Fulton Schools Innovation Showcase
Congratulations to the Spring 2026 People’s Choice Award winning team.
Join us for the Fall 2026 Innovation Showcase
Friday, Dec. 4, 2026
3–5 p.m.
Sun Devil Fitness Complex, ASU Polytechnic campus
This event is part of the Polytechnic Student Showcase Week.
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Students Eli Greetis, Harrison LaBell, Arick Nitzsche, Zack Okun, Dominick Trusko and Kirk Volin earned both the Innovation Showcase People’s Choice Award and Technical Excellence Award for their project, “Investigating IIoT Components to Enable Smart Manufacturing.”
The interdisciplinary team from the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks and The Polytechnic School developed a smart manufacturing workcell featuring industrial robotics, programmable logic controllers and a candy-dispensing demonstration designed to make advanced manufacturing concepts more interactive and accessible. Sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the Manufacturing Education Alliance, the project demonstrated the potential of Industrial Internet of Things technologies in modern manufacturing environments.
Selected by visiting high school students and industry professionals from across the Valley, the awards recognized the project’s creativity, technical excellence and engaging hands-on approach to smart manufacturing.
Discover how project teams are bridging education and industry through innovative approaches.
Aviation
The aviation program offers a degree that combines academic study with professional flight and aviation training, using simulation facilities to provide realistic learning experiences that prepare students for aviation careers.
Software Engineering
The software engineering program combines engineering, computing, project leadership and software construction. Students develop software solutions for global challenges through projects sponsored by industry partners that provide real world experience.
Human Systems Engineering
The human systems engineering program combines engineering and psychology to design systems aligned with human capabilities and limitations, preparing students to improve usability, safety and performance across technology, work and environments.
eProjects
Professional Design Project II includes students from the engineering program with concentrations in automotive, electrical, mechanical and robotics systems and the manufacturing engineering program, working together on applied design projects.
Manufacturing
Modern manufacturing systems require innovative design and implementation of technologies that integrate multiple engineering disciplines, including robotics, artificial intelligence, data science and electrical engineering, with human machine teams working together effectively.
Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)
The Engineering Projects in Community Service program, or EPICS, is a national social entrepreneurship program where teams design, build and deploy systems to solve engineering problems for community organizations and nonprofits.
Robotics and autonomous systems
To meet high tech demands, advanced factories use robotic platforms and autonomous systems that perform complex tasks at high speeds in dangerous environments, improving efficiency, safety and consistency in manufacturing operations.
Interdisciplinary projects
Students preparing for engineering careers develop a strong foundation in their specialties and complementary areas including systems thinking, sustainability, data science, business and human centered design, enabling adaptability, collaboration and leadership.