New on Full Circle this week
Fulton Schools dean honored for environmental engineering achievements
Paul Johnson, dean of ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, is recognized for work to protect human health from impacts of soil and water contaminants. Read on Full Circle
Computer science student chosen for summer research fellowship
Computer science major Sichun Ai has been spending the summer in Colorado on a research fellowship at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Read on Full Circle
Graphic Information Technology student wins Canadian graduate scholarship
Anna Witcraft, who graduated in May from the Polytechnic School’s Graphic Information Technology program, has won a prestigious scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in Canada. She is still refining her thesis idea, but her goal is to study how to assist communication between families and loved ones in assisted living. She will work with Anthony Tang, an assistant professor in the University of Calgary’s computer science department. Read on Full Circle
Internship provided valuable biomedical engineering research experience
Kaleia Krämer has spent the summer before her junior year at Arizona State University as a Flinn Scholar Intern, giving her an exceptional opportunity to broaden her experience in biomedical research. The biomedical engineering major worked at the Arizona Center on Aging and the Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance, both based at the University of Arizona. The internship award provided a stipend to cover some expenses and opportunities to make presentations about her work at the annual conference of the Arizona Aging and Cognition Collaborative and at other national gatherings of researchers. Read on Full Circle
In the news
3-D heart model library grows at Phoenix Children’s Hospital (KJZZ radio news)
The 3-D Cardiac Print Lab is aiding Phoenix Children’s Hospital in effectively treating congenital heart defects. The lab is producing 3-D models that provide anatomically precise depictions of patient’s hearts, which help physicians map various surgical strategies based on each individual’s specific condition. The lab’s capabilities are the result of processes developed by Arizona State University bioengineers David Frakes and Justin Ryan. Frakes is an associate professor in the School of Biological and Heath Systems Engineering and the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering. Ryan is a biomedical engineering doctoral student. KJZZ, a National Public Radio affiliate, reported on the potential their work has to significantly improve cardiac care. Listen to the broadcast report (transcript available)
ASU Center for Embedded Systems researchers featured (Embedded Computing Design magazine)
Embedded Computing Design magazine is a leading news publication for engineers, architects and computer scientists working on the materials, software and design strategies for embedded devices. Such devices are components of embedded systems, consisting of networks of interacting computing components that together make up the control systems for much modern technology. In the past several months the magazine has featured the work of several researchers in the Center for Embedded Systems in the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decisions Systems Engineering, one of ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Articles focus on research being done by professors Sarma Vruhula and Karam Chatha, associate professor Aviral Shrivastava, and assistant professors Georgios Fainekos and Carole-Jean Wu. Find links to the articles on the Center for Embedded Systems website
