Research & Resources
Everything useful, in one place.
Two things students ask us constantly: how do I get into a lab, and where do I actually look for energy work. Neither answer is secret — it is just scattered across a dozen university pages. Here it is collected, with the useful ones marked.
01/Research at ASU
Finding a lab
ASU runs a large energy research operation — grid and power systems, photovoltaics, batteries and storage, power electronics, energy materials, fuel cells. The directories below are how you find the people doing it, and the programs below fund students to join them.
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Find research
Start here if you do not yet know which lab you want.
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Fulton programs & funding
- FURI — Fulton Undergraduate Research InitiativeFunded semester-long undergraduate projects with a faculty mentor.
- SURI — Summer Research Initiative
- NSF Research Experiences for UndergraduatesPaid summer research, at ASU or at any host institution in the country.
- Experiential Learning Grant
- Grand Challenges Scholars Program
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Graduate students
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Energy research at ASU
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Facilities
02 / How to start
Five steps, in the order that actually works.
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Pick something you actually want to learn about
Not the area you think looks best. You will be reading papers in it for a semester.
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Search the Energy Faculty Directory or the Research Experts Directory
Find three or four faculty whose work overlaps with that area.
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Read their research pages and one recent paper
You do not need to understand all of it. You need to be able to say what it is about.
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Send a short, specific email
Who you are, what you have read of theirs, what you can do and how much time you have. Five sentences.
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Watch FURI, SURI, UResearch and CareerLink
The deadlines come around every semester, and most students miss them because nobody told them the dates.
If you get stuck on step four, bring the draft to a chapter event or post it in Discord. Someone has sent that email before.
03/AEE, careers & learning
Beyond the university
Membership in the chapter is separate from membership in AEE itself — both are worth having, and the student rate for the national organization is low.
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AEE
The chapter sits inside a professional body with its own certifications, chapters and student programs.
- Join AEE at ASUSun Devil Central — the official student organization roster.
- Association of Energy EngineersThe parent organization. Founded 1977; certifications include the CEM and CEA.
- AEE Student & Young Professional Membership
- AEE Arizona ChapterThe professional chapter in our state — worth knowing while you are still a student.
- AEE Foundation Scholarships
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Careers
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Learn & explore
Two sources worth reading before your first energy interview.
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Join
You do not need an energy background. You need to be interested.
Undergraduates, graduate students and PhD students from any major are welcome — engineering, sustainability, business, computing, science, policy. Show up to one thing and see whether it is for you.