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School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
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Mapping the hidden forces that guide electron transfer
ASU researcher Dorsa Parviz receives an NSF CAREER Award to explore how tiny differences in material surfaces influence processes important to sensing, catalysis and energy technologies.
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Fulton Schools students put engineering into practice through Meade internships
An industry collaboration creates new internship opportunities for engineering students.
Curiosity that drives change.
SEMTE research projects pioneer advances in materials, machines, and molecular design that touch nearly every aspect of modern life. Research, exploration and partnerships create technologies and insights that inspire others and make a difference for our global community.
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Supercharged science to drive battery breakthroughs
February 19, 2026
With Department of Energy Early Career award, Xin Xu will work with students to overcome energy production challenges.TopicsBattery technologyEnergy -
ASU researcher charts a roadmap to cleaner energy
February 12, 2026
Chris Muhich earned a Humboldt Fellowship to partner with researchers at TU Berlin on tools that accelerate zeolite structure discovery for cleaner energy.TopicsChemical engineering -
2025 Year in review
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. -
Using nature’s playbook to keep engineered cells on script
November 7, 2025
In a recent paper published in “Cell,” the researchers outlined a technique that can stabilize synthetic gene circuits.TopicsHealth -
Will robots ever adapt to their environment?
October 17, 2025
ASU researcher Jiefeng Sun awarded NSF grant to advance AI-powered, shape-morphing robotic systems.TopicsArtificial intelligenceRobotics -
From cyberspace to outer space
October 15, 2025
Seven Fulton Schools faculty members earn prestigious NSF Awards for trailblazing research.TopicsArtificial intelligenceHealthSecurity
Crafting the world of tomorrow, today.
SEMTE faculty lead in forging a materials-enabled and biologically-inspired engineering future. We transform raw materials, energy flows and biological systems into solutions that shape healthier, more sustainable and connected societies.
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Sandhya Susarla receives the Army Research Office Early Career Program Award to discover hidden defects with unexpected influence on materials behavior.
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Jagannathan Rajagopalan has been elected a 2026 National Academy of Inventors senior member.
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Assistant Professor Sui Yang receives 2026 CAREER Award to develop materials that could surpass classical capabilities by controlling light at the molecular level.
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