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A TSA agent searches luggage at airport security checkpoint.

New ASU center helps secure the nation

October 18, 2018

The Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency is creating tools to help the Department of Homeland Security find solutions to airport and border security challenges.
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NeoLight, cofounded by ASU alumni, wins AZBio Fast Lane Award

October 4, 2018

The NeoLight team was honored with an AZBio Fast Lane Award by Arizona’s bioscience and business communities at the 2018 AZBio Awards.
man holding Air Force medals standing next to woman

ASU engineering professor receives highest civilian award from U.S. Air Force

August 27, 2018

Werner J.A. Dahm was recently presented the Secretary of the Air Force Distinguished Public Service Award at the Pentagon.
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ASU conference primes Southeast Asia to lead Industry 4.0

June 7, 2018

Arizona State University partnered with Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City to host nearly 600 attendees for STEMCON 2018 academic, industry and government leaders collaborated, connected and shared best practices that will lead to innovative change in Southeast Asia’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics environment.
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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

May 24, 2018

International community outreach projects are preparing engineering doctoral student for a career to help make the world more environmentally sustainable.
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Photo of eight students looking out into the Grand Canyon. Caption:

Power of exchange: Proximity creates possibilities

May 16, 2018

Exchange programs are a critical part of the knowledge transfer that is taking place among the partner institutions that make up the U.S.-Pakistan Centers for Advanced Studies in Energy.
Photo of Carl Harris in combat gear. Caption: Carl Harris has been on active duty or reserve status for the U.S. Navy for the past 18 years, with multiple deployments on missions in countries throughout the Middle East. He says he may stay associated with the military as a contractor as he begins a new career after earning an engineering degree online from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Photograph courtesy of Carl Harris.

Online and on duty: Navy weapons tech specialist earns an engineering degree

May 8, 2018

A new Fulton Schools graduate is embarking on an engineering management career with a degree he earned while often overseas on military duty in high-conflict regions.
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Five people pose for a photo in the Meteor Studio. Caption: Assistant professor Robert LiKamWa and his students from the Arizona State University Meteor Studio impressed the mobile computing systems international research community at the Association for Computing Machinery’s HotMobile ‘18 conference workshop, taking home a Best Poster award and getting valuable feedback on their research. From left to right: Electrical engineering graduate student Sridhar Gunnam, computer science graduate student Siddhant Prakash, Assistant Professor Robert LiKamWa, computer engineering doctoral student Jinhan Hu and computer engineering (electrical engineering) graduate student Venkatesh Kodukula.

ASU Meteor Studio makes big impact at mobile computing research conference

March 26, 2018

Students from the ASU Meteor Studio impressed the mobile computing systems international research community at the ACM HotMobile ‘18, taking home a Best Poster award.
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Photo of three students working at a table together. Caption: ASU students worked with students from around the globe during Devils Invent's – Invent for the Planet to solve high impact, global problems together. Photographer: Marco-Alexis Chaira/ASU

Students innovate for the world, with the world at Devils Invent

March 19, 2018

The sun never sets on innovation and at Devils Invent – Invent for the Planet, a 48-hour intensive design experience, students from around the globe were able to connect with each other to solve high impact, global problems together.
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Group of people standing in front of large Menorah sculpture. Caption: The group in front of a large Menorah sculpture near the Israeli Parliament building. Photograph courtesy of Jeremi London/ASU

Fulton Schools faculty members took educational sojourn to Israel

February 1, 2018

Five Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering faculty members were among the seven ASU educators in a travel fellowship program that took them to Israel recently.
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Pollinator-Plant Tipping Points

New tipping point prediction model offers insights to diminishing bee colonies

January 10, 2018

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Photo of four men, two of which are holding a plaque. Caption: Members of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee present ASU officials with a plaque of appreciation during the launch of the HCMC Smart Sustainable City Project collaboration.

ASU, Ho Chi Minh City launch Smart City initiative

December 22, 2017

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Photo of group of people on a walkway at Masada. Caption: The Faculty Fellowship in Israel Program takes participants to major historic and cultural sites such as Masada, where there are remains of an ancient fortress overlooking the Dead Sea in the Judean Desert. Dating to about 30 B.C., the site includes the ruins of King Herod's palace. Recreations of historical scenes and archaeological exhibits are on display in The Masada Museum. Photographer: René Reinhard/Jewish National Fund.

Educational excursion: Faculty members seeking insights in Israel

December 21, 2017

Five Fulton Schools faculty members are among a select group visiting Israel to connect with potential research partners and explore ways to improve teaching and learning.
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Photo of two men signing documents with people behind them. Caption: Professor Huynh Thanh Dat (foreground, left), President of Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, and Arizona State University President Michael Crow (right) sign a memorandum of understanding on December 18 on an agreement for the universities to pursue a range of joint academic, research and global education leadership ventures.

ASU sets stage to expand productive collaborations with Vietnam’s higher education leaders

December 18, 2017

Global outreach efforts by the Fulton Schools to help modernize higher education in Vietnam will have academic and research benefits for many ASU students and faculty
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Portrait of Brigitte Lim

Recent grad seeks to make a difference for her country through solar energy

December 13, 2017

Brigitte Lim took her applied project for the Fulton Schools' Solar Energy Engineering and Commercialization professional science master's program to a global platform that may help make her idea a reality in the Philippines.
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Photo of female speaking as part of a group in front of a room. Caption: Vietnamese student teams presented product prototypes at the Maker to Entrepreneur Program’s competition at University of Danang’s Maker Innovation Space in September 2017. Photo courtesy of Thao Nguyen

Arizona State University supports Vietnamese student entrepreneurship competition

December 7, 2017

Teams of student innovators presented prototypes as part of the Maker to Entrepreneurship Program competition held to celebrate the grand opening semester of the Maker Innovation Space at the University of Danang in Vietnam.
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ASU Professor Ying-Cheng Lai human mobility research

New human mobility prediction model offers scalability, requires less data

November 21, 2017

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portrait of Ed Williams. Caption: Edward J. William Jr, (above) graduated from the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, and has returned to ASU as the technical advisor to USPCAS-E in Islamabad, Pakistan. Photographer: Arsal Latif/ASU

USPCAS-E draws Fulton Schools grad back to ASU, makes global impact

October 9, 2017

Electrical engineering alumnus Edward J. William Jr. returns to the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering to help Pakistan address its energy crisis with USPCAS-E.
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October 2018 – October 2017