Iowa State’s Team LunaCY ready to repeat last year’s top results at NASA competition
The student-engineers of Team LunaCY say they’ve built an even better robot. That’s a big deal, considering last year’s robot won three of the contests in NASA’s annualRead More
Cork Peterson named to Iowa State Construction Engineering Hall of Fame
Gale M. “Cork” Peterson, Jr. (BSConE’66), a longtime supporter and collaborator with the Iowa State construction engineering program, was recently named to the Iowa StateRead More
Dean’s Research Initiatives see successes in second year
Two years into their work, leaders of the Dean’s Research Initiatives (DRIs) presented their progress in an open forum held April 22. In 2011, theRead More
Iowa State engineers design, test taller, high-strength concrete towers for wind turbines
Grant Schmitz, eyes inches from a 6.5-by-12-foot panel of ultra-high performance concrete, studied the smooth surface for tiny cracks. He and other research engineers carefullyRead More
Power Pullers preparing for national competition with new quarter-scale tractor
By Fred Love, Communications Specialist, ISU News Service. What’s that old expression about the size of the dog in the fight? A team of students at Iowa State University is putting the finishing touches on a built-from-scratch 1/4-scale tractor to enter in a nationwide engineering competition at the end of the month. The Cyclone Power Pullers hope
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It’s all about reliability for this year’s Iowa State Baja racing team
Students swarmed the Baja SAE garage last week, assembling their mini off-road racer and manufacturing spare parts for their two summer races. “The big thing we tried to address this year was reliability,” said Scott Brehm, a graduating senior from Rickardsville who’s a mechanical engineering major and the technical director of Iowa State’s Baja SAE team. The team
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Caroline Hayes named 2013 ASME Fellow
Caroline Hayes, chair of the mechanical engineering department and Lynn Gleason Professor of Interdisciplinary Engineering, recently became an ASME Fellow. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers recognizes members who have had 10 or more years of practice in the field and an active membership with ASME. Throughout her time as a member, Hayes has been
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