The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a four-year $1 million grant for a research project being conducted in the Neural Microsystems Laboratory in the Harrington Department of Bioengineering.
An ASU research team's work is highlighted on the cover of the May issue of the Analyst, an international journal that reports on new analytical and bioanalytical techniques.
Efforts at ASU to advance knowledge in Web services science will be aided by a grant of more than $400,000 through a National Science Foundation Career Award recently earned by Hasan Davulcu, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering.
Avi Wiezel, an associate professor in the Del E. Web School of Construction in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, set out to devise computer models to measure, evaluate, teach and improve the physical skills involved in construction work.
ASU professor and ecologist Jianguo Wu is the winner of the 2006 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Award for International Scientific Cooperation.
Research into some of the environmental implications of the nanotechnology revolution will be supported by a $100,000 prize awarded recently to Paul Westerhoff, an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of ASU's Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering.
Despite recent gains in the number of physicians practicing in Arizona , the state is likely to face a persistent physician shortage for years to come – particularly in rural areas.