Changing the way engineering feels: A project to improve the accessibility of STEM fields for the visually impaired
Open an engineering textbook, and you’re sure to find charts, graphs, and complex equations. Hard enough to decipher, imagine parsing that information if you wereRead More
Iowa State formula racers think engine problems are finally behind them
Iowa State’s Formula SAE racing team has been fighting engine problems the past few summers. Three years ago, the team’s mini open-wheel racer was stopped by crackedRead More
ME professor and graduate assistant discover new way to manipulate fluid stream flow
Two Iowa State researchers teamed up with researchers from UCLA and Princeton University to create an innovative way to engineer the flow of fluid streams,Read More
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 State University Construction Engineering Hall of Fame. Peterson joined his business partner, Cordell Peterson, in 1968 to co-own Peterson Contractors, Inc. (PCI), after graduating from Iowa State and serving two years
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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, the College of Engineering established the initiative and awarded $500,000 to three interdisciplinary teams to help the groups pursue larger funding opportunities in important research areas. Initiative for a Carbon Negative
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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 carefully marked every one with black markers. Schmitz, an Iowa State graduate student of civil, construction and environmental engineering, and Sri Sritharan, Iowa State’s Wilson Engineering Professor and leader of the ’s College
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