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SSEBE

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Pooyan Fazli and Hasti Seifi
December 31, 2025
Throughout the year, the Fulton Schools community remained focused on innovation with purpose, responsibility at scale and impact that extends from student success to global communities and beyond.
ASU sunburst logo sign in front of palo verde tree
December 22, 2025
Faculty members from the Fulton Schools were elected into the National Academy of Inventors for their contributions in microelectronics and bioremediation.
Samuel Ariaratnam, a professor of construction engineering and the Sunstate Chair of Construction Management and Engineering at the Del E. Webb School of Construction, was recently elected president and named a fellow of the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute, part of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Photographer: Erika Gronek/ASU
December 18, 2025
Samuel Ariaratnam, whose research in underground construction methods preserves roads, leads a group focused on utilities and surveying while mentoring engineers.
Peter Lammers giving a tour at the Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation
December 2, 2025
Research by Fulton Schools faculty and students enabled by the Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation is helping to set the stage for a productive clean-energy bio-economy.
Portraits of Jeff Ehret, Vani Kola, Harriet Nembhard and His Excellency Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori
November 19, 2025
The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University celebrated four exceptional alumni during the 2025 Hall of Fame ceremony.
Shira Shecter
November 3, 2025
Students in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU conduct use-inspired research to address real-world challenges.
Enrique Vivoni standing in front of a fountain.

Making waves in hydrology

Enrique Vivoni earns three prestigious fellowships for advancing research in water systems and climate resilience.
School or unitWater
Elham-Fini holding a piece of asphalt.

Paving a sustainable future, one road at a time

ASU researcher creates bio-based materials for transportation infrastructure and mentors the next generation.
School or unitSustainabilityTransportation
ASU Regents Professor Paul Westerhoff standing in front of experimental hardware for the Germicidal Ultraviolet Light Biofilm Inhibition (GULBI) investigation. The setup features four parallel reactors with glowing blue BioCells, illuminated by side-emitting optical fibers and LEDs.

Stopping slime on Earth and in space

ASU-led team tests germicidal ultraviolet light as a cost-effective, safer alternative to chemical disinfectants to reduce health risks and equipment damage.
School or unitWater
Six people standing in front of a banner

Collaboration builds stronger roads, brighter futures

FORTA, LLC. renewed a named professorship with ASU after a successful 20-year collaboration with pavement researchers in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.
School or unitSustainabilityTransportation
Hopi Nation Community Solar Project

Building a blueprint for rural energy resilience

ASU researchers lead efforts to create energy sovereignty in rural communities through hybrid microgrid development
School or unitEnergy

Endowing a brighter future for engineering students

Terracon, an employee-owned engineering consulting firm, is establishing a $50,000 endowed scholarship to support civil engineering students.
Friends of Civil and Environmental Engineering Education and Vice-Chair Camille Armendariz, PE, of Black & Veatch, shakes hands with a student who passed the Fundamentals of Engineering exam after presenting him with an Engineer in Training stole during the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment’s Graduation Celebration in May 2025. Photographer: Lisa Irish/ASU

Industry partners’ support boosts student success

Professional guidance and support help build our future workforce.
A group of award recipients and leadership from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) posing together at an awards ceremony. Among the group are ASU SSEBE faculty members being honored for their foundational impact on civil engineering, including Director Ram Pendyala (middle right) and Associate Professor Claudia Zapata (third from right). They are standing indoors in front of a professional event backdrop.

Civil engineering faculty members honored for foundational impact

The American Society of Civil Engineers is honoring Ram Pendyala, Enrique Vivoni and Claudia Zapata for their contributions to the field of civil engineering.
Two men standing on a stage and holding a laptop.

ASU’s data science dream team

Inaugural master’s degree cohort turns big data into big futures.
School or unitData science
Poster session.

The gift of student success

Focus on preparing students for successful careers embodies donors’ values.
Overhead view of a freeway interchange

Transforming Arizona’s highways with innovative solutions

ASU-led projects will reduce road repairs, predict actual drive time, manage roadside plants to cut wildfire risk and determine vehicle impact costs.
School or unitTransportation
students working along side of road

Research trio tests environmental risks of tire emissions

ASU researchers Matthew Fraser, Hasan Ozer and Pierre Herckes are challenging the standards for emissions modeling.
School or unitEnvironmentSustainabilityTransportation

Date range December 2025 – March 2025