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October 06, 2008

Grants / Awards

08/20/08

Engineering | Grants / Awards:  Research to boost computer processing power

Science Foundation Arizona is investing in $2 million to fund efforts by ASU and Raytheon Missile Systems engineers to greatly increase computer processing capabilities.

06/25/08

Engineering | Grants / Awards:  Research investigates potential harm from nanomaterials

ASU researchers are exploring the potential risks from the use of nanomaterials in a project supported by a $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

06/24/08

Grants / Awards:  Partnership addresses need for Chinese language classes

ASU has received a grant from STARTALK for combined summer programs for K-12 teachers and students of Chinese.

06/11/08

Faculty and Staff | Engineering | Grants / Awards:  NSF Career Award to advance solar energy efforts

An NSF Career Award, presented to assistant professor Jian Li, is providing funding that will advance the research of efficient organic photovoltaic materials.

05/08/08

Faculty and Staff | Community | Grants / Awards:  Faculty develop Spanish screener for language disorders

A four-year grant has been awarded to develop the first Spanish language screening measure to identify children at risk for language impairment.

05/07/08

Grants / Awards | Social Science:  ASU takes ‘Kids Voting’ to Kosovo

ASU's Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies is developing a curriculum and training teachers as part of a new "Kids Voting" program being implemented in Kosovo.

05/07/08

Education | Humanities | Grants / Awards:  Teaching grant enlivens history classes

A three-year grant is improving public school teachers' knowledge, understanding and appreciation of American history.

05/02/08

Engineering | Grants / Awards:  NSF award boosts Buneo’s bioengineering research

Engineering professor Christopher Buneo is aiming to understand how the brain combines sensory information to help plan our physical movements.

03/28/08

Grants / Awards:  Arizona State University students impress the American Geophysical Union

Four graduate students from Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration were honored with Outstanding Student Paper Awards for their presentations at the 2007 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting held in San Francisco.

03/24/08

Humanities | Grants / Awards:  ASU professor is finalist for PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

T.M. McNally, a professor of English and creative writing, is cited for his collection of short stories titled “The Gateway: Stories.”