Engineering News
Cyclone Energy sweeps Electri-International Green Energy Challenge for sixth year running
Aerospace senior selected for Women in Aerospace scholarship
Abby Gries, a senior in aerospace engineering, is joining a prestigious cohort of women undergraduates in being awarded a scholarship from the Women in Aerospace Foundation (WIA). With each recipient given a unique award, Gries will be receiving the AIAA Digital Avionics Scholarship.
MSE’s Jiang organizes workshop series to improve engineering department
Iowans to observe Farm Safety Week Sept. 15-21
ISU researchers to study blockchain technology to improve sustainability in food markets
Food production systems could become more environmentally sustainable and K-12 students could become more educated about it as part of a new research project. A team of Iowa State University researchers, led by mechanical engineering (ME) associate professor Mark Mba-Wright, recently received a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a research project … Continue reading ISU researchers to study blockchain technology to improve sustainability in food markets
NBC News: How Jocelyn Jackson is changing the face of engineering
CBE’s Grad Seminar Series set to bring top lecturers to ISU
The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering’s 2019-20 Graduate Seminar Series has begun, and will again provide a showcase of current chemical engineering research from some of the nation’s leading scientists. The seminars are part of the required curriculum for chemical engineering graduate students, but are open to all Iowa State graduate and undergraduate students, … Continue reading CBE’s Grad Seminar Series set to bring top lecturers to ISU
ECpE’s Zheng receives NSF grant for proposing reliable HPC file system checkers to prevent data corruption
Most likely, all of us have data that we don’t want to lose. But how do we know that data will be reliably kept? Where is it stored, and how does it stay secure? In national labs, large companies or universities, a high-performance computing (HPC) center is often needed to store large quantities … Continue reading ECpE’s Zheng receives NSF grant for proposing reliable HPC file system checkers to prevent data corruption
Nondestructive evaluation leader Reza Zoughi joins Iowa State as Kirby Gray (Battelle) Chair
Reza Zoughi, a research and teaching leader in nondestructive evalution, has joined Iowa State University as the Kirby Gray (Battelle) Chair in Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Four aerospace engineering graduate students receive TEX-REX awards
Four Department of Aerospace Engineering graduate students were awarded the Teaching Excellence (TEX) and Research Excellence (REX) Awards from Iowa State University’s Graduate College for the summer 2019 semester. The awards are presented through the academic year to graduate students who demonstrate excellence in these areas. Rajarshi Biswas and Mehdi Kamrani were nominated for REX … Continue reading Four aerospace engineering graduate students receive TEX-REX awards
A father’s legacy leads one Cyclone Engineering alum to an unexpected career
“I know my dad would be very proud of me and the life I’ve had” said Jim Hooper.
Synergy between research and application: Project collaboration with CoMFRE and student organization
We put a lot of things in a kitchen microwave, from Hot Pockets to leftover lasagna. But what about rocket propellant? That’s essentially what Travis Sippel and his team are doing in a Young Investigator Project (YIP) with the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. More specifically (and more safely), they are testing methods to dynamically … Continue reading Synergy between research and application: Project collaboration with CoMFRE and student organization
