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Photo of Kumar Ankit in front of a monitor with a snowflake. Photographer: Monique Clement/ASU

From random to predictable: The metal solidification process

May 30, 2018
ASU researcher Kumar Ankit created a simulation that can predict how metal solidifies, which could be a big deal for the future of manufacturing.
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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Designing algorithms for better data analysis and stronger networks

May 18, 2018
Hanghang Tong designs algorithms to help networks of people work better together, to foil terrorist networks, make infrastructure more resilient and more.
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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.
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Triple major graduate charts his own course to success

May 14, 2018
John Cava, a triple major, graduated from ASU this spring with degrees in computer science, mathematics and molecular biosciences and biotechnology.
Photo of Steve Phillips and Zhengshan “Jason” Yu holding a plaque. Caption: Zhengshan “Jason” Yu receives the Palais Outstanding Doctoral Student Award from School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering Director Steve Phillips at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Spring 2018 Gold Convocation Ceremony at Wells Fargo Arena, May 9, 2018. Photographer: Marco-Alexis Chaira/ASU

Palais Outstanding Doctoral Student’s research shows great potential for solar power

May 11, 2018
Zhengshan “Jason” Yu won the 2018 Fulton Schools Palais Outstanding Doctoral Student Award for research leading to record-breaking efficiency of tandem solar cells.
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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Meet the Fulton Schools’ outstanding graduates of Spring 2018

May 7, 2018

At the end of each spring and fall semester, the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering takes time to recognize some of the graduating class for their outstanding commitments to both academics and the Fulton Schools at large.
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Networking gives materials science and engineering students the advantage

May 4, 2018

ASU students learned the value of human connections at Industry Night, a student-led networking event hosted by student organization Material Advantage.
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Photo of student working on a robot. Caption: Ryan Bodhipaksha, a robotics engineering major at Arizona State University and co-lead of PYRO Robotics, practices with the team’s robot to prepare for the VEX Robotics World Championship 2018. Photo courtesy of Samantha Blokker

ASU robotics club ready to rumble at world championship

May 3, 2018

The Rossum Rumblers’ PYRO team represented Arizona State University’s Fulton Schools at the 2018 VEX® Robotics World Championship.
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Image of books stacked on shelves with an opening in the middle leading outdoors to a tree-lined path. Caption: Photo courtesy of Pixabay

Essential Reading: Illuminating books to learn from and live by

May 2, 2018

Fulton Schools faculty and staff members recommend books to help students light their paths through the challenges of college days and the years beyond.
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Portrait of Doug Montgomery in his office. Caption: Regents’ Professor Douglas Montgomery has established a charitable reminder trust to help fund graduate education and a new professorship in industrial engineering in the Fulton Schools. Photographer: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU

Eminent scholar gives $2 million to support industrial engineering at ASU

May 1, 2018

Professor Douglas Montgomery is making a personal contribution of $2 million to support the industrial engineering program at Arizona State University.
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May 2018