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Portrait of Hanghang Tong

ASU researcher works to design algorithms for more robust networks

August 22, 2017

Hanghang Tong seeks to take the study of network robustification one step further: to design effective intervention strategies and algorithms when networks are likely to fail.

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.
portrait of Adam Doupé

Doupé looks to safeguard personal data through advanced automated vulnerability analysis tools

August 2, 2017

Adam Doupé wants to develop tools that can automatically find vulnerabilities in web applications so they can be found and remedied before an attacker can exploit them.
Data scienceSecurity
Photo of two men holding a plaque. Caption says "Professor Ron Askin, former director of the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decisions Systems Engineering, accepts the Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award from Tim McGlothlin, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers 2017-18 President-Elect, at the IISE annual awards gala, held May 22 in Pittsburgh. Photo courtesy of IISE"

Industrial engineering society awards Ron Askin with distinguished educator award

June 21, 2017

Professor Ron Askin was awarded the Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers.
A man wearing a red shirt and black pants stands on a stage next to an enormous TEDx sign. The caption reads: Assistant Professor Ted Pavlic presents his TED talk at the TEDxASU event held March 22 at the Tempe Center for the Arts.

Ted Pavlic urges scholars to be undisciplined in TEDxASU talk

June 13, 2017

Assistant Professor Ted Pavlic recounts his early days as a graduate student to illustrate how to drive innovation by being undisciplined.
RoboticsSustainability
Photo of Professor Subbarao Kambhampati with one of the robots used in his lab team’s research aimed at enabling effective collaboration between humans and intelligent robots. The wooden building blocks on the table spell out the name of the lab, Yochan, meaning “thought” or “plan” in the Sanskrit language. Photographer: Marco-Alexis Chaira/ASU

Potential world-changing impacts of artificial intelligence raise promising possibilities and societal challenges

June 1, 2017

Artificial intelligence technologies could shape the future in both positive and troubling ways, says the Fulton Schools professor leading the largest organization in the field.
Robotics
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.
EnergyHealthSustainability
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.
Photo of three students working with a robotic arm with a caption of "Computer science doctoral students (left to right) Anagha Kulkarni, Sarath Sreedharan and Tathagata Chakraborti have combined aspects of robotics, artificial intelligence, cognitive neuroscience and virtual-reality technology in their project for the Microsoft Imagine Cup competition. Photographer: Marco-Alexis Chaira/ASU."

ASU team taking concept for closer human-robot connection to U.S. Imagine Cup finals

April 10, 2017

A design for a system to enable higher levels of human-robot interaction has put some Fulton Schools doctoral students into the national round of a global technology competition.
Robotics
Photo of six women around a laptop computer with a caption of "Assistant Professor Carole-Jean Wu (in gold), is exploring a new approach to performance optimization based on the unique usage and user satisfaction attributes of smartphones in a five-year National Science Foundation CAREER Award research project. Photographer: Pete Zrioka/ASU."

User satisfaction: The new framework for smartphone performance optimization

April 7, 2017

Assistant Professor Carole-Jean Wu is exploring a new approach to energy performance optimization based on smartphone user satisfaction in a $450,000, five-year National Science Foundation CAREER Award research project.
Portrait of Fengbo Ren

Ren’s CAREER Award confronts energy limitations facing internet of things

March 20, 2017

Assistant Professor Fengbo Ren seeks to develop practical and effective solutions to the challenges of deploying internet of things devices at scale.
Mechanical engineering undergraduate student Katilin Kreck takes a measurement in a manufacturing facility.

ASU center helps Arizona and Southwest manufacturers improve energy efficiency

March 3, 2017

The university's Department of Energy funded Industrial Assessment Center conducts free, independent assessments to help manufacturers be more energy efficient and to provide students valuable industry experience.
Energy
Andrea Richa with students programmable materials, self-organizing particles, computational theorys

Opening paths to progress with programmable materials

March 2, 2017

Advanced self-organizing particle systems promise to provide programmable material that could monitor and maintain structures, mechanical systems, vehicles and even our bodies.

Tempe campus’ Night of the Open Door 2017 photo gallery

February 27, 2017

Catch some highlights from the 2017 Night of the Open Door on the Tempe campus.

Meet the new Fulton Schools faculty of 2016–2017

January 17, 2017

The Fulton Schools continue to bring in new faculty members to help students succeed and to advance the cutting edge in their engineering fields.
A network of crisscrossing underpasses and overpasses comprises this aerial photo of a highway interchange system.

ASU set to play leading role in planning future of nation’s transportation systems

December 28, 2016

A new research center aims to make a “quantum leap” in analytics and behavioral modeling to help improve how America’s modes of transport serve the nation's communities.
EducationSustainability

Introducing the Outstanding Undergraduates, IMPACT and Dean’s Dissertation Award recipients of Fall 2016

December 12, 2016

At the conclusion the fall semester, we highlight some standout members of graduating class for their outstanding commitments to both academics and the Fulton Schools at large.

August 2017 – December 2016