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ASU students’ machine turns trash to 3-D filament
Two robotics engineering students out of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering have found a way to take recyclable plastic and turn it into filament for 3-D printers.
SVP Arizona Fast Pitch Award
Three Arizona State University students committed to making a positive social impact were selected to participate as finalists in the Social Venture Partners Fast Pitch Competition on March 4 at the Tempe Center for the Arts. FitStart Kids, an Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) team, was the ASU Student Winner, with a $2000 award….
Freshman crosses ocean for ASU entrepreneurship program
Jobana Westbay, who loves jazz music and exploring the natural world, will be studying at ASU’s Polytechnic campus.
Engineering student combines gaming, Fitbit tech to address childhood obesity
A self-proclaimed hippie from Boulder, Colorado, ASU student Courtney Van Bussum is a locavore and at her happiest when hiking, perusing farmers markets, or practicing and teaching yoga as a certified yoga instructor.
Online engineering student starts venture, prepares for entrepreneurial fellowship
As an electrical engineering student with a knack for entrepreneurship, Andrew Ninh said his life is “developing a startup company by day and finishing coursework by night.”
Skiing in Phoenix One Step Closer to Reality
Ski Phoenix LLC hope to make this a reality. Ski Phoenix was founded by junior Engineering (Robotics) student Cody Van Cleve (pictured left, receiving personalized ski training from Neils Mooij, owner and founder of Ski Centrum Sassenheim) and senior Manufacturing Engineering student Parker Feldmann.
DocBot Competes at the Value and Ventures Business Plan Competition
Recently, Andrew Ninh (pictured on the right), a senior in Electrical Engineering, had the opportunity to showcase the DocBot venture at Texas Christian University’s Value and Ventures Business Plan Competition to compete for funding.
ASU students dominate the Avnet Tech Games taking first place in five challenges
A panel of judges including technology executives, engineers and other business leaders selected the winners based on the students’ ability to meet the technical requirements of a task, apply innovative approaches to the solution and demonstrate professional skills. Seventy teams of students competed in the onsite games on Saturday at The University of Advancing Technology in Tempe, Arizona.
3D Cycler ASU students win undergraduate section of UNL Global New Venture Competition
3D Cycler, Josh Kosar, Arizona State University, Chandler, Arizona, sophomore robotics engineering major; and Riley Chicci, Flagstaff, Arizona, sophomore robotics engineering major. 3DCycler will take used plastic bottles and convert them into 3D printable filament for use in any filament-based 3D printer. read more
ASU team wins Social Venture Challenge at CGI U
The Stair Gardens Project, a sustainable food source venture founded by Arizona State University engineering student Ngoni Mugwisi, competed and won against 191 other ventures at the 2015 Social Venture Challenge, held in conjunction with the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) conference March 6-8. Stair Gardens is an Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)…