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School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

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Donate blood at the SSEBE blood drive, June 11

Please join us for the first School of Sustainable Engineering and Built Environment blood drive.  Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. This could be a little girl in the ICU or a mother with Stage 3 leukemia. If you’re worried about needles, don’t be —most blood donors compare the experience to a…

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Congratulations to the 2024 Fulton Difference Award winners!

Thank you to all the Fulton Schools staff who joined us at the Fulton Difference Awards and Recognition celebration! Check out the photo gallery and revisit the presentation for recognition of our staff members’ years of service, award nominees and winners. Dean Kyle Squires recognized all staff who have served the Fulton Schools, especially those…

Faculty member recognized for contributions to water management

Olcay Ünver, professor of practice at The Polytechnic School, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, has dedicated more than three decades of his professional career to water management and sustainable development. Most recently, his work in the field was recognized by the International Water Resources Association, or IWRA,…

2022 Teaching Excellence and Top 5% Awards

Quality and innovative instruction are top priorities of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. We recognize excellence in instruction by awarding an annual Teaching Excellence Award and through selection to our Top 5% Teachers List. Student nominations and feedback are reviewed by a faculty committee in determining these honors. This year’s recipient of the…

Samuel Ariaratnam

Ariaratnam elected to governing board of leading utility engineering institute

Fulton Schools Professor Samuel Ariaratnam will have a larger overall role in guiding those efforts as a new member of the board of governors of the institute, which is part of the American Society of Civil Engineers, or ASCE. He is one of two new governors recently elected to the board, along with a new president-elect.

Paper by Paul Westerhoff selected as Nature Communications Editors’ Highlight

A recent research paper written by Regents Professor Paul Westerhoff was selected as one of the most interesting energy research works published in the highly regarded peer-review research journal Nature Communications. Nature Communications Senior Editor Long Chen chose the article — “Evanescent waves modulate energy efficiency of photocatalysis within TiO2 coated optical fibers illuminated using LEDs” —…

VDRI selects awardees for the 2021 FSE strategic interest seed funding program

The Vice Dean for Research and Innovation (VDRI) Office is pleased to announce 12 awardees for the 2021 Fulton Schools of Engineering (FSE) Strategic Interest Seed Funding Program: Working Collaboratively to Meet Future Needs. The response to this year’s seed funding initiative was impressive with a variety of topics and ideas presented by faculty across FSE…

2021 Teaching Excellence and Top 5% Awards

Quality and innovative instruction are top priorities of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. We recognize excellence in instruction by awarding an annual Teaching Excellence Award and through selection to our Top 5% Teachers List. Student nominations and feedback are reviewed by a faculty committee in determining these honors. This year’s recipient of the…

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…