Topic

Entrepreneurship

Meet the innovators turning bold engineering ideas into startups and solutions that make a global impact.

a human hand shaking a 3D printed hand
February 3, 2026
Devil’s Prosthetics, a student-led classroom project, has grown into a multidisciplinary, startup-bound team by developing affordable, customizable myoelectric prosthetics designed to improve the quality of life for children.
Jessica Weaver holds a device in a lab.
December 23, 2025
ASU biomedical engineering faculty members are taking their inventions to market through entrepreneurial ventures.
Peter Firth in lab
November 5, 2025
New coating developed by an ASU engineering spinout Swift Coat promises to strengthen today’s innovative technologies and expand the critical advances they make possible.
Crystal Sonic team
November 12, 2024
Researcher Mariana Bertoni and team are using acoustics to advance next-generation technology transforming the semiconductor production landscape.
Shaopeng Wang
October 29, 2024
ASU engineering researcher secures a patent for breakthrough rapid antimicrobial testing using video-based object scattering detection.
ASU alum Tim Cope stands in front of a sign for his software company, Origami Risk.
September 26, 2024
After co-founding a $200 million software company, successful Fulton Schools graduate Tim Cope turns his focus to philanthropy.
Student entrepreneurs pitch their venture at the ASU Techiepalooza event.

Turning pitches into partnerships

The Techiepalooza networking event simulated an auction environment as it challenged students to sell their ideas and skills to each other.
School or unitFulton SchoolsSBHSESCAI
Andrea Cherman speaking to a group

ASU students to learn industry skills firsthand in a new entrepreneurship course

A new course launching in fall 2024 will provide students an opportunity to work directly with experts to determine new ways to work on industry challenges.
School or unitFulton SchoolsPOLY
ASU student Abril Ramos works with a prototype of a NASA spacesuit helmet in the lab.

From ASU to Artemis: Engineering student helps astronauts suit up for moon mission

ASU chemical engineering major Abril Ramos has been instrumental to startup Swift Coat's success in the NASA Small Business Innovation Research program.
School or unitECEESEMTE
a wafer of semiconductor material

Sounding out more efficient semiconductor manufacturing

Crystal Sonic, founded by ASU’s Mariana Bertoni and her former student Pablo Guimerá Coll, received NASA funding to reduce semiconductor manufacturing waste.
School or unitECEE
large group of attendees at US-ASEAN Science, Technology, and Innovation Cooperation conference

Seeding innovation in Southeast Asia

The U.S.-ASEAN Science, Technology, and Innovation Cooperation Program held its 2023 conference to boost Southeast Asia’s technological development.
School or unitGOEE
Visar Berisha

ASU entrepreneurs benefit Balkan businesses

A team from ASU with extensive entrepreneurial experience is helping startups in the Balkans expand their innovative offerings to the U.S. market.
School or unitECEEFulton Schools
graduate student working in lab with green light

Bridging entrepreneurship and impact

ASU is advancing Phoenix as a technology hub by supporting burgeoning startups within the university community.
School or unitECEEFulton SchoolsMSNSSEBE
generated image of an astronaut on the moon

ASU spinout company blasts off

Swift Coat, a startup founded by an ASU faculty member and alumnus, is developing an anti-fog coating for NASA’s xEMU spacesuit for Artemis moon missions.
School or unitECEEFulton Schools
Four students

Student entrepreneurs pitch innovative ideas

ASU student startup founders attended a weekend retreat to network with alumni and improve their entrepreneurial skills.
School or unitSCAI
Mehdi Nikkhah

Rewarding analysis of diseases ‘on-a-chip’

Associate Professor Mehdi Nikkhah was named a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors thanks to his disease-fighting “on-a-chip” technology.
School or unitSBHSE
Brent Sebold, Michael Hool and Jake Slatnick at Techiepalooza

Co-founding and collaborating across campus

ASU Techiepalooza event promotes cross-disciplinary networking for student entrepreneurs and startups.
School or unitFulton Schools
Sydney Lenski speaking to her teammates at Devils Invent: Aerospace Sustainability

ASU students explore ideas for aerospace sustainability

For the three-day design challenge Devils Invent: Aerospace Sustainability, students developed ideas to help the aviation industry achieve net-zero emissions.
School or unitECEESEMTE

Date range February 2026 – January 2023