School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Large array of pipes in a warehouse setting.

Environment and sustainability

Squeezing every last drop out of wastewater

Illustration of microbe that looks like a green, oval shape with long tendrils behind

Health and medicine

Is your gut microbiome a calorie 'super harvester'?

June 11, 2025

ASU Regents Professor Bruce Rittmann

Environment and sustainability

Water-cleaning bacteria can produce health, economic benefits

June 06, 2025

Two men mid-discussion while standing outside with a field and mountains in the backdrop

Environment and sustainability

New algae system helps Arizona farmers grow better crops with less water

June 03, 2025

Man made waterfall as part of canal system

Environment and sustainability

ASU launches center to enhance water quality, sustainably

May 29, 2025

Dhruv Modi with Rong Pan

Science and technology

ASU’s data science dream team turns big data into big futures

May 12, 2025

A portrait of Mackenzie Schmader

Sun Devil community

Outstanding Graduate loved being part of first-place concrete solutions team

May 09, 2025

Students present their findings to faculty members, staff and industry leaders and answer questions during the Graduate Research Symposium for the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, in the Paul C. Helmick Center on the ASU Tempe campus on Feb. 28, 2025. The center is named after the late Paul C. Helmick, whose wife Mary Jo Helmick donated a generous gift to the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Bu

The gift of student success

May 08, 2025

Aerial view of a portion of highways that intersect and overlap.

Science and technology

Transforming Arizona’s highways for a smoother drive

March 27, 2025

Dew drops that have condensed from water vapor in the air adorn a leaf of a nasturtium plant.

Environment and sustainability

Mapping the way to harvesting water from air

March 17, 2025

Environment and sustainability

ASU researchers test environmental risks of tire emissions on Arizona highways

March 17, 2025