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UA-invented sustainable building material

Mining Engineer Turns Waste into Concrete Substitute

Lighter, stronger and less expensive than concrete, Acrete -- brainchild of Jinhong Zhang, associate professor of UA mining and geological engineering -- uses three times as much waste and converts it into useful building material.

UA Engineering’s Student-Run Career Fair Showcases Full Spectrum of Employers, Jobs

Multinational giants, local firms and the military promote jobs from working on the world’s biggest laser to designing sutures for the tiniest blood vessels.

Alumna Takes Lettuce Growing to Big-City Rooftops, Bigtime

Using skills she attained in the UA’s Controlled Environment Agriculture Center, Jenn Frymark, co-founder of Gotham Greens, grows 10 million heads of lettuce and other greens year-round, without soil, inside greenhouses in New York and Chicago.
Bane Vasic, UA professor of electrical and computer engineering, and his Codelucia team

UA Startup Codelucida Secures $700K in Angel Funding

Company launched by UA College of Engineering faculty is commercializing its error-correction technology for data storage and communications.

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