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Forge new ideas

Check out projects from the Fall 2024 Fulton Forge Student Research Expo

Forge: to form or make, especially by concentrated effort

The Fulton Forge Student Research Expo is a public showcase of independent research performed by Fulton Schools undergraduate and graduate students.

Students who participate in our three primary research programs are invited to present their findings each semester at the Expo.

Fall 2024 featured projects

Fulton Schools Outstanding Student Researchers Jenna Materna, Aislinn Varela, Aditi Rao, Eron Ristich and Shyam Ganatra.

Congratulations to this semester’s Outstanding Student Researchers!

Faculty mentors in the FURI, MORE and GCSP research stipend programs nominated their students to be recognized for their efforts in the lab. This semester’s award recipients are:

Student research programs

FURI student researcher Solenne Norvor-Davis and her mentor, Jordan Yaron

A value of the Fulton Schools is to build a foundation for all to be successful. To prepare our students for success in an engineering or technical career, we provide undergraduate and graduate research opportunities. Each semester we invite student researchers participating in the following three programs to present their work at the Fulton Forge Student Research Expo.

FURI student researcher Solenne Norvor-Davis and her mentor, Jordan Yaron

Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative (FURI)

The Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative enhances an undergraduate student’s engineering experience and technical education by providing hands-on lab experience, independent and thesis-based research, and travel to national conferences.

Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) research stipend

The Fulton Schools Grand Challenges Scholars Program combines innovative curriculum and cutting-edge research experiences into an intellectual fusion that spans academic disciplines and includes entrepreneurial, global and service learning opportunities. Students funded by a GCSP research stipend conduct research in a grand challenges theme and are invited to present their findings at the Fulton Forge Student Research Expo.

Master’s Opportunity for Research in Engineering (MORE)

The Master’s Opportunity for Research in Engineering program is designed to enrich a graduate student’s engineering and technical graduate curriculum with hands-on lab experience and independent and thesis-based research.

Summer and fall 2024 snapshot

In summer and fall 2024, 117 students participated in individual research projects.

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Research themes

Students work on projects related to seven different themes that represent the Fulton Schools’ core research disciplines.

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Data

In an increasingly digital world, data collection is growing at a rapid pace. Fulton Schools faculty and student researchers are devising innovative approaches and tools that will help us better process, analyze, use, manage and access data. New computational tools, algorithms and data analysis techniques, including hardware and software approaches, machine learning, data analytics, data-driven decision-making and more will help advance scientific discoveries and collaborations across multiple fields where data use and capture is ubiquitous.
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Education

We are engaged in advancing the ways we educate engineering students. The Fulton Schools’ research focuses on learning methods, cognitive theory and best teaching practices, as well as the integration of engineering concepts in K-12 educational programs to engage students early and educate our community about the impact engineering has on everyday life.
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Energy

The urgency to discover and deploy new forms of carbon-reducing energy technologies has become an indispensable part of our economic and environmental landscape. The Fulton Schools’ research in renewable and alternative energy sources is multifaceted with efforts in solar and photovoltaic energy, biotechnology, low- and high-power energy storage, power electronics, electric power systems, batteries and hydrogen fuel cells.
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Health

The Fulton Schools’ efforts in health innovation range from understanding the causes behind Alzheimer’s disease and improving methods for predicting epileptic seizures to developing advanced biosensors, bioassays and lab-on-a-chip devices for clinical diagnostics. Additional areas of research exist in novel biological materials, neural engineering, biomedical informatics, drug-delivery systems, health care systems analysis and modeling, health monitoring devices and human rehabilitation technologies.
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Security

As technology develops at a faster rate, there is a growing need to develop engineering systems to keep people and infrastructure secure, including securing cyberspace, developing secure communications, developing self-healing systems resilient to attack and identifying, monitoring and reducing threats. Fulton Schools researchers — faculty and students — are addressing issues of national defense, homeland security, border security, cyberwarfare and more, devising technology solutions as well as legal, policy and social implications.
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Sustainability

The central thrust behind sustainability is the capacity of metropolitan areas to grow and prosper without destroying or depleting natural resources. The Fulton Schools’ research focuses on restoring and improving urban infrastructure, access to clean water and air, advanced construction techniques and management, environmental fluid dynamics, transportation planning, as well as geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering.
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Semiconductor manufacturing

Semiconductor devices are part of our everyday lives and the demand for techniques and processes to promote them continues to grow. Fulton Schools researchers are driving innovation forward through advances in areas such as power electronics, wireless and mixed-signal circuit design, memory devices and architectures, solar energy and batteries, advanced packaging and new semiconductor materials. Expansive industry collaborations and unique facilities at ASU center Arizona as a hub for the American semiconductor revolution.

Summer and fall 2024 project count by theme

Outstanding faculty mentors

Fulton Schools faculty members guide students through the research process in their role as FURI, MORE and GCSP research stipend program mentors. Each semester, these research programs select an outstanding faculty mentor from student nominations. These mentors share expertise, empower growth and autonomy, and support student success in a variety of research endeavors. Learn more about this semester’s awardees.

Looking for a faculty mentor?

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Get started today

Prospective FURI and MORE students can find Fulton Schools faculty members who are ready to mentor new student researchers on the ready to mentor page.

Browse faculty members’ research focus areas and past mentored projects for ideas to help you get started. Finding your faculty mentor is one step of the application process. Check out the FURI program page and MORE program page for more information on applying to these programs.