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Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace engineers develop new technologies for use in aviation, defense systems and space exploration, often specializing in areas such as aerodynamics, lightweight structural design, navigation and control, and advanced propulsion systems. The aerospace engineering program teaches a broad range of skills and the use of computational tools to design aircraft and spacecraft.
Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering is a rigorous and creative program that focuses on the study of transforming matter and energy into useful resources for society. Chemical engineers exploit various chemical and physical phenomena to develop products used in everyday life and serve key roles in the petrochemical, materials, electronic and biotechnology industries.
Materials Science and Engineering
Materials engineers use a mix of chemistry and physics to understand and improve the properties and performance of materials that comprise the world around us. Materials engineering benefits many industries as well as day-to-day life. Prospective graduate students from non-engineering backgrounds like chemistry, physics, math and other sciences are encouraged to apply.
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineers use their strong understanding of fundamental physics, thermodynamics, structural mechanics and control systems to turn ideas into reality. We create practical tools and devices for all sectors of society, from a single small component to an entire machine.
Solar Energy Engineering & Commercialization
The Solar Energy Engineering & Commercialization graduate program offers advanced, interdisciplinary education in solar energy to students with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM).
Degree offered: PSM
4 + 1 Accelerated Programs
Save time and money by combining advanced undergraduate course work with graduate course work and you can earn a bachelor's and a master's degree in five years. High-achieving undergraduate students from engineering and many other programs may be eligible for this program. Check with your program's advisor for more information.News
Brigitte Lim, a recent graduate from the Solar Energy Engineering and Commercialization professional science master’s program, was recognized for her work using solar energy to solve employment challenges in the Philippines.
Ethan Lawrence, a materials science and engineering doctoral student, studies the behavior of materials at the molecular level, but he pays attention to the macro: networking is how you get things done, and research means nothing if you cannot communicate it.
Jean Andino, an associate professor of chemical engineering, was named the recipient of the Educator of the Year Award in Higher Education for 2017 by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.
Wiehn says the exposure to research in FURI instilled a passion for problem solving and laid a foundation for the skills she uses today at Gore, where she works as a quality engineer as part of a new product development team.
Nik Chawla was recently awarded the Acta Materialia Silver Medal for 2018, recognizing his research and leadership in the field of materials science. Chawla will be presented the award at the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Spring Meeting in March 2018.
Nathan Newman says he “likes being around artists because they have the same appetite to create art as I do to understand science and the world around us.”
There are more technically precise descriptions of what’s at the core of a growing trend broadening the horizons of biomedical engineering than “the soft, squishy side of bioengineering.” But Karmella ...
Plastics are everywhere. They’re relatively strong, inexpensive, easy to manufacture and generally resistant to water and other chemicals. Plastic polymer fibers can exceed high-strength steel in strength-to-weight ratios, and they ...
A confident Arizona State University team is gearing up for what is widely considered the toughest international student automotive design and performance competition. About 30 members of ASU’s chapter of ...
Do you like math? We tend to feel strongly one way or another, and likely your decision rides on your experiences in the classroom. “Mathematics itself is fairly neutral,” says ...
After earning the most prestigious award given to a young researcher by the United States — a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation — in 2016, Sefaattin Tongay has ...
It’s long been Brittany Nez’s dream to work in the aerospace industry, and she’s not waiting until graduation to do so. In fall 2015, the aerospace engineering senior founded the ...
Arizona State University is set to play a role in improving safe and efficient air travel across the country’s blue — perhaps bluest in Arizona — sky. ASU is among ...
Fred is teaching five engineering students out-of-the-box thinking that applies their technical and project management skills. Fred just happens to be a shoebox-sized, fuel-cell-powered car. This project is a ...
When Sophie Olson started working toward her engineering degree in 2013, she didn’t think she would graduate until 2020. If it seems like seven years is a long time to ...
When Sophie Olson started working toward her engineering degree in 2013, she didn’t think she would graduate until 2020. If it seems like seven years is a long time to ...
Four years, $80,000 of fundraising and innumerable obstacles later, a team of engineering students have completed a mobile dental clinic, destined to bolster dental care missions to developing nations. The ...
The second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women in the United States is breast cancer. Despite early diagnosis and no trace of active tumors after treatment, as many as ...
In business, a better bottom line means better profitability, competitiveness and overall success. For energy-intensive businesses in the manufacturing sector, improving energy efficiency can reduce costs and send those savings ...
A new research center, devoted to studying the structure of advanced, high-performance materials in three dimensions was established within the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering earlier this month. Headed ...
Today Christopher Balzer became the first student from Arizona State University to ever receive the prestigious Churchill Scholarship. Since 1963, the Churchill Scholarship has been awarded to exceptional science and ...
Mechanical engineer Liping Wang imagines an energy sector enhanced by greater control over thermal radiation. To work toward this objective, he is designing and constructing a host of custom electromagnetic ...
ASU SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING STUDENTS EARNED JUDGES’ ADMIRATION — AND TOP AWARDS — AT INTERNATIONAL SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY COMPETITION Soon after arriving at the 2016 International Genetically Engineered Machine Giant Jamboree ...
NEW PROGRAMS AIM TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO CAREER POSSIBILITIES Engineering has a bit of an invisibility problem, says Arizona State University education researcher Tirupalavanam Ganesh. It’s an obstacle that presents ...
A student and several faculty members from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering’s Grand Challenge Scholars Program represented Arizona State University at the 2016 National Academy of Engineering Grand ...
An aerospace engineering doctoral student is one step closer to realizing a lifelong dream after securing a competitive NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship. “I have memories of going camping, looking ...
Avnet Innovation Lab to grant $250,000 to technology visionaries Avnet, Inc., and the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering are now accepting applications for the next class of entrepreneurs for the ...
As an example of an engineering breakthrough, the tiny metal arch Owen Hildreth keeps in his office at Arizona State University isn’t anywhere close to visually impressive. But it is ...
Lenore Dai, professor of chemical engineering, has been named the next director of the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy (SEMTE), one of the six schools in the ...
Arizona State University engineer Spring Berman is among the 25 Women in Robotics You Need to Know About selected recently by Robohub, an online communication platform to connect people around ...
In the age of nanotechnology, medical advances are increasingly a matter of finding the right combinations of materials to help perform specific therapeutic or restorative functions. Used at the nanoscale ...
Research led by Arizona State University materials science and engineering professor Karl Sieradzki is uncovering new knowledge about the causes of stress-corrosion cracking in alloys used in pipelines for transporting ...
Kyle Squires, former SEMTE school director, has been appointed to the position of vice dean. Squires will also move into the role of interim dean July 1. Photo by: Jessica Hochreiter/ASU Paul ...
An ASU research team has used a variation of origami, called kirigami, as a design template for batteries that can be stretched to more than 150 percent of their original ...
As a new Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow, ASU associate engineering professor Cody Friesen (above) will be immersed in a high-profile “leadership culture” over the next two years. Crown Fellows ...
The emerging field of biomimicry – in which researchers emulate the natural world to develop products – may help make life better for people with visual and mobility impairments, thanks ...
Arizona State University engineering undergraduate Morgan Kelley (center) is doing research under the guidance of chemical engineering professor Lenore Dai (left). Kelley’s research experience has helped her win a Goldwater ...
Like trading companies, biological systems pick up freight items (in the form of small molecules), transport them from place to place and release them at their proper destination. These processes ...
Curiosity about the way a particular tropical frog releases a toxic substance through its skin to protect itself led Arizona State University engineer Konrad Rykaczewski (on right above) to an ...
ASU engineering faculty members awarded highly sought-after research grants Three Arizona State University engineers are undertaking research to make technological advances that would strengthen the capabilities of the nation’s military ...
Growing up in a family of military men, R. J. Mitchell had one goal in mind: to be a warrior in service to his country. Two weeks before his 21st ...
ASU freshman Sarah Galvin’s promising path to a life of science began in kindergarten. “Someone told me that scientists get to blow things up. So I knew exactly what I ...
Daniel Cheney recently completed studies for his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering. The graduate of Moon Valley High School in Phoenix did his summer internship with Easy Energy Systems, a ...
No more than five graduate students worldwide are selected each year to receive support for their research through the prestigious Summer Fellowship program of The Electrochemical Society (ECS), an international ...
Tyler Stannard recalls that he “was not a very good high school student” and was still not clearly focused on an educational purpose when he moved on to community college. ...
Arizona State University engineering professor Werner Dahm has been named by the Secretary of the U.S. Air Force as the new chair of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. His ...
An in-depth report on extensive studies to determine the most effective methods for classroom teaching of engineering won the award for best paper published last year in the Journal of ...
Miranda Ngan, a junior in chemical engineering at Arizona State University, has been selected for a prestigious Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in ...
Linda Kuenzi is a pole vaulter and aerospace engineering student researcher at Arizona State University. When she’s not competing with ASU’s track and field team, she’s working in the lab ...
Arizona State University chemical engineer Kaushal Rege (pictured center, above) has been recognized by the American Society for Photobiology as an emerging research leader in the field – particularly for ...
A conversation with Katelyn Keberle starts with the unexpected: “I was fortunate enough to not know what I wanted to do before joining college, so I tried my hand at ...
Modern military defense planning is already heavily focused on how to gain strategic advantage through brainpower. Another significant step in that direction could result from an Arizona State University engineer’s ...
Two Arizona State University engineers are leading research projects aimed at finding safer and more effective ways for the nation to use nuclear energy. Yongming Liu and Pedro Peralta have ...
We have progressed far beyond the age of the computer into the age of the supercomputer center, says Arizona State University electrical engineer Nathan Newman. Governments, economies, health care services, ...
Aditi Chattopadhyay is an internationally renowned expert on composite materials, structural health monitoring, multidisciplinary design optimization and their application in a range of important problems central to the aerospace industry and ...
Nathan Bakken describes the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps) as “scientist and engineer meet the unforgiving marketplace.” The public/private program seeks to foster the entrepreneurial spirit among college ...
Arizona State University assistant professor of engineering Kiran Solanki has added another accolade from a professional engineering organization in recognition of his early-career research achievements. He was recently announced as ...
Western Texas College launched its Solar Energy Technology program a year ago under the direction of Manny Quijada, who in December 2011 earned his professional science master’s degree through the Solar ...
A combination of nanotechnology and the traditional art of paper folding, known as origami, could be a key to a significant step toward improved battery technologies. Arizona State University engineers ...
Arizona State University engineering students will have an opportunity in summer 2014 to pursue aerospace studies in England through a new faculty-directed study-abroad program. Aero-Mechanics Summer in England, developed by faculty ...
Pioneering research in modern inorganic membrane science has led to Jerry Lin’s election to the status of Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Lin is a Regents’ ...
Impressive accomplishments in mechanical and aerospace engineering recently earned Arizona State University professor Aditi Chattopadhyay a 2013 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur. The award ...
Ford Motor Company has awarded Arizona State University a $25,000 grant to help support a social entrepreneurship endeavor founded by several former and current ASU engineering, business and sustainability students. ...
New types of nanostructures have shown promise for applications in electrochemically powered energy devices and systems, including advanced battery technologies. One process for making these nanostructures is dealloying, in which ...
A team of researchers from Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering will receive $2 million to develop a new type of battery for electric vehicles. The team, which includes ...
