Iowa State’s Lunabotics team celebrated by Georgia columnist
While traveling to NASA’s Third Annual Lunabotics Mining Competition held in Cape Canaveral, Florida, this week, the Iowa State Lunabotics team met a Georgian columnist who was quite fascinated by the...
View ArticleABE club recognized for outstanding service
Governor Terry Branstad honored Iowa State’s American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) student chapter in June, presenting the organization with the Annual Governor’s Volunteer...
View ArticleIowa State Baja SAE Team carries results, confidence into Wisconsin race
They’ve already survived a race through the Oregon mud. And so the members of Iowa State University’s Baja SAE Team think they have an off-road racer that can compete when the series moves to...
View ArticleLunabotics club mines success in NASA competition
After leaving NASA’s annual Lunabotics Mining Competition empty handed the past two years, Iowa State team members were determined to stand out at this year’s contest. Armed with a new design, Team...
View ArticleME assistant professor returns from Big 12 faculty fellowship
Erin MacDonald, a 2011-2012 Big 12 Faculty Fellow, recently returned from the University of Texas at Austin with a new partnership and several budding research ideas to improve new product design....
View ArticleKirpes named 2012 Tau Beta Pi Laureate
Each year, graduates of the College of Engineering leave with countless academic and research experiences that help propel them into the next chapter of their lives. Carl Kirpes, senior in mechanical...
View ArticleAssistant professor in mechanical engineering receives DARPA Award
Gap-Yong Kim, assistant professor in mechanical engineering, recently received the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award. The award, established to recognize junior...
View ArticleBond publishes article on fitness tests for nuclear reactors
Leonard Bond, director for the Center of Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE) and professor of Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State, was recently published in IEEE Spectrum, a magazine edited by the...
View ArticlePotential employers, students meet, mingle at Engineering Career Fair
In order to gain experience beyond the classroom, students headed to Hilton Coliseum and the Scheman Building to meet and mingle with potential employers at the fall Engineering Career Fair. While...
View ArticleAmes Laboratory, Iowa Waste Reduction Center win award for improving virtual...
AMES, Iowa — Spray paint training and designing next-generation power plants don’t seem, at first glance, to have much to do with one another. But, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory...
View ArticleStudents will be doing vulnerability tests on security products at Iowa State...
Iowa State University (ISU) is setting up a product-security test and evaluation lab where university students will be assessing network security products’ strengths and weaknesses in a formal program...
View ArticleAmes Laboratory finds ordered atoms in glass materials
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Ames Laboratory have discovered the underlying order in metallic glasses, which may hold the key to the ability to create new high-tech alloys with...
View ArticleCollege of Engineering has most undergraduate students
If it seems like more and more students have descended upon Ames this fall, it is not an illusion. In fact, enrollment for both the university as well as the College of Engineering have reached new...
View ArticleProfessor Leonard Bond appointed Interim Director of the Institute for...
Leonard Bond recently became the Interim Director of the Institute for Physical Research and Technology (IPRT), effective October 1. Bond will continue his current position as the Director of the...
View ArticleCarbon Negative Effort on Display at Sustainability Meeting
The Initiative for a Carbon Negative Economy (ICNE) will be on hand to explain its vision at the 2012 International Annual Meetings of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America,...
View ArticleStudent combines interests in engineering and music while interning abroad
It’s not every day students are presented with the opportunity to work with two of their passions while also venturing abroad. Maybe that’s why John Ryan, senior in computer engineering, feels so lucky...
View ArticlePrograms push for women in science, engineering
Engineering may be commonly viewed as a male-dominated field, but there are plenty of women at Iowa State who would argue that engineering is not purely a male monopoly. Kelsey Bruning, president, and...
View ArticleFood Safety and Grain Quality Researcher New Iowa State University Professor
AMES, Iowa — A researcher in food safety and grain quality has joined Iowa State University in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering . Gretchen Mosher, assistant professor of...
View ArticleSchool kids, Iowa State graduate students teach each other lessons in science
Symbi is known as “Iowa’s GK-12 Program.” It’s the only program of its kind in the state. It’s part of a National Science Foundation effort to put graduate students studying science, technology,...
View ArticleMechanical engineering student makes discovery in ductwork
When it comes to creating more energy efficient ventilation systems, one Iowa State student’s research is paving the way for major advancements in the industry. Anthony Fontanini, graduate student in...
View ArticleEngineering professor and student bond over shared interests
Traditionally, graduate students and their major professors become very well acquainted. They spend hours together furthering research and exploring new theories. Every now and again, a passion outside...
View ArticleAlumnus launches mobile philanthropic app
In today’s fast-paced world of technology, making monetary contributions to a worthy cause via mobile devices is growing in popularity. For users, sending a donation via cell phone is quick and easy....
View ArticleNew CoE Innovate app
The College of Engineering recently released its Innovate app for Android. Download the app for free from Google Play to stay connected with the college through stories, photos, videos, and the dean’s...
View ArticleGilbert combines interests in cognitive science and emerging technologies
Stephen Gilbert’s fascination with technology and cognitive science has led him to his current role as assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE),...
View ArticleCoE alumna proves to be a valuable mentor
Through a valuable education, incredible career, and numerous accolades, College of Engineering alumna Gayle Roberts, has become more than the president and chief executive officer of Stanley...
View ArticleKirpes named 2012 Tau Beta Pi Laureate
Each year, graduates of the College of Engineering leave with countless academic and research experiences that help propel them into the next chapter of their lives. Carl Kirpes, senior in mechanical...
View ArticleCoE alumnus performs pioneering research, assists developing nations
Combining a deep passion for engineering with a strong desire to support advancement in developing nations, Nathan Johnson, a 2004 graduate of the College of Engineering, uses his technical skills to...
View ArticleChemical engineering students immerse themselves in laboratory work and...
With a variety of study abroad opportunities for students cropping up around the nation, one course in the chemical and biological engineering (CBE) department at Iowa State has set itself apart from...
View ArticleME graduate student aims to aid in wind energy development
Although wind is a plentiful resource in Iowa, harnessing the invisible power is not as straightforward as it may seem. Planning and implementing a wind farm requires the consideration of many factors,...
View ArticleME students’ coursework put to the test by Ugandan women farmers
Each semester students from the sophomore engineering design course ME 270 use their engineering skills, coupled with creativity, to produce technologies for the betterment of developing nations. This...
View ArticleBloebaum turns passion for planes into career in aerospace engineering
A love for flying and a strong desire to become an astronaut led Christina Bloebaum to believe joining the U.S. Air Force was her destiny, especially after growing up for three and a half years on a...
View ArticleAerospace engineering students spend summer interning for NASA
Part of the mission at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, is to ‘pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research.’ That is exactly what...
View ArticleChemE post-doctorate takes on ME assistant professor position
For Alberto Passalacqua, transitioning from his position as a postdoctoral assistant in the Department of Chemical Engineering to assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering is...
View ArticleRegele joins Aerospace faculty
Jonathan Regele’s time in industry has given him an appreciation for academia along with a good sense of what’s important for students who plan to enter the workforce. And he’s looking forward to...
View ArticleRivero prepares for collaborative research upon arrival at Iowa State
Iris Rivero has made her way around North America throughout her education and career. In her latest move, Rivero trekked from Lubbock, Texas, to Ames, where she joined the Iowa State faculty as an...
View ArticleNew ME professor offers wide range of research interests
With research aimed at understanding the interfaces between humans and materials, Cris Schwartz adds a focus on engineering design to the mechanical engineering department. While completing his...
View ArticleFormer student returns to Iowa State as a faculty member
The Department of Mechanical Engineering is welcoming a familiar face back to campus. Former student Mark Mba Wright is re-joining the department, but this time as a faculty member. Wright graduated...
View ArticleWard returns to Midwest to join AerE department
Originally from the Midwest, Thomas Ward’s academic pursuits and research interests have taken him from coast to coast. Now settled into his assistant professor position in the aerospace engineering...
View ArticleStephens aims to foster leadership development skills among CoE students
The ability to lead is a coveted quality, one that is necessary in all aspects of life. Recognizing the value of integrating leadership into education, the College of Engineering has brought on board...
View ArticleA passion for teaching brings an aerospace lecturer back to Iowa State from...
Jennifer Johannsen has spent a great deal of time applying her problem-solving and engineering skills in industry jobs. But after a year serving as a teaching assistant, she found herself inspired by...
View ArticleStudent combines interests in engineering and music while interning abroad
It’s not every day students are presented with the opportunity to work with two of their passions while also venturing abroad. Maybe that’s why John Ryan, senior in computer engineering, feels so lucky...
View ArticleCoE alum finds success in healthcare industry; begins role as CEO at Mercy...
Dan Varnum didn’t know when he started in Iowa State’s industrial engineering program more than 30 years ago that he’d end up in the healthcare field. The journey that would take him there started...
View ArticleEngineering senior develops cutting-edge software
Growing up around R & D Industries, Inc., a computer network engineering and solutions company owned by his father, Christopher Van Oort, senior in software engineering at Iowa State, knows the ins...
View ArticleElectrical Engineering alumni has successful career in sales management
While many consider the study and application of engineering to be a branch of science involved only with design and structures, James Contardi, 1985 Iowa State electrical engineering alumnus, argues...
View ArticleMosher studies human impact on engineering designs in food and agricultural...
While Gretchen Mosher is a newly appointed tenure track assistant professor in agriculture and biosystems engineering, she is not unfamiliar with life at Iowa State. Having completed every level of her...
View ArticleISU Material Advantage wins Most Outstanding Chapter Award for ninth year
After attending the national Materials Science and Technology Conference held in Pittsburgh from October 7 – 11, the Iowa State Material Advantage (MA) chapter returned to Ames having received the...
View ArticleAgricultural Engineering alumnus makes strides in sustainable agriculture...
Growing up on a farm in small town Iowa with an interest in science and farming, alumnus Bill Wilcke, found a home away from home at Iowa State, where he was able to combine his passions in the...
View ArticleCollaboration between ABE and AerE saves funds while helping students
When faculty members from the Aerospace Engineering (AerE) department were in need of small steel bars used to test for failure, faculty from the Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) department...
View ArticleFive students from Iowa State awarded NASA Fellowship
This fall, five Iowa State students were awarded research funding through the Iowa Space Grant Consortium program, a fellowship distributed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)....
View ArticleSociety of Women Engineers at Iowa State awarded Procter & Gamble grant
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) section at Iowa State was recently awarded a grant through the Procter & Gamble Fund Higher Education Grant Program. The grant, in the amount of $10,000, will...
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