Month: November 2017

Brad Lusk, PhD, presents “ScienceTheEarth – Stories of Science on the Road” MON, April 24th, 1-2:30pm, Biodesign Auditorium

3/17/2017 ​Bradley Lusk received his PhD in Biological Design from Arizona State University in 2015. After finishing a brief postdoc, he embarked on a mission to bridge cultures through science and human discovery titled www.ScienceTheEarth.com. For this mission, he is visiting innovators, entrepreneurs, and game changers around the world to tell a narrative of how logic and innovation… Continue reading Brad Lusk, PhD, presents “ScienceTheEarth – Stories of Science on the Road” MON, April 24th, 1-2:30pm, Biodesign Auditorium

Swette Center Benefactor Featured in Forbes Article

3/31/2017 ​In an article entitled With Sweet Earth Natural Foods, a corporate couple goes from Pepsi and Whoppers to quinoa burritos, Susan Adams interviews Brian and Kelly Swette about their contributions to sustainability.  In addition to developing a vegetarian food company, they are also major benefactors of our research Center here at the Biodesign Institute at ASU.… Continue reading Swette Center Benefactor Featured in Forbes Article

Swette Center students make educational videos that describe the importance of their research

3/31/2017 Lately, the members of our Center have been wondering how we can improve our abilities to share our work with non-science audiences and inspire them.  Dr. Andrew D. Maynard, Director of the Risk Innovation Lab and Professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University, recently provided a few… Continue reading Swette Center students make educational videos that describe the importance of their research

BSCEB students present at FURI research symposium

4/24/2017 Taylor Rumsey, Omar Arafa, and Sammy Aguiar presented the research they completed under the guidance of Michelle Young (Cesar Torres’ Lab), Diana Calvo Martinez (Bruce Rittmann’s Lab), and Anca Delgado (Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown’s Lab) during this year’s FURI Symposium, held on Friday, 4/21/17.  Congratulations!

Dr. Parameswaran receives Outstanding Faculty award

5/12/2017 The American Society of Civil Engineers student chapter at Kansas State University voted Swette Center alumnus Prathap Parameswaran to be their Outstanding Faculty for the year 2016.  We are not surprised, being that he was always a great mentor and teacher when he was with us! Congratulations, Prathap!  We are proud of you.

Biodesign Swette Center attends AEESP Conference en force!

6/26/2017 Current BSCEB members and alumni attended AEESP from June 20-22, 2017 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Dr. Bruce Rittmann was honored with an AEESP Fellow award.  Read more about Dr. Rittmann’s AEESP award In the Loop.

Rolf Halden appears on KJZZ

7/21/2017 July 19, 2017.  Dr. Rolf Halden, distinguished BSCEB alumnus, appeared in a piece titled Studying Wastewater Could Be Messy, But It May Improve Public Health, produced by Steve Goldstein of local public radio station KJZZ.  Listen here.  Dr. Halden used to be part of our Center but went on to found his own Center for Environmental… Continue reading Rolf Halden appears on KJZZ