Engineering News

When students begin their engineering education, there’s no way to predict where their work will take them. For most, projects remain in classrooms, laboratories or on computer screens. For a team of Arizona State University students, however, years of effort have reached Earth’s orbit. Throughout the last two years, students from Sun Devil Satellite Laboratory, or SDSL, designed, built and teste…

For millions of people around the world, magnetic resonance imaging , or MRI, remains out of reach. The scanners are large, expensive and energy-intensive, requiring specialized facilities and trained personnel. SungMin Sohn , an assistant professor of biomedical engineering in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering , part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona St…

Quantum computing has spent years existing in the space between promise and practicality. The machines exist. Tech giants are building them . Researchers have shown that, for certain problems, quantum computers could one day dramatically outperform today's fastest supercomputers. The obstacle isn't that the computers don't work. It's that they're extraordinarily fragile. Unlike traditional comput…

If your router still works, why replace it? That logic has kept countless aging internet-connected devices alive long past their intended lifespan. Old wi-fi routers keep humming in closets. Security cameras continue watching front porches. Forgotten network equipment soldiers on for years after manufacturers stop supporting it. New research from Arizona State University suggests that many of tho…

A professor who seemed to delight in teaching one of Arizona State University's hardest classes. Courses that inspired fierce competition for top rankings and coveted internships, quizzes that would arrive without warning and homework that pushed students to the edge of what they thought they could do. Those classrooms produced lifelong friendships, one marriage, an annual reunion and a network o…

Quantum computing is opening new possibilities for solving complex problems that are difficult for traditional computers to process. Through Amazon Braket , a cloud-based quantum computing service from Amazon Web Services, or AWS, researchers and students in the Sensor, Signal and Information Processing Center , or SenSIP, are gaining access to tools that support quantum computing research and ed…

Artificial intelligence, or AI, has become synonymous with disruption. Every week seems to bring a new warning. AI will replace jobs, spread misinformation, consume enormous amounts of energy or make decisions no human can explain. As the technology races ahead, it's easy to forget that AI can also tackle some of humanity's oldest challenges. For Hannah Kerner , that's always been the point. Kern…

The ASCE at ASU leadership team pose with the Spirit Bell award on the steps of Old Main, located at Arizona State University on the Tempe campus. Eighty ASCE at ASU team members attended and took part in competitions at the ASCE Intermountain Southwest Student Conference and Symposium in Salt Lake City on April 16-18, 2026. Photo courtesy of ASCE at ASU Members of the American Society of Civil E…

Every day, people upload some of their most sensitive information to the cloud. Medical records. Financial transactions. Business documents. Family photos. And increasingly, the conversations we are having with artificial intelligence, or AI, systems. Most users assume that data is protected. But there is an uncomfortable reality behind nearly every cloud service. The companies operating those sy…

While the world debates artificial intelligence, or AI, Arizona is reviving the industry that powers it. As AI systems consume increasing amounts of computing power, the spotlight is shifting toward the semiconductor industry that makes the technology possible. In a state that helped pioneer modern chip manufacturing and is now positioning itself as a powerhouse in America's semiconductor resurge…

Every engineering student graduates with a transcript. The challenge is convincing an employer you're more than a GPA. In a job market where hiring managers are hunting for candidates who can solve problems on day one, practical experience has become more important than ever. Companies seek engineers who have tackled real problems, debugged real systems and built something that works outside the …

In this 15th edition of the annual "Essential Reading" feature, a select group of faculty and staff members in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University recommend books of fact and fiction from which they believe students can reap knowledge, wisdom or lessons that offer valuable insight for navigating life’s myriad challenges — all while enjoying some insightful, entert…

The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering is honoring the 2026 Mosaic Award and the Instructional Strategies for Partnership, Innovation, Resources and Engagement, or INSPIRE, Award recipients. Their work shows how some of the most meaningful contributions to student and faculty success happen through the everyday work of teaching, mentoring, community building and innovation. The awards recognize…

Sergi Garcia-Segura, an assistant professor of civil, environmental and sustainable engineering in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, right, and a student research assistant, left, examine equipment in Garcia-Segura’s laboratory on the ASU Tempe campus. Photographer: Erika Gronek/ASU Removing industrial chemicals, pha…

Artificial intelligence, or AI, adoption is accelerating demand for faster computing and data communication. As these systems grow larger and more capable, they demand enormous amounts of computing power, and building the hardware required to support these systems poses a major engineering challenge. Jiaqi Gu is working on a cross-disciplinary solution that converges physics, AI and semiconductor…

Arizona's advanced manufacturing sector is growing rapidly, creating demand for a workforce that can keep pace. Industry leaders consistently rank employee shortages among their top concerns. Manufacturers are estimated to need up to 3.8 million additional workers between 2024 and 2033 , yet attracting and retaining qualified talent remains a challenge. Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte projec…

Many of today’s artificial intelligence, or AI, systems spend their time repeating themselves. Every time an AI system analyzes data to generate a prediction, recommendation or decision, it must move information between databases and machine learning software. That process is often surprisingly inefficient. Across large-scale online systems, the wasted computation adds up fast. In many companies,…

Lei Yu still remembers arriving at Arizona State University with little more than a pair of suitcases and determination. “I only knew two things for sure,” he says. “I was joining a great AI program, and I knew I was going to live in the desert.” In 2005, Yu earned his doctoral degree from the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence , part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU…

Every time you send a message, stream video or connect a device to Wi-Fi, invisible networks are making decisions in the background — routing information, allocating resources and adapting to changing demands. Your smartphone decides how to connect, power grids balance demand and supply, autonomous vehicles choose routes, drones share airspace and defense systems protect people. As the number of …

On a Tuesday night in November 2026, millions of Americans will do the same thing at the same time: Stare at a map as it glows from televisions, laptops and phone screens. News anchors will stand before massive touchscreens, tapping counties and discussing paths to electoral victory. But what you likely won’t see is how uncertain that picture really is. If the map showed the ambiguity behind ever…