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School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
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Engineering failure
A team of first-year ASU students won an award for building a dome that failed less destructively at the 2025 ASM International DomesDay competition.
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2025 Year in review
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.
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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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 -
ASU and Applied Materials open MTF Center to fuel chip innovation
October 9, 2025
Fulton Schools plays critical role in $270M Tempe hub that unites academic discovery with industrial-scale tools to fast-track semiconductor innovations.TopicsMicroelectronics -
Investing in cross-disciplinary innovators
October 7, 2025
The National Institutes of Health is awarding ASU a $2.1M grant to establish a doctoral regenerative medicine education program.TopicsEducationHealth -
The real reason we sweat
September 10, 2025
ASU Assistant Professor Rykaczewski reveals the key to optimizing cooling in extreme heat in a study published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.TopicsHealth -
Uncovering psoriasis’s root cause
August 27, 2025
ASU researcher Jordan Yaron received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to uncover the root cause of psoriasis.TopicsHealth
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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ASU’s Mohamed Houssem Kasbaoui is revolutionizing fluid dynamics simulations, cutting computation from months to hours to accelerate innovation.
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Fulton Schools Assistant Professor Kailong Jin has received the 2025 Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program Award to uncover the fundamental properties of novel polymer composites.
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Sandhya Susarla earns prestigious honors for contributions to the quantum computing field.
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