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Turning trash into treasure

Assistant professor Nick Rolston wins pair of grants to make mining, design, manufacturing and disposal of materials more sustainable.

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ASU startup Crystal Sonic wins Natcast pitch competition

Crystal Sonic, an ASU startup co-founded by professor Mariana Bertoni, won first place and $25,000 at the 2024 Natcast Startup Pitch Competition in Washington, D.C.

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Diagnosing data corruption

ASU researcher and Fulton Professor of Microelectronics Krishnendu Chakrabarty awarded by the Open Compute Project to improve microchip quality assessments.

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Kozicki honored for research, teaching excellence

The professor of electrical engineering in the Fulton Schools makes sure his work benefits both his students and society at large.

Rewarding service and entrepreneurship

Jennifer Blain Christen is an associate professor of electrical engineering in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, where she teaches students about circuits and oversees electrical engineering research. Along with her many ASU faculty duties, she maintains involvement in professional organizations and runs a…

A rising star among us

Ivan Sanchez Esqueda, an assistant professor of electrical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, has been named an Intel 2021 Rising Star Faculty Award recipient. The RSA program recognizes early-career faculty members who show great promise as future academic leaders in disruptive computing technologies. It also seeks to attract and…

ECEE solar energy startup shines in national competition

A bright idea developed through the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering has been selected for the final stage of a national contest meant to expand solar energy manufacturing in the United States. SunFlex Solar is a new startup venture co-founded by ASU Assistant Research Technologist Kate Fisher, Associate Professor Zachary Holman, Assistant Research Professor Zhengshan “Jason” Yu and doctoral student Barry…

ECEE student wins national award for support of women in engineering

People told Elizabeth Jones for years that she couldn’t be an engineer. But she knew that not only could she become one, but so could many others who didn’t fit engineering stereotypes. Now, the fourth-year electrical engineering student in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University has been named one of the top contributors to…

ASU alum wins dissertation award for wearable medical device

During his time as a doctoral student at the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, one of the seven Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, Ganapati Bhat envisioned a device that could change the lives of patients with movement disorders. His wearable medical device could replace the need to capture parameters for bodily…

“Ultra materials” spark ideas for a more efficient power grid

When electricity travels from its source to your home, it undergoes several conversion processes as it moves through the power grid. Ensuring the quality of the electronic devices used to manage and convert power is crucial to maintaining the integrity of the power grid as a whole. Arizona State University will receive  $12.4 million from…