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November 23, 2009

Engineering

04/02/09

Engineering:  Valley students receive hands-on engineering experience

High school students from across the Valley visited ASU's Tempe campus for the Fifth Annual Science Extravaganza where they explored the exciting opportunities available in engineering today.

04/02/09

Engineering | Science | Faculty and Staff | Earth / Space | Sustainability and environment:  Professor to study links between humans, monsoon

Associate professor Enrique Vivoni is the recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for his efforts on exploring how human impact may effect annual monsoons.

04/01/09

Engineering | Education | Science | Students | Alumni | Bioscience / Biotech:  Engineering program leads to 'life-changing experience'

ASU bioengineering student Liliana Rincon earned a distinctive honor of selection for a summer program in neurobiology at the renowned Woods Hole laboratory.

03/30/09

Engineering | Life Science | Research:  Engineers seek out bio-inspired solutions

ASU and assistant professor Stephen Pratt hosted engineers, computer scientists, biologists and social scientists at a recent workshop that focused on developing bio-inspired solutions to engineering problems.

03/27/09

Engineering | Faculty and Staff | Students:  Engineering principles revealed through ancient art

An ASU engineering faculty members uses the paper-folding art of origami to teach students the basics of mathematics, science and engineering design.

03/26/09

Business | Engineering | Education | Science | Innovation / Entrepreneurship | Students:  Biomedical expertise demand spurs new degree program

ASU is responding to the need for personalized healthcare by offering an undergraduate biomedical informatics degree program.

03/26/09

Engineering | Education:  Tire inflators provide lesson in green engineering

Students in Mario Gomes' mechanical and aerospace courses rose to the challenge of designing and building automatic tire inflators that would help drivers conserve fuel – and money.

03/25/09

Engineering:  Professor offers expertise for construction companies

Associate research professor Thomas Schleifer authored a featured article in a recent edition of Engineering News Record, one of the leading business and technical news publications for the construction industry.

03/20/09

Engineering | Science | Sustainability and environment:  Keeping our old computers out of the 'e-waste' piles

Assistant professor of engineering Eric Williams talks about how to begin dealing with the growing worldwide problem of old electronic devices ending up in landfills and posing an environmental threat.

03/20/09

Engineering | Science | Innovation / Entrepreneurship | Engineering:  A flexible future for electronics

A report by the KAET-Channel 8 Horizon show details the advances at ASU's Flexible Display Center in developing the flexible – as in bendable and foldable – screens for the next generation of computers and other electronic communication and information devices.