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College of Engineering receives a new name after impactful donation

Carrie | October 22, 2024

Thanks to the generosity of Maria and Steve Sanghi, the name of the College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences will now be changed to the Steve Sanghi College of Engineering. The Sanghi’s $10 million gift is the largest of its kind in NAU’s 125-year history and will make a lasting impact for the College, opening doors for talented students to prepare for careers of purpose, including Arizona’s booming semiconductor industry… Read more

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Skills for a New World

Carrie | September 26, 2024

Computer science professor Ashish Amresh is working to empower Native American educators to teach the language of code. The National Science Foundation awarded more than $1.3 million to NAU and partnering institutions to address the challenges of teaching computer science in Arizona’s rural and tribal communities. Read more about project “Let’s Talk Code” here… Read more

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SCE unveils robotics degree for the future

Carrie | September 10, 2024

In the last decade, robots have successfully broken out of the sci-fi genre and secured indispensable roles in manufacturing, healthcare and aeronautics. To ensure Arizona has plenty of mechanical engineers ready to design, develop and deploy these robots, NAU’s College of Engineering introduced the Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering degree program in Fall 2023, comprised of state-of-the-art technology training and real-world problem-solving. Read the full article here… Read more

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Project Smart Fan wins $100,000

Carrie | March 20, 2024

Five student finalist teams from colleges and universities across the U.S. took part in a fast-paced virtual pitch competition for the 10X Grand Prize, a $100,000 award for the most innovative and scalable clean cooling solution… Read more

Group of N A U students and professors are excited about Project Smart Fan winning $100,000.

ACA awards $13 million for semiconductor training & research

Carrie | February 15, 2024

With $13 million in funds from the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA), NAU is set to expand training programs and research related to metrology, a foundational component of semiconductor manufacturing and innovation. Read the full article here… Read more

Semiconductor Metrology coming to NAU

hipaa | December 12, 2023

The College of Engineering is currently working on bringing metrology focused courses to the NAU Workforce Development program. These courses will aim to provide semiconductor metrology courses to adult learners seeking to create a pathway for themselves into the microelectronics industry… Read more