Entrepreneurship
Empowering Future Engineers Through Real-World Learning
At Arizona State University, senior electrical engineering student Alexandra Soto-Lopez is leading an effort to bridge the gap between classroom theory and industry readiness for students pursuing careers in electronics. Her project, Circuits Electronics Education (C.E.E.), is a student- built platform offering mentorship, hands-on resources, and real-world advice for engineering students who often find themselves…
Robert Green Receives Top 5% Teaching Award for FSE 501 – Technology Entrepreneurship
We are thrilled to share that Robert Green, a dedicated Venture Mentor and accomplished entrepreneur, has been honored with the Top 5% Teaching Award within the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering (ASA) at Arizona State University. This recognition celebrates his outstanding work teaching FSE 501 – Technology Entrepreneurship. Robert brings a uniquely rich perspective…
Supermemory: Arizona-Born Startup Building the Future of AI Memory
On the latest AZTF News stream, we covered one of the most compelling stories in Arizona tech right now: a young founder building foundational AI infrastructure from his dorm room at Arizona State University — and now shipping out of San Francisco That founder is 19-year-old Dhravya Shah, and his startup is called Supermemory. It’s an API platform that…
ASU Team Wins Funding for AI-Powered Startup Transforming Epilepsy Care
Epilepsy is a potentially debilitating neurological disorder that affects 50 million people worldwide. It’s characterized by recurrent seizures — brief episodes of involuntary movement that can occasionally involve a loss of consciousness. While many people respond to epilepsy medication, approximately 20 million do not, facing ongoing seizures that severely affect quality of life and increase health…
ASU Tech Devils Explore the Heart of Innovation in Silicon Valley During Spring 2025 Retreat
Powered by the Prescott Student Venture Fund, ASU’s top student founders connect with industry leaders, alumni, and each other in immersive entrepreneurial experience. Arizona State University’s most promising student entrepreneurs recently returned from a transformative three-day innovation retreat in the heart of Silicon Valley as part of the Spring 2025 ASU Tech Devils program, powered…
DevHacks 2025 Ignites Innovation at Arizona State University
DevHacks 2025, the premier hackathon organized by DevLabs at Arizona State University, brought together over 200 innovative minds for a high-energy, 24-hour product-building sprint on March 29–30. The event was more than a competition—it was a launchpad for the next generation of developers, entrepreneurs, and changemakers. With over 50 groundbreaking projects submitted and $2,000 in…
SproutSmart: Where Computer Science Meets Gardening Innovation
Engineering and entrepreneurship share more than just innovative thinking. Both are characterized by value creation, problem-solving, and impact-driven results. Logan Goswick, a Barrett Honors student studying computer science, took this to heart during the spring semester of his junior year in FSE 301 – Entrepreneurship & Value Creation. Throughout the semester, he developed a new…
A New Pearl: Entrepreneurship Takes a Dive on Travel Consultancy
Unpredictable, stressful, and time-consuming. These are just a few of the characterizing emotions that can be felt when planning and booking a trip. However, it doesn’t have to be this way! William Manning, a double major in Business Entrepreneurship and Supply Chain Management at the W. P. Carey School of Business and Barrett, The Honors…
An emphasis on community-focused engineering
Two recent events at the Arizona State University West Valley campus put a spotlight on student projects that are striving to lay groundwork for building stronger communities. At a recent Entrepreneurship + Value Creation Demo Day event, several groups of students in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU, presented projects to which they applied…
ASU sophomore wins $100K prize in inaugural Inferno Cup
An Arizona State University sophomore won $100,000 for his venture at the inaugural Inferno Invitational Startup Cup on Monday.
Sandul Gangodagamage, a double major in computer science and business law, won the grand prize for his startup Legion Platforms, a multiplayer gaming platform that can be accessed with slow internet speeds, beating out eight other student-led ventures.