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Special delivery: An award to remember

It was a big sentimental sibling surprise when the first Fulton Student Dedication and Excellence Award winner took the stage to receive the honor.
about 30 graduates with "Celebrating graduates who stand out"

Meet the Fulton Schools’ outstanding graduates of Fall 2018

At the end of each spring and fall semester, the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering takes time to recognize some of the graduating class for their outstanding commitments to both academics and the Fulton Schools at large.
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Burrowing sensor robots could unearth nature’s subterranean secrets

ASU engineers will use bio-inspired robots to chart a course for the next generation of underground wireless sensing networks.
School or unitEnvironmentRobotics
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ASU, Autodesk prepare students for future careers with emerging technologies

Arizona State University and Autodesk are teaming up to better prepare students for careers by sharpening their technological problem-solving skills.
School or unitEducation
four people in a large industrial freezer holding ice cream

Sub-zero sustainability

A thermal energy systems company, a utility, a grocery chain and ASU engineers are teaming to bring energy- and cost-saving innovations to industrial freezers.
School or unitEnergySustainability
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ASU professors share insights on future of engineering

Two professors from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering attend the National Academy of Engineering’s U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium.
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Pioneering biotechnology researcher honored with Stockholm Water Prize

Arizona State University Regents’ Professor Bruce Rittmann was named a 2018 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate.
School or unitEnvironmentWater
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Work ethic earns professor a place in Canadian Academy of Engineering

Demand for Samuel Ariaratnam’s skills as a teacher, researcher and expert in his field is sure to grow with his latest prestigious professional honor.
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Summer research sizzles at ASU

Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering hosted four National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates programs this summer.
School or unitEnergySolarWater
Photo of three people in a lab. Caption: ASU geotechnical engineering expert Ed Kavazanjian (middle) earned the American Society of Civil Engineers' highest honor for his outstanding career achievements. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU

ASU geotechnical engineering expert recognized with top honor

ASU geotechnical engineering expert Edward Kavazanjian earned the American Society of Civil Engineers' highest honor for his outstanding career achievements.
Photo of two men holding a plaque awarding faculty from ASU's construction program Best Paper. Caption: Mounir El Asmar (left) accepts the Best Paper award from Charles Berryman, construction management department chair at Louisiana State University. Photo courtesy of Louisiana State University

ASU cements status as a top construction program at 2018 Construction Research Congress

ASU researchers won the Best Paper award at the 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers’ Construction Research Congress in New Orleans, and ASU will host the Congress for the first time in 2020.
Portrait of Giuseppe Mascaro. Caption: ASU Now - Prof. Giuseppe Mascaro - 6/7/2018 - Tempe campus Professor Giuseppe Mascaro poses for a portrait in the outdoor desert habitat area North of his office in ISTB4 Thursday morning on Tempe campus June 7th, 2018. Mascaro's research focuses on statistical analysis of rain gauge data collected by Maricopa County Flood Control for the past thirty years. Photo by Deanna Dent/ASU Now

Modeling the present to improve future predictions of extreme rain

Assistant Professor Giuseppe Mascaro characterized daily rainfall extremes in Metro Phoenix to support hydrologic, engineering and climate studies.
School or unitEnvironmentWater
Photo of seven women posing outdoors. Caption: Fulton Schools sustainable engineering doctoral student Evvan Morton (far left) and Shakira Hobbs, an engineering research associate at the University of Virginia (far right), are shown with school teachers in the Belize village of Sittee River. Morton and Hobbs are leaders of a project aimed at helping the remote rural community to adopt renewable energy technology and establish an environmentally safe waste management system. Photo courtesy of Evvan Morton and Shakira Hobbs.

It takes a village: acting locally, thinking globally

International community outreach projects are preparing engineering doctoral student for a career to help make the world more environmentally sustainable.
School or unitEnergyGlobalSolarSustainability
image of a group of students in graduation attire with "Celebrating outstanding graduates" overlaid

Meet the Fulton Schools’ outstanding graduates of Spring 2018

At the end of each spring and fall semester, the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering takes time to recognize some of the graduating class for their outstanding commitments to both academics and the Fulton Schools at large.
Image of books stacked on shelves with an opening in the middle leading outdoors to a tree-lined path. Caption: Photo courtesy of Pixabay

Essential Reading: Illuminating books to learn from and live by

Fulton Schools faculty and staff members recommend books to help students light their paths through the challenges of college days and the years beyond.
Photo of two people in a canoe. Caption: Tempe Town Lake near the Arizona State University campus was the site of the concrete canoe contest, a signature event in the American Society of Civil Engineers annual student competition. Pictured are two ASU students steering their team’s canoe, named “Bullet Bill.” Photographer: Marco-Alexis Chaira/ASU

Civil engineering students compete and connect at ASCE Pacific Southwest Conference

For the first time in almost two decades, the American Society of Civil Engineers Pacific Southwest Conference competitions came to Arizona State University April 12 to 14 bringing about 1,500 students from 18 universities in California, Hawaii, Nevada and Arizona to ASU’s main campus.
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Will nature-inspired soft robots spark the next tech revolution?

Harvard University Professor George M. Whitesides spoke to ASU students and faculty about how simple, soft robots can forge a new path for robotics technologies.
School or unitRobotics
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Honoring outstanding contributors to construction and civil engineering

On March 2, 2018, the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment hosted their annual Academy of Distinguished Alumni and Hall of Fame awards ceremony and dinner.

Date range December 2018 – April 2018