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Portrait of Paul Westerhoff. Caption: Paul Westerhoff is an Arizona State University Regent’s Professor in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, where he is the vice dean of research and innovation. He is also deputy director of one of the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Engineering Research Centers, the Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment.

A Nanoparticle and an Engineer Walk into a Lab: Using Nanotech to Purify Water

March 29, 2018
On World Water Day, Fulton Schools Regents' Professor Paul Westerhoff explains how global water challenges are being tackled with nanotechnology.
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.
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.
Photo of the Fulton family standing and sitting for a posed portrait. Caption: The Fulton Family was honored as the 2018 Founder’s Day Philanthropists of the Year for their vision, leadership and commitment to advance Arizona State University and the New American University. Photographer: Timon Harper

Leading national philanthropists make a difference at ASU

March 21, 2018
Ira A. Fulton and his family received the Philanthropist of the Year Award for ASU Founders’ Day 2018 — a signature event to celebrate the university founders.
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.
A close up of a pair of hands, one holding a pen-like tool and the other a small device. Caption: Laser Components DG’s photodetector manufacturing, assembly and testing involve performing highly precise, intricate and meticulously controlled procedures on small, delicate components and devices. Equally complex research and development operations are done by two of the company’s employees who work at ASU’s NanoFab facility. Photographer: Marco-Alexis Chaira/ASU

NanoFab helping businesses navigate the nanotech world

March 16, 2018
A longtime partnership with Laser Components DG is among many successful industry collaborations that make NanoFab a go-to resource for high-tech companies.
Photo of man sitting in front of a laptop. Caption: Arizona State University structural engineering alumnus John P. Nerison, PE, volunteers his free time by tutoring students from across the country online. He wants to give back to the engineering profession and community by helping more students thrive in their engineering education. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU

Gone tutoring: Retired engineer helps students reel in success

March 15, 2018

Retired structural engineer and ASU alumnus John P. Nerison, PE, gives back to the engineering profession he found so rewarding by tutoring students online.
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Photo of three people standing in a row with the middle one holding a certificate. Caption: Assistant Professor Francois Perreault’s research has had a significant impact on the use of nanomaterials in a variety of biological, chemical and environmental processes, including those related to water treatment. Photographer: Ana Barrios/ASU

Making sustainable strides in nanotechnology

March 12, 2018

A Fulton Schools doctoral student and two faculty members swept the top research awards at a major international nanotechnology conference.
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Graphic that shows dendrite mitigation for lithium batteries. Caption:

Lithium-related discovery could extend battery life and improve safety

March 7, 2018

Hanqing Jiang’s research involves uses silicone as the substrate of lithium metal anode to mitigate dendrite (whisker) formation, which can dramatically extend battery life and diminish safety risks in lithium-ion and lithium-air batteries.
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Photo of a person sitting in front of a laptop computer. Caption: Photographer: Fatos Bytyqi/Unsplash

ASU partners with Coursera to launch online Master of Computer Science

March 6, 2018

Arizona State University and Coursera have announced the launch of an online Master of Computer Science program that will be offered through the Ira. A Fulton Schools of Engineering and hosted on Coursera’s learning platform.
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Photo of a female student meeting with a recruiter. Caption: Recruiters at the Fulton Schools Career Fair Days said they found students passionate about their engineering studies and research — and well-prepared to step into the workplace. Photographer: Marco Alexis-Chaira/ASU

Deep Fulton Schools talent pool attracts top employers

March 2, 2018

What do students find at Fulton Schools Career Fairs? Hundreds of employers across a range of industries eager to hire new talent for their operations locally and around the country.
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Photo of College Avenue Commons at sunset

Building a legacy of construction excellence at major competition

March 1, 2018

Construction management and engineering students in the Fulton Schools earned top rankings at the Associated Schools of Construction annual competition.
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