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Awards and recognition

Awards and recognition given to and available to win by Fulton Schools faculty and staff.

Samuel Ariaratnam

Ariaratnam earns highest honor for trenchless technology researchers

Samuel T. Ariaratnam, professor and program chair of construction engineering in the Del E. Webb School of Construction, was recently awarded the International Society for Trenchless Technology Gold Medal. He is the seventh person, and second from the U.S., to earn the highest honor in trenchless technology spanning ISTT’s 33-year history. The award recognizes individuals who…

Nathan Newman named 2018 National Academy of Inventors Fellow

Arizona State University researchers Nathan Newman and Joshua LaBaer have been named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, the organization announced. Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional accolade bestowed solely to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a…

Yanchao Zhang elevated to IEEE Fellow Class of 2019

Effective January 1, 2019, Yanchao Zhang, professor within the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, will be elevated to IEEE Fellow.  The honor is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. Less than 0.1 percent of voting members are…

Yanchao Zhang receives DURIP award to build drone-powered Internet of Things system

Yanchao Zhang and his research group, ASU’s Cyber and Network Security Group, received a Defense University Research Instrumentation Program award of $200,000 through the Army Research Office to build a drone-powered internet of things system for information assurance research and education. The internet of things is an emerging paradigm of technical, social and economic significance. In addition to…

Assistant Professor Mehdi Nikkhah selected as Young Innovator of Cellular And Molecular Bioengineering

Mehdi Nikkhah, a Fulton Schools assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is one of ten 2018 Young Innovators of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering for the Biomedical Engineering Society’s CMBE Journal.   Nikkhah is featured in the October issue of the journal along with other up-and-coming faculty working on innovative and impactful bioengineering studies.  On Friday, October 19, 2018, Nikkhah…