Topic

Materials science

Dorsa Parviz

Mapping the hidden forces that guide electron transfer

September 23, 2026
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.
Researcher and engineering student examine material samples in a lab.

Continuous power for extreme environments

September 8, 2026
Nick Rolston receives U.S. Army Research Office Early Career Program Award for materials research to provide reliable energy under complex conditions.
Sandhya Susarla in her lab

Mapping excitons for more efficient technologies

September 2, 2026
NSF CAREER Award recipient Sandhya Susarla explores 2D quantum materials at the nanoscale while introducing younger students to nanoscale science.
A researcher, Jagannathan Rajagopalan, wearing blue gloves adjusts a large scientific instrument in a laboratory while two other people observe in the background. The room contains advanced lab equipment and workstations.

Designing metallic alloys to do more

May 8, 2026
Jagannathan Rajagopalan has been elected a 2026 National Academy of Inventors senior member.
Sui Yang with students in lab

What comes after silicon?

April 21, 2026
Assistant Professor Sui Yang receives 2026 CAREER Award to develop materials that could surpass classical capabilities by controlling light at the molecular level.
four students at DomesDay competition

Engineering failure

January 16, 2026
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.
Yi “Max” Ren and Yang Jiao look at a laptop screen.

ASU researchers to unlock materials design efficiency

July 23, 2025

Two ASU researchers earn an NSF grant to develop an AI model capable of reasoning beyond information published in literature, which has never been done before.
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An acorn weevil species.

Weevil genius: Insect inspires stronger, more flexible materials

October 9, 2019

Stronger and more flexible material structures could result from Arizona State University researchers exploring acorn weevil exoskeletons.
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Photo of two men holding a certificate. Caption: Lead writer Chaitanya Kale accepts the Light Metals Division Magnesium Technology Award at the 147th Annual TMS Meeting for Best Student Paper. Photo courtesy of Chaitanya Kale.

Student paper pioneers research on promising alloy

April 2, 2018

MultiPhysics Lab graduate students won Best Student Paper for research on unique behavior in lightweight material from The Materials, Metals and Minerals Society.
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Photo of an aircraft carrier at sea. Caption: Many military ships and aircraft are made largely of aluminum alloys. In research funded by the Navy, Air Force and the Department of Defense, two recently graduated Fulton Schools doctoral students explored ways to lessen the corrosive impacts of the environment on those alloys. Photo courtesy of Pixabay

Combating corrosion: Making metals mightier

March 21, 2018

Two doctoral students’ award-winning research paper reveals insight into metal corrosion that’s valuable to the U.S. military.
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Portrait of Robert Wang. Caption: Robert Wang is looking to help mend this technological gap by creating new high frequency phononic crystals with a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.

NSF CAREER Award winner reimagines nanocrystals for new technology

February 14, 2018

Robert Wang is looking to help mend this technological gap by creating new high frequency phononic crystals with a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.
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September 2026 – February 2018