Fulton Schools students were among dozens of competitors in this year’s Designing Actionable Solutions for a Secure Homeland challenge. They joined in proposing and devising ways to effectively overcome obstacles faced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. ASU engineering students Gavin Russo and Tyler Santos were among others from 15 universities taking on pressing artificial intelligence, or AI, challenges facing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Ron Askin, executive director of the ASU’s Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency and an emeritus professor in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, part of the Fulton Schools, said the event’s purpose was to stoke students’ interest in national security careers.