitArtificial intelligenceSecurity
A portrait of Vivek Gupta.

Outsmarting AI in the classroom

Instead of chasing AI use, ASU researchers are building tools that make shortcuts visible from the start.
School or unitArtificial intelligence
Daniel Fan

Meet students researching diagnostics, large language models and more

Students in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU conduct use-inspired research to address real-world challenges.
Aman Arora

The hardware revolution behind AI

AI is outgrowing its hardware, and an ASU researcher is developing adaptable chips to meet the challenge.
School or unitArtificial intelligence
Yezhou “YZ” Yang

ASU researcher pushes standards for AI-generated media

YZ Yang is helping unite researchers, tech companies and policy groups to create reliable ways to detect and even forget AI-generated images.
School or unitArtificial intelligence
Salina Valentin, Mae Louise Geiskopf and Ruth Chave at convocation

ASU students engineer friendship online

An accelerated online program, late nights and a bond built beyond the screen
School or unitEducation
People walking in an airport

ASU alum uses data science to fight flight delays

Bhavya Pandya transforms aircraft data into insights that support safer, smoother travel.
School or unitData science
Mikael Örn at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Complex

From ASU to the Olympics, twice

Bronze medalist Mikael Örn will return to Los Angeles for the 2028 Olympic Games in a new role: engineering water for the world’s fastest swimmers.

Date range June 2026 – March 2026