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Peak performance in variety of roles brings prestigious professorial honor

An array of achievements in research, teaching, student mentorship, professional leadership and community service earned Paul Westerhoff the esteemed title of ASU Regents' Professor.
School or unitEnvironmentWater
Professor Bruce Rittmann stands smiling in a lab coat before an array of scientific equipment. The caption reads: Regents' Professor Bruce Rittmann recently received the Jankowski Legacy Award for 2017, which is one of the highest distinctions a Fulton Schools faculty member can achieve. The award recognizes engineering faculty with measured contributions to education, research and public service. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU

Rittmann named 2017 recipient of Jankowski Legacy Award

Regents' Professor Bruce Rittmann adds another distinction recognizing his career of service, education and research.
School or unitEnvironment

Tempe campus’ Night of the Open Door 2017 photo gallery

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

Center adds new dimension to ASU’s material science research

The Center for 4D Materials Science, or 4DMS, will allow researchers to study the structure of materials under different stimuli in real-time.
School or unitGlobal
earthquake damage, soil liquefaction, national academies of science, engineering and medicine, geotechnical engineering

Helping to fortify defenses against an earth-shaking problem

Professor Edward Kavazanjian played a leading role in an intensive, five-year national project that has produced guidelines for dealing with the threat of soil liquefaction resulting from earthquakes.
School or unitGlobalSustainability

Meet the new Fulton Schools faculty of 2016–2017

The Fulton Schools continue to bring in new faculty members to help students succeed and to advance the cutting edge in their engineering fields.
Bruce Rittmann. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU

Inventions that clean up water earn Rittmann NAI Fellowship

Research utilizing bacteria to decontaminate waste water and generate electricity and valuable resources at the same time earns Regents' Professor Bruce Rittmann prestigious academic honor.
weather station, weather monitoring, meteorological data

Website provides precise snapshot of local weather

High-quality meteorological data from an ASU engineering research center’s monitoring station is available to the public.
Associate Professor Rosa Krajmalnik Brown. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU

Inside and out, ASU engineer studies the role microbes play in health

Associate Professor Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown will apply her expertise in a National Academies committee to advance our understanding of microbe interactions with chemicals and their implications for human health.
School or unitHealth
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

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.
School or unitEducationSustainability
geotechncial engineering, soil mechanics, unsaturated soil mechanics, american society of civil engineering, terzaghi award

Expertise in soil mechanics has had major impact on infrastructure engineering

Research that has made significant contributions to geotechnical engineering earns Professor Sandra Houston a prestigious award from the leading professional organization in her field.

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

Intent on making big impacts

ASU’s most recent winners of prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship awards are determined to contribute to progress in biological, environmental, energy and systems engineering.
School or unitEnergyHealthSustainability

Society’s food, energy and water challenges require interdisciplinary approach

An interdisciplinary ASU research team looks to visualize food-energy-water nexus data to help decision makers develop sustainable policy for our future.
School or unitEnergySustainability
Professor Bruce Rittman, arms crossed and smiling, stands in the foyer of a modern ASU building.

High recognition for decades of dedication to engineering progress and students’ success

Bruce Rittmann has an impressive collection of awards attesting to his environmental engineering research and teaching skills, but his most recent honor has special meaning for him.
School or unitEducation
Peter Fox and Student

Inspiring aspiring engineers is best part of the job

Peter Fox’s years of work building ASU’s environmental engineering program and mentoring students helped earn him an international award for his accomplishments as an educator.
School or unitEducation
Edson Student entrepreneur initiative

Fulton Schools teams win 12 of 20 ASU Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative Awards

The success of engineering student-led teams in earning support for startup ideas reflects their confidence in taking on the challenges of entrepreneurship.
School or unitEntrepreneurship
Clinton Laulo

Clinton Laulo gets feet wet in hydrology with AHS Bouwer Intern Scholarship

Clinton Laulo was able to work in three areas of the water industry thanks to the Arizona Hydrological Society's Herman Bouwer Intern Scholarship.
School or unitSustainabilityWater

Date range March 2017 – August 2016