The Polytechnic School at ASU

Headed to the football game this weekend? Here are some things to know:

🚌Using the game day shuttle? An RSVP here is required: https://ow.ly/KOvW50Tajrt

Please note that the Intercampus Shuttle is not operational for transport on Saturday to return to campus.

✅Stop by Sparky’s Touchdown Tailgate!
5–7 p.m.
College Ave. and Sixth Street in Tempe.

🎟️Kick off for the game is at 7:30 p.m. Please make sure to download your tickets before heading to the stadium. Instructions are located here: https://ow.ly/47r250Tajru

👜ASU Clear Bag Policy is in effect for all football games. For more information: https://ow.ly/Qcxk50Tajrv

🏈Most importantly, wear GOLD and have fun cheering your Sun Devils to a victory over the Cowboys!

Introducing our new faculty members for this academic year! You may recognize him from a billboard on a Valley freeway around May of this year. Cameron Rennacker has made the next step and is now an assistant teaching professor in the graphic information technology program.

Rennacker previously worked as a senior lead instructor at Flatiron School and his areas of expertise include graphic and product design, photography, marketing, advertising and business.

His accomplishments include earning the Outstanding University Graduate Award from ASU and being the Fulton Schools Impact Award recipient in spring 2024.

Welcome Cameron!

View Cameron’s full new faculty profile here:

Cameron Rennacker - 2024–25 Fulton Schools New Faculty Member Cameron Rennacker is an assistant teaching professor at The Polytechnic School. Rennacker previously worked as a senior lead instructor at Flatiron School and his areas of expertise include graphic and product design, photography, marketing, advertising and business. His accomplishments include earn...

What’s on your schedule for the weekend? Make sure you don’t miss out on these fun events:

Friday:
🎲Library Game Night
⏰6–9 p.m.
📍Polytechnic Library

Saturday:
⛰Echo from the Buttes
⏰8–10 a.m.
📍"A" Mountain in Tempe

🏖Inferno Beach Bash
⏰7–9 p.m.
📍Sun Devil Fitness Complex

Sunday:
🎞Movie and Trivia Night
⏰6–8 p.m.
📍Student Union - Cooley Ballrooms

To view a full list and more information about these events, please visit Sun Devil Sync - https://asu.campuslabs.com/engage/

Desert WAVE, an all-female robotics team, won first place in the Autonomy Challenge at the RoboSub international competition in Irvine, California. They were up against 41 teams from eight countries and earned their top spot by taking an innovative approach to the challenge.

The team won the competition using two robots in tandem to complete the required tasks. Those robots, Dragon and Baby Dragon, worked together to complete the missions. The team was one of few teams to risk adding another robot to its entry and it paid off as they scored nearly 70% higher than the next team in the final phase of the competition.

The team is a partnership between Arizona State University and the Si Se Puede Foundation. Its mission is to provide a supportive and engaging environment in which female engineering students can come together to advance their skills and accomplish amazing things. Congratulations to the team on their big win!

To learn more about Desert WAVE, please visit: https://www.desertwave.us/



https://fullcircle.asu.edu/students/teamwork-among-students-and-robots-wins-international-competition/

Teamwork among students and robots wins international competition Desert WAVE, an all-female robotics team, wins international RoboSub competition using two robots in tandem.

Don’t forget the events happening today!

🤝 Transfer & Commuter Meet Up
⏰ 4–5 p.m.
📍 Devils Den (Near Citrus Dining)

🤝 Club Hub
⏰ 5–7 p.m.
📍 Sun Devil Fitness Complex

Come out, meet people and get involved!

We have officially welcomed both our new undergraduate and graduate students to The Polytechnic School and ASU!

Next up…classes start! Are you ready? 🔱

First-year students: Don’t miss out on these events today!

🤝 The Polytechnic School Welcome Assembly
⏰ 10 a.m.
📍 Aravaipa auditorium

🤝 Fulton student organization and resource fair
⏰ 5:30 p.m.
📍 Mullett Arena in Tempe

***This is where you pick up your gold t-shirt, which is your ticket into…

🔱 Sun Devil Welcome
⏰ 8 p.m.
📍 Mountain America Stadium

Stay for InfernoFest following Sun Devil Welcome where all ASU students can see Flo Milli performing live!

Please note that the ASU Clear Bag Policy in effect for these events. If you need a clear bag, there are some in the Student Union.

To a full list and more information about these events, please visit Sun Devil Sync - https://asu.campuslabs.com/engage/

Today is Orville Wright’s birthday and National Aviation Day. We are proud of our programs and how our students contribute to the aviation industry.

Maxwell Richter graduated in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical management technology (air transportation management). He currently works for a major airline in Texas as a Specialist of Inflight Training Instruction and Evaluation and supports new hires and annual recurrent flight attendant training programs.

“One of the best parts of my degree program was the ability to participate in a few internships that provided the connections and experience needed to be successful after graduation," Richter says. "My professors also had their own experience within the industry that helped provide us with the tools and knowledge we needed to be successful."

Interested in flying, unmanned aerial systems, air traffic control, or management within the aviation industry? Visit https://poly.engineering.asu.edu/aviation/

Welcome to all our new Sun Devils moving in tomorrow! Don’t miss out on all the great activities happening this weekend after you get settled in!

You can learn about all the events on Sun Devil Sync - https://asu.campuslabs.com/engage/

Nathan Johnson, associate professor and director of the Laboratory for Energy And Power Solutions participated on a panel of experts last week at the Accelerating Energy Sector Transformation through Global Partnerships and U.S. Innovation event in Tempe. This was in conjunction with a visit to ASU by Enoh T. Ebong, Director of U.S. Trade and Development Agency. We are proud of Nathan’s global collaborations to help electrify rural communities!

Accelerating Energy Sector Transformation through Global Partnerships and US Innovation The global energy sector is rapidly growing to match pace with the fourth Date industrial revolution while also being rewired due to geopolitical conflict. Standard conventions of practice no longer hold, and we find ourselves being forced to innovate and implement faster than before. Often a mix of...

We love to see our faculty members contributing their expertise to help others make better decisions, especially when it comes to helping the environment. Arunachala Mada Kannan, professor and program chair of the clean energy systems graduate program, lended his advice in this article about the benefits of using solar energy. Thanks for sharing your knowledge to help others think more sustainably.

https://www.usatoday.com/money/homefront/solar/best-solar-companies/ -expert-tips

5 Best Solar Companies of 2024 | Reviews, Prices & Ratings Trinity and Elevation top our list for their services and Sunrun rounds it out with its leasing options. Our guide explores the best solar companies available.

The Summer Olympics kicked off today with the opening ceremony. Here is a list of the athletes to root for in the 2024 Games who are affiliated with ASU. These past and present Sun Devils are representing 15 countries in 10 different sports. Good luck to all competing in Paris!

From the high wire to the pool | ASU News Arizona State University swimming and diving coach Herbie Behm didn’t truly know how well-known Ilya Kharun’s family is until he checked the team into a Seattle-area hotel for the Pac-12 championships.Each of the team members had their names written on a key card. When the hotel clerk handed Kha...

🤖 Today is National Artificial Intelligence Appreciation Day and we have many faculty members at ASU who are leading the charge in research to help others understand artificial intelligence, or AI, and the positive aspects of this tool.

🤖 We are lucky to have Nancy Cooke, professor and graduate program chair in the human systems engineering program, lend her expertise as the founding director of the Center for Human, Artificial Intelligence, and Robot Teaming.

🔗 Click in to hear her take on AI: https://news.asu.edu/20240715-environment-and-sustainability-designing-more-sustainable-future-ai

Designing a more sustainable future with AI | ASU News Editor's note: This feature article is part of our “AI is everywhere ... now what?” special project exploring the potential (and potential pitfalls) of artificial intelligence in our lives. Explore more topics and takes on the project page.Before his death in 2018, theoretical physicist Stephen ...

Starting in fall 2024, a new professional doctorate degree program will be offered by The Polytechnic School to enable students to use their experience in the information technology field to advance their leadership skills.

The Doctor of Information Technology program is the first of its kind in Arizona and will help advance the industry. Studies to earn the degree can be completed in three years. Upon graduation, students will have the opportunity to advance in their careers as senior technology managers, consultants, researchers and chief information officers in fields like business, education, government and non-profit organizations.

ASU launching Doctor of Information Technology degree program in fall 2024 A new Doctor of Information Technology degree will provide students the opportunity to leverage industry experience for career advancement.

Starting in fall 2024, a new graduate course will be offered by where students will collaborate with Honeywell Aerospace Technologies to help solve current challenges. All parties involved are excited to see what solutions are developed over the course of the semester.

ASU students to learn industry skills firsthand in a new entrepreneurship course A new course launching in fall 2024 will provide students an opportunity to work directly with experts to determine new ways to work on industry challenges.

ICYMI: Yesterday was International Day. We are proud of all our women engineers with a special shout out to Emily Aragon, recent graduate of The Polytechnic School, featured here.

Check out the collaboration that happened across campuses to help our veterans. We are proud of Erin Chiou and her work with this project. Thank you for representing our school in an important area involving those who served our country.

No one left behind: AI-enabled support for aging vets Four perspectives. Four campuses. Four schools. Four researchers use AI to helping aging vets.

The ASU Faculty Women’s Association recognizes outstanding faculty mentors and distinguished graduate students each year. Award recipients are nominated by a member of the ASU community, with supporting nomination materials provided by faculty members or co-nominators outside of the university.

🏆 Heejin Jeong, an assistant professor of human systems engineering, received the Outstanding Faculty Mentor: Early Career Award. The Outstanding Faculty Mentor award recognizes faculty members who have gone above and beyond in mentoring students, other faculty members or both, particularly individuals from underrepresented groups.

🏆 This year’s recipient of the Distinguished Graduate Student Award was Rachel Figard, a doctoral student in the engineering education systems and design program. The Distinguished Graduate Student Award recognizes Doctoral and Master’s degree candidates who have distinguished themselves through exceptional scholarship, research, creative activities and leadership.

🎉 Congratulations to both Heejin and Rachel for representing and The Polytechnic School with such pride and class.

🖨This past spring, students taking Introduction to Commercial Printing, offered by the graphic information technology program, had the opportunity to visit District Photo as a part of the University Inkjet program that ASU participates in.

🖨Accompanied by Patricia Perigo, faculty associate in the graphic information technology (GIT) program, students were able to see the equipment used in their facility and apply the knowledge they have learned in the classroom.

🖨This also brings back valuable real-world experience that can be put into practice in the ASU Print and Imaging Lab that is run by GIT students. What a great experience for our students!

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🎉Congratulations to Kymber Miller on her award winning photography! Kymber is a current student in the bachelors of applied science in graphic information technology. She entered her photography into the Printing Industries Association Arizona Print Excellence Student Competition and placed as follows:

🥇Silverton Trip of 2023 - Gold in the college category
🥉Savory Sushi - Bronze in the college class project category

KymMil Photography

Also winning awards in the college category was Sara Conklin (not pictured), a recent graduate in the graphic information technology program. She won the following in the college category:

🥈Ballerina - Silver
🥉Olipop Product Photography - Bronze

💰These submissions won both Kymber and Sara scholarship money from the R.A.I.S.E Foundation

Thank you for representing ASU and our school with your amazing work!

👏We have great things happening out of the Human-in-Mind Engineering Research Lab, or HiMER, which is directed by Heejin Jeong, assistant professor of human systems engineering. The lab hires all levels of students and is interdisciplinary in nature with multiple degree programs represented.

🏆This past semester, Hari Iyer, a doctoral student in human systems engineering, received the Student of the Year award at the Applied Ergonomics Conference 2024 for his work Evaluating Ergonomic Risk in Culinary Tasks: A Computer Vision Approach. He also received the Best Presentation award at the GPSA Inaugural Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition last month. This involved being able to effectively explain his research to a non-specialist audience in three minutes. Congratulations Hari!

🏆Also working in the lab is Allison Bayro, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering. She received the ARCS Foundation award for the 2024-25 academic year for her work Bridging the Gap: Investigating the Role of Physiological Indicators in Capturing Cognitive State Changes among Naval Personnel. Congratulations Allison!

🔗 https://himer.lab.asu.edu/

🎓 Congratulations to the Class of 2024! All your hard work has paid off and you are ready to conquer the next chapter. As you move on to your next adventure, we encourage you to stay connected.

Interested in the Fulton Schools Alumni Chapter? You can find the latest updates here: https://alumni.asu.edu/chapters/ira-fulton-schools-engineering-chapter

We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors!

🎓🎉 Congrats to our Class of 2024! Your journey from Padawans to Masters is a testament to your resilience and determination. Embrace the challenges ahead with confidence and enthusiasm, knowing that you have the power to shape the future. May the Force guide you on your journey!

Impact Award winner and Outstanding Graduate Cameron Rennacker became a graduate student in ASU’s graphic information technology program to deepen his digital design knowledge.

He worked as a project manager for ASU’s GIT Agency, part of the graphic information technology curriculum, and started his own creative agency.

After graduation, Cameron aims to become an instructor in the graphic information technology program himself. Long term, he plans to increase accessibility and inclusivity in digital design instruction and products.

Congrats Cameron! 🎓

Spring 2024 Fulton Schools Impact Award winner and University Outstanding Graduate Cameron Rennacker ASU Impact Award recipient and Outstanding Graduate Cameron Rennacker gained hands-on design experience through his graphic information technology program.

Information technology program Outstanding Graduate Malak Rabuck balanced her time at ASU between a STEM degree and sports. She played ice hockey on the ASU women’s team and club lacrosse.

At the Fulton Schools, one of her most rewarding experiences was at E2 making lasting connections. Malak also made time to volunteer at E2 and at many other events and organizations. We look forward to seeing what the future holds for her.

Congrats Malak! 🎓

Spring 2024 Fulton Schools Outstanding Graduate Malak Rabuck ASU ice hockey and lacrosse player Malak Rabuck not only scored an information technology degree, she also made her most valuable connections at the university.

We’re kicking off by exploring autonomous vehicle research from faculty members in The Polytechnic School and the ASU School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence. Follow the link to learn more about how Associate Professor Abdel Mayyas and Assistant Professors Yan Chen and Junfeng Zhao are driving this advancement in the Fulton Schools. 🚗

ASU research ensures autonomous vehicle safety, reliability Researchers in the Fulton Schools are driving innovation in the autonomous vehicle industry, building confidence in the technology and protecting passengers.

We're celebrating International Women in Engineering Day! Alumna Aarushi Bharti helped grow the community of women in through a student organization that provided mentorships, community outreach and career and leadership development.