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Friday, Nov. 19, 2022, 1–3 p.m.
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Featured projects
Saif Samer Elsaady
Engineering (electrical systems)
Cybersecurity of Onboard Charging Systems for Electric Vehicles
Studying the cybersecurity of electric vehicles will help better prepare EV owners against possible cyberattacks on their vehicles.
Mentor: Ayan Mallik
Program: FURI
Micayla Corker
Chemical engineering
Recyclable Thiol-ene Polymers via Thiol-Disulfide Exchange Reaction
Modifying the structure of a recyclable polymer will improve the mechanical properties and make it more useful in 3D printing applications.
Mentor: Kailong Jin
Program: FURI
Manthan Chelenahalli Satish
Robotics and autonomous systems
Vehicle Speed Estimation from 3D Object Detection for Surveillance Cameras
Estimating the speed of vehicles from traffic cameras from a 3D perspective will be more accurate and efficient than using speed guns.
Mentor: Yezhou Yang
Program: MORE
Katherine Marisa Alcazar
Mechanical engineering
3D Printing of Kirigami Conductors
Correlating the properties and deformation of kirigami conductors will enable more accessibility and versatility in manufacturing and energy.
Mentor: Qiong Nian
Program: FURI
Radhika Ganapathy
Computer science
Mars Data Exploration
Building a pipeline for Mars image data can be used for photogrammetry, thereby enabling the development of extended reality applications.
Mentor: Robert LiKamWa
Program: MORE
Sritharini Radhakrishnan
Electrical engineering
Characterization of Synaptic Electronic Devices for Brain-Inspired Computing Systems
Testing the resistive-switching behavior in hexagonal boron nitride memristors for computing hardware applications will help improve brain-inspired computing.
Mentor: Ivan Sanchez Esqueda
Program: FURI
Dominic Edward Varda
Environmental engineering
Engineering Water Disinfection via On-Site Electrochlorination and Electrochlorine Breakpoint
Electrochlorination and the electrochlorine breakpoint may have tremendous implications for developing countries without access to fresh water.
Mentor: Sergi Garcia Segura
Program: FURI
Era Joy Padilla Agus
Biomedical engineering
Heat Transfer Modeling of Solid-State Fermentation Bioreactors to Produce Medicine in Space Habitats
Determining the most efficient design for thermal regulation in bioreactors will enable a sustainable way to carry antibiotics for space travel.
Mentor: Apollo Arquiza
Program: FURI
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.
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.
Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP)
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 in GCSP conduct research in a grand challenges theme and are invited to present their research at the FURI Symposium.
Sponsored students
Some of our researchers get extra funding through grants, industry and alumni sponsors. To learn more about sponsorship, contact the Fulton Schools Development team.
Ahmad Family Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative Fund
Jalal U. and Syeda F. Ahmad and their children — Jaheen N., Raisa N. and Nafisah N., all of whom attended the Fulton Schools — established a fund to give back and support undergraduate students in their pursuit of knowledge and the advancement of research. Their endowment, which funds a materials science, mechanical, biomedical or electrical engineering student, was created to help more students have the life-changing experience of conducting research through FURI.
W. L. Gore & Associates
W. L. Gore & Associates is a uniquely creative, product leadership enterprise that has served a variety of global markets for 60 years, and provides innovative solutions that its associates stand behind. Gore established funds to support undergraduate students in the Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative program and graduate students in the Master’s Opportunity for Research in Engineering program, and values student-driven research and developing relationships with students in the programs.
Snapshot
Students from three signature programs present at the FURI Symposium: Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative, Master’s Opportunity for Research in Engineering and Grand Challenges Scholars Program. In Summer and Fall 2022, 65 students participated in 71 research projects.
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Research themes
Students work on projects related to six different themes that represent the Fulton Schools’ core research disciplines.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.Project count in the current symposium
Semiconductor manufacturing theme coming in Spring 2023!
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.
Featured mentors
Fulton Schools faculty members guide students through the research process in their role as FURI and MORE research program mentors.
Rebecca Muenich, featured FURI mentor
Rebecca Muenich is an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering who has been mentoring FURI and MORE students for three years. She is inspired to address human-induced environmental issues and encourages her students to explore these topics in ways that interest them. As an ASU senior global futures scientist and Earth System Science for the Anthropocene faculty member in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Muenich is an excellent resource for students to get their start in making an impact in sustainability solutions. Read more
Konrad Rykaczewski, featured MORE mentor
Konrad Rykaczewski is an associate professor of mechanical engineering who serves as a faculty mentor in the FURI and MORE programs. His research focuses on developing soft thermal materials and systems in addition to studying human thermal exposure in extreme heat. He has been involved in FURI for more than eight years and the MORE program for the past several years. He encourages students interested in research to talk to many faculty members early on in their academic careers to learn about opportunities and get involved in this valuable experience. Read more
What FURI and MORE alumni are saying
Research opportunities like FURI and MORE help students build valuable skills, learn about themselves and succeed in their future endeavors. Learn more about what our FURI alumni go on to do after they finish the program.
FURI gave me a glimpse into the work that I do now. My project was centered around travel demand forecasting and trip user modificated based on the introduction of high-speed rail on the West Coast. While I do not directly work on projects related to high-speed rail design and construction, the methodology, research methods and engineering judgement I developed during the project is very applicable to my daily tasks at work. I am thankful for the opportunity to work on my FURI project, which helped give me exposure to research, earn transferrable knowledge for my career and develop technical engineering skills.
FURI gave me experience with a self-led project where I got to set my own goals and schedule. This experience prepared me for working on a team where I’m given a task with little other guidance.
Research should be the part of the student experience, be it at the undergraduate or graduate level. Hands-on experience is crucial in every field and will change one’s perspective toward the problem. MORE helped me understand the research flow and dig deeper into the issue to know the root cause and manipulate the systems for better output.
FURI and GCSP instilled in me the skills to research and understand the problem and come up with an innovative way to solve it. I started to understand in depth the core of the problem before providing a solution.