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Accelerating the flow of discovery

ASU’s Mohamed Houssem Kasbaoui is revolutionizing fluid dynamics simulations, cutting computation from months to hours to accelerate innovation.

The real reason we sweat

ASU Assistant Professor Rykaczewski reveals the key to optimizing cooling in extreme heat in a study published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.

Uncovering psoriasis’s root cause

ASU researcher Jordan Yaron received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to uncover the root cause of psoriasis.

ASU Engineering introduces new faculty for 2025–26

The Fulton Schools is continually growing its teaching and research enterprise to increase the scope and impact of its educational programs and research initiatives.

Yi “Max” Ren (left) and Yang Jiao (right) look at a laptop screen. Ren, an associate professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, and Jiao, a professor of materials science and engineering, are both faculty members in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. The researchers have been granted $465,000 in funding by the National Science Foundation to use artificial intelligence to study the relationship between a material’s microstructure and its properties. Photographer: Erika Gronek/ASU

ASU researchers to unlock materials design efficiency

Two ASU researchers earn an NSF grant to develop an AI model capable of reasoning beyond information published in literature, which has never been done before.

Seth Ariel Tongay, a professor in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, has received a series of grants from global microelectronics powerhouse, Applied Materials, to develop innovative new materials to help the company create the next generation of microchips. Photographer: Erika Gronek/ASU

Tiny chips, big innovations

Seth Ariel Tongay is creating next-generation microchips, atom by atom, to power faster, cooler, smarter tech for AI, quantum computing and beyond.

Pictured left to right: Sandhya Susarla, assistant professor in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, is shown with her students, Sriram Sankar, Patrick Hays and Mahir Manna, in a microscopy lab at ASU. She recently received the 2025 Society Awards from the Microscopy Society of America, the highest early career honor in the field of microscopy. Photographer: Erika Gronek/ASU

Spearheading next wave of human flourishing

ASU researcher receives the 2025 Society Award for paving the way for unprecedented discoveries in quantum computing.

Candace Chan, a professor of materials science and engineering in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, holds a lithium-ion battery cell. Chan recently won a seed grant from the ASU Center for Clean Energy Materials to investigate how to better recycle lithium-ion batteries. Photographer: Roger Ndayisaba/ASU

ASU researcher to streamline battery recycling

ASU researcher gets funding to help secure the country’s energy self-sufficiency

Michael Bessolo (left) presents mementos from the “More Electric, More Efficient” Aircraft Industry Day event to (from center left to right) Anthony Waas, Amy Jankovsky and Todd Giles. Photographer: Erika Gronek/ASU

ASU and Honeywell spotlight next-gen aircraft technology

At a recent event, ASU brought together academia, industry and government to network and exchange aircraft fuel efficiency ideas.

Five faculty members in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering are receiving more than $2 million in funding from the Arizona Department of Health Services for research to improve health care in the state. (Left to right) Xiangfan Chen, an assistant professor of manufacturing engineering; Kuei-Chun “Mark” Wang, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering; Mehdi Nikkhah, an associate professor of biomedical engineering; Wanxin Jin, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering; and Wenlong Zhang, an associate professor of manufacturing engineering, are pictured against a stylized background of “A” Mountain near the ASU Tempe campus. Image created by Sarah Pierson/ASU

Engineering a healthier Arizona: Fulton researchers tackle urgent health challenges

Five Fulton Schools researchers have received grants from the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre to tackle medical challenges.