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Fulton Schools Innovation Showcase

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Innovation Showcase highlights culminating projects created by undergraduate students in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Students put their knowledge and skills into practice as they develop solutions to pressing societal challenges. Many also collaborate with industry partners, gaining hands-on experience while working on projects spanning fields like robotics, technology, aviation and manufacturing.

Participating students represent The Polytechnic School, the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks and the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence.

Explore their projects and meet the students behind the work at the Innovation Showcase on Dec. 4, 2026. The event is part of Polytechnic Student Showcase week, happening Nov. 30–Dec. 4, 2026.

Two Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering students demonstrate an engineering project at the Innovation Showcase.

Discover how project teams are bridging education and industry through innovative approaches.

Aviation student sitting at a control tower simulator

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.

Student engineer Cecilia LaPlace writing code on her laptop for her FURI project

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.

A student in the Cooke Lab interacting with a user interface and multiple screens at a terminal.

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.

An eProjects team with a portion of their mechanical docking invention solution

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.

Two students wearing safety glasses look into a piece of lab equipment with red lighting in a laboratory setting.

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.

A student and faculty mentor hammering together a project

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.

A student stands in a robotics lab using a handheld device while facing a humanoid robot with a glowing blue display.

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.

Two students lean over a laptop with an ASU sticker while working with small robotic arms and electronic components on a lab table.

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.