The trend toward hotter temperatures in much of the world is more intense in densely developed cities where the urban heat island effect is spreading — especially where there are large expanses of concrete and asphalt paving. A team of ASU students, including many Fulton Schools students, is hoping to find ways to reduce the effect through data they will collect from a small satellite the team built and recently sent into orbit. Aerospace engineering major Jaime Sanchez de la Vega talks about the making of the specially designed “cube sat” named Phoenix.