A true pioneer, Constantine Balanis is a touchstone in his field. Arizona State University Regents Professor Constantine A. Balanis is the 2021 recipient of the prestigious IEEE Electromagnetic Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.   Recipients of the award must demonstrate “outstanding contributions to the theory or application of electromagnetics.”  Balanis not only meets…

Silicon has long been the standard material for semiconductor devices. Power transistors, which are individual semiconductor switches that regulate the flow of electrical power, have traditionally been made with silicon, while more advanced modern transistors are made of silicon carbide or gallium nitride. Trevor Thornton, a professor of electrical engineering in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, part…

When Matthew Marinella left a research role at Sandia National Laboratories after 11 years to become an associate professor of electrical engineering at Arizona State University, he didn’t leave all of his Sandia ties behind. Since joining the faculty of the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools…

The first draft of the human genome took more than a decade of research and cost some $3 billion. Today, new techniques for high-speed DNA sequencing have radically reduced the time and cost to decrypt roughly 3 billion base pairs that form the blueprint for human life. Yet the human genome is far from the…

Twenty years ago, the power grid was run mostly on fossil fuels and nuclear power. Vijay Vittal, a Regents Professor of electrical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, was an influential voice in power grid research during that time. Working with other electrical engineers, he defined stability criteria for the power…

AMPED science and technology center at ASU is helping to energize the New Economy Initiative Arizona is on the hunt for high-tech industry, and one of the lures are five science and technology centers being built by Arizona State University. The centers are a key part of the New Economy Initiative, an ambitious plan conceived…

Aryan Shetty joined the Arizona State University mechanical engineering program as an international student in the Fall 2020 semester. However, he quickly realized after his first circuits class that his true passion lies in electrical engineering. Though he joined during the initial peak of the covid pandemic, he was still able to get an excellent…

Hithesh Rai Purushothama is a motivated and ambitious student with a passion for semiconductors, robotics and materials science. He is a dedicated undergraduate student researcher in the Rolston Lab, where he works on the scalability of perovskite solar cell devices. Hithesh is also a team leader for an Engineering Projects in Community Service team called…

Hailing from the Midwest, Toller Phipps came to Arizona State University as an out-of-state student eager to take advantage of the myriad of opportunities provided by living and studying at the university. Toller is part of engineering clubs and an executive for ASU’s chapter of the Alexander Hamilton Society. He also passionately attends any ASU…

Nick Moy started his studies in electrical engineering at Arizona State University during the Fall 2022 semester. Throughout high school, Nick knew that ASU was one of his top choices, not only because Arizona is a warm state, but also because ASU has many opportunities and experiences that students can take advantage of. He was…