School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
Research
$28.2M research expenditures
FY22
$24.9M research awards
FY22
Enrollment Fall 2022
3,506 Bachelor’s students
800 Master’s students
265 Doctoral students
NSF CAREER Awards
Assistant Professor Kumar Ankit is leading the first integration of computational, experimental and characterization techniques to add new knowledge of steel microstructures to his field and optimize the future of steel manufacturing.
Semiconductor processing certificate
The semiconductor processing certificate program at ASU aims to address the global semiconductor shortage that is disrupting manufacturing. To acquaint students with the basics of semiconductor manufacturing, this 15-credit graduate certificate program relies on three core courses: Advanced Silicon Processing, an electrical engineering course; Design Engineering Experiments, an industrial engineering course; and Advanced Materials Characterization, a materials science and engineering course. Six credit hours are required to complete the certificate.
Assistant Professor Abhinav Acharya explores how metabolic pathways affect our immune cells. The research results could enable the development of vaccines to treat diseases such as cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.
Associate Professor Brent Nannenga explores how biomolecules might be designed to create a more precise nanoparticle synthesis process.
Associate Professor Yulia Peet uses her expertise in high performance computing and computational fluid dynamics to expand theoretical knowledge of fluid mechanics and turbulent flows.
Assistant Professor Arul Mozhy Varman focuses on development of engineered microbial systems for the sustainable production of chemicals, fuels and pharmaceuticals using renewable resources.
Faculty awards
Chemical engineering
Heather Emady
American Institute of Chemical Engineers PTF Sabic Young Professional Award
Julianne Holloway
American Institute of Chemical Engineers 35 Under 35 Award
John C. Chen Young Professional Leadership Scholarship
Jerry Lin
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Clarence (Larry) G. Gerhold Award
Tim Long
American Chemical Society
Paul J. Flory Award
Brent Nannenga
American Crystallography Association Margaret C. Etter
Early Career Award
American Microscopy Society Burton Medal
University of Washington
Early Career Impact Award
Daniel Rivera
American Institute of Chemical Engineers CAST
Himmelblau Award
Materials science and engineering
Candace Chan
Phoenix Magazine’s Great 48
Navrotsky Professor of Materials Research
Cody Friesen McNulty Award
Lemelson-MIT Award
Sefaattin Tongay
Lamonte H. Lawrence Chair in Solid State Science
Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher Award (multiple years)
Mechanical and aerospace engineering
Marc Mignolet
International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability Distinguished Research Award
European Association of Structural Dynamics Senior Research Prize for Computational Structural Dynamics
Houlong Zhuang Scialog Fellow for Negative Emissions Science
Research center.
Navrotsky Eyring Center for Materials of the Universe
Founded by National Academy of Sciences member Alexandra Navrotsky, the center will host interdisciplinary investigations of newly discovered materials. Navrotsky will lead research in the development of new detectors and spacecraft materials needed to continue our exploration beyond our planet. Her donation of $10 million supports professorship positions, early-career faculty endeavors and research in thermochemistry, as well as junior faculty and graduate students engaged in thermodynamics research efforts.
114 patents issued from 2020 to 2022
New faculty
Erik Andersen Lecturer
PhD, University of Utah
Hamed Arami Assistant professor
Materials science and engineering PhD, University of Washington
Layla Khalifehzadeh Assistant professor
Chemical engineering PhD, University of Washington
Lin Li Associate professor
Mechanical and aerospace engineering PhD, Brown University
Ricardo Cruz-Lozano Lecturer PhD, Texas Tech University
Linqin Mu Assistant professor
Materials science and engineering PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dorsa Parviz Assistant professor
Chemical engineering PhD, Texas A&M University
Alberto Scotti Professor
Mechanical and aerospace engineering PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Sandhya Susarla Assistant professor
Materials science and engineering PhD, Rice University
Feng Yan Associate professor
Materials science and engineering PhD, National University of Singapore
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