2022 NSF CAREER Awards

Eleven faculty members in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering have received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Awards in 2022. The awards total an estimated $6.3 million to fund projects over the next five years. Earning the NSF CAREER Award is a hallmark achievement for these early-career faculty members who have each developed a comprehensive plan to conduct impactful research and deliver a rich educational experience to their students. To date, 33 Fulton Schools faculty members have earned NSF CAREER Awards in the past three years.

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Pitching for greatness

Student entrepreneurs from universities around the world won more than $300,000 to advance their hard tech startups at the 2022 ASU Innovation Open. Kyle Squires, ASU’s vice provost of engineering, computing and technology and the dean of the Fulton Schools, views entrepreneurship as a vitally important complement to students’ education as they train to become the engineering and technology leaders of the future.

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Renowned Luminosity Lab joins ASU Engineering

The innovative, high-achieving students who make up the Luminosity Lab at Arizona State University are winning global awards for designing, developing and deploying novel solutions to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Marty Vanderploeg, chief executive officer of the software technology company Workiva, has donated $15 million to endow the Vanderploeg Luminosity Scholars Program to address unmet financial need and give students time to contribute to the lab’s work. Through its new home in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, the Luminosity Lab will expand its research and development partnerships with companies and organizations around the world.

...we’re looking for curious minds and those interested in positively impacting society.

Mark Naufel, executive director of the ASU Luminosity Lab

CHART-ing the future of space exploration

ASU’s Center for Human, Artificial Intelligence and Robot Teaming (CHART) constructed the GHOST Lab to research coordinating teams of humans, robots and AI, and explore challenges these teams may confront during space exploration. The project is led by Nancy Cooke, a professor of human systems engineering at the Polytechnic School and the director of CHART. A cognitive psychologist by training, Cooke has spent years working to understand human teamwork and decision-making. She now applies this expertise to human-technology teams, including ones collaborating on space missions. Cooke has received funding from the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program, as well as an Air Force Office of Scientific Research seedling grant to conduct research associated with Space Force.

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ASU entrepreneurial program expands research impact

Hamid Marvi and Yezhou Yang have the opportunity to expand their work beyond the lab as the newest Fulton Entrepreneurial Professors. The twoyear, sabbatical-like professorship awards ASU engineering faculty the equivalent of $200,000 in time and resources to accelerate their nascent ventures toward successful commercialization.

Hamid Marvi’s startup, MagStee Medicals, focuses on magnetic needle steering for minimally invasive surgical and treatment applications.

Yezhou Yang’s startup, ARGOS Vision, incorporates artificial intelligence and computer vision for a lowcost, solar-powered traffic monitoring solution.

Securing the. microelectronics . supply chain .

Microelectronics, typically made from semiconductor materials, enable nearly every electronic system we use today, from pacemakers, voting machines and cars to airplanes, missiles and supercomputers. Because of their complex supply chain, they also face many security challenges. To help address these issues domestically, and create a robust, highly skilled workforce, Associate Professor Michel Kinsy has established the Secure, Trusted, and Assured Microelectronics (STAM) Center at ASU.

#6 Bachelor’s degrees awarded to underrepresented minorities

When Jayashree Adivarahan realized engineering could help solve critical global issues — including access to clean water, waste management and public health — she knew she needed to be part of the solution and decided to pursue it as a career. Adivarahan’s passion and dedication was recognized by computational software company Cadence Design Systems, honoring her as one of only 22 women studying engineering from across the country with the Cadence Women in Technology Scholarship.

105 National Hispanic Scholars

#9 Online engineering graduate programs for veterans

FURI has allowed me to connect with many faculty members and learn from them. I have come to the realization that I want to be someone that promotes the holistic development of minorities.

184 National Merit Scholars

#12 Online engineering graduate programs

As a biomedical engineering student, I always wanted to apply my knowledge and skills to develop solutions for people with disabilities or neurological disorders like stroke.