Benjamin Weber Year: Major: Hometown: Hobbies: Fulton memory: Involvement with ASU:
Projects

Wyatt Blackson
Wyatt Blackson Year: Sophomore Major: Chemical Engineering Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona Hobbies: Playing music and cooking. Fulton Memory: FURI Symposium Involvement with ASU: FURI & EPICS

Rohit Somasundaram
Boat Races
Cardboard boats and floats (Fall) Every year, Fulton Schools students at the Polytechnic campus test out their sea legs in the desert. Teams must engineer the fastest and most reliable watercraft possible. Each boat must hold at least three participants, after that...
Car Show
Annual Poly Car Show See the Annual Poly Car Show on the Polytechnic campus — or contact Max Hadley if you have a sweet ride and want to show it off!
Family Weekend
Family Weekend Immerse yourself in Sun Devil spirit and pride while spending quality time with your Sun Devil. Ask your student to show you around campus — where they like to study, their go-to snack place or favorite hangout — then join other Sun Devil families at...
Innovation Showcase
Innovation Showcase is a massive exhibit of student-produced projects, demonstrating how ASU students solve real-world problems with innovative and imaginative solutions. Collaborating with industry partners both in the greater metropolitan area and the world over,...

Keene Patarakun
Keene Patarakun Year: Junior Major: Mechanical Engineering Hometown: Gilbert, AZ Hobbies: K-pop choreography, soccer, video games Fulton memory: Cramming into the office of my Dynamics professor with a dozen other students to study and work on homework during office...

Huong Dang
Huong Dang Year: Junior Major: Informatics Hometown: Vietnam Hobbies: Camping, hiking, and sketching portraits Fulton memory: Getting involved in EPICS where I get to team up with awesome engineering students/ stakeholders and build solutions from scratch for...

Shawn Mian
Shawn Mian Year: Sophomore Major: Computer Systems Engineering Hometown: Phoenix, AZ Hobbies: Video Games, Bouldering, Muay Thai, Editing Fulton memory: Going to E2 camp Involvement with ASU: GCSP, EPICS, Luminosity Lab

Sean Stanek
Sean Stanek Year: Junior Major: Biomedical Engineering Hometown: Queen Creek, AZ Hobbies: Traveling and Gaming Fulton memory: Being inspired by other engineering students Involvement with ASU: Theta Tau, Transfer PM

Joseph Dimodica
Joseph Dimodica Year: Senior Major: Biomedical Engineering Hometown: Buckeye, AZ Hobbies: Video games, but also attending every sporting event I possibly can Fulton memory: Becoming a UGTA for the Grand Challenges Scholars Program Involvement with ASU:Residential Peer...

Jenny Wong
Jenny Wong Year: Junior Major: Biomedical Engineering w/ Pre-Health Track Hometown: Scottsdale, AZ Hobbies: Baking, playing piano, and hanging out with friends Fulton memory: Being an E2 lead Involvement with ASU: FURI, Grader/UGTA, E2 Lead, Residential Peer Mentor,...

Luis Avina
Luis Avina Year: Sophmore Major: Computer Science Hometown: Dayton, Ohio Hobbies: Playing basketball and video games, eating Fulton Memory: Being an E2 counselor was rewarding Involvement with ASU:Residential Peer Mentor,SHPE VPE committee, SoDA

Yoga Mahartayasa
Yoga Mahartayasa SO, Electrical Engineering Activities: Barrett the Honors College Fun Fact: I like to skateboard.

Q&A with Morteza Abbaszadegan: Addressing the ‘raw water’ craze
Silicon Valley: the place that invented the Juicero, PetChatz and countless apps to solve problems you never knew you had. And now comes the idea of drinking water from a puddle. A “raw water” craze — drinking water that is untreated and unfiltered — is afoot in...

Q&A with Tony Lamanna: Rebuilding after a hurricane
Starting small is key to disaster recovery, says expert who lived through Katrina and created a firm to help rebuild New Orleans. When Tony Lamanna bought his home in New Orleans, the civil engineer discovered a hatchet in the attic. The hatchet was stored there to...

Q & A with Kerry Hamilton: Waterborne disease outbreaks
Assistant Professor Kerry Hamilton predicts risks from pathogens in water systems to limit exposure and health concerns, such as Legionnaires’ disease. Hamilton aims to help building owners and managers predict water-quality degradation sooner and better maintain...

Q&A with Morteza Abbaszadegan: What lives in floodwater?
Hurricanes of enormous magnitude have become almost routine. Abbaszadegan, an environmental microbiologist, discusses the composition and safety of floodwaters and what to do after the floodwater recedes. Abbaszadegan is the founding director of the National Science...

Q&A with Taylor Weiss: Biodegradable plastics made from bacteria
The world is awash in discarded plastics. A recent estimate of the amount of plastic in Earth’s environment puts it at 6.3 billion metric tons, some taking up to 400 years to degrade. What can be done to change this situation? ASU Assistant Professor Taylor Weiss says...