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High marks for ECEE
The online delivery of the electrical engineering master’s degree program remains among the country’s most highly ranked.
Sensing danger
Wildfires are becoming more widespread and destructive. The total area they burn in the United States has expanded by an average of almost 200,000 acres each year for the past three decades. Financially, eight of the 10 most devastating conflagrations in American history happened during just the last five years. Meanwhile, the global incidence of extreme blazes…
Developing better, more rapid COVID-19 tests
Two years ago, in the early days of a novel coronavirus spreading methodically to almost every corner of the planet, it was something of a race. The planet’s best scientists were trying to keep up. “When the pandemic started, one of the things that became eminently clear was that we were way too slow at…
Maintaining the balance of power
America’s energy grid is described as the world’s largest machine. More than 11,000 power plants send electricity through 600,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines and 6 million miles of local distribution lines to customers in almost every corner of the country. The grid also may be the world’s most impressive balancing act since electricity supply and demand need to…
Broadening horizons of cutting-edge computing
Deliang Fan has nothing less than bold expectations for his endeavors to expand the capabilities of computing systems and technologies. His far-reaching aspirations involve designing advanced computational hardware to help innovate in some of the most technologically complex areas of engineering and science. He especially wants to make significant advances in high-performance, energy-efficient computing for big…
Printing with light
A new process being developed by Arizona State University researchers enables color printing on a microscale with a simple, inexpensive additive manufacturing process. Chao Wang, an assistant professor of electrical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU, has invented a solution-based additive manufacturing process to “paint with light” on glass and plastics. Wang’s…
Charting paths to combat disease
We are constantly bombarded by stimulation in the form of light, sound, heat, pressure and other environmental factors. These stimuli come and go with varied frequencies and durations, but they can induce lasting genetic changes to the cells in our bodies. “They are called epigenetic changes, and they can lead to the production of specific…
EVSTS research center wins 5-year funding from National Science Foundation for phase two
Efficient vehicle research center wins 5-year funding from national science foundation for the second time ASU Leads Four-University Effort to Work with Industry on Pressing EV and Vehicle Efficiency Technology and Adoption Challenges TEMPE, AZ – The Center for Efficient Vehicles and Sustainable Transportation Systems (EVSTS) has been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation…
ASU professor wins $1M DoD grant to boost AI technology
Turaga’s lab to improve computer reliability in identifying objects in images The director of the School of Arts, Media and Engineering at Arizona State University has won a million-dollar federal grant to improve the way that computers discern images for the U.S. Department of Defense. Pavan Turaga, who is a professor in both the School of…
Riding mid-infrared waves
Waves are more than what you see on your summer vacation to the beach. Many aspects of our lives are made possible due to a different kind of wave: electromagnetic waves, also called electromagnetic radiation. We view the world through visible light wavelengths on the electromagnetic spectrum, ranging from 400 nanometers to 700 nanometers. Other segments…