Iowa State University graduate student Timothy Becker has received national recognition from the Society of Professional Engineers. Becker, who graduated from Iowa State in 1994 with a BS in construction engineering and returned 15 years later to pursue a PhD in civil, construction, and environmental engineering, was awarded the 2011 Professional Engineers in Construction George …Continue reading “Iowa State graduate student receives national recognition”
The Iowa State Steel Bridge Team attended the 2011 National Student Steel Bridge Competition (NSSBC) at Texas A&M University May 20-21. The team was awarded 12th place overall. NSSBC judging criteria is made up of six categories, and the team placed in all of them, taking 8th in lightness, 9th in display, 11th in efficiency, …Continue reading “Steel Bridge Team places in national competition”
This summer, Iowa State’s aerospace engineering department will be fine-tuning a program that promises to offer more design experience for the department’s undergraduates. The new design sequence, called Make to Innovate, will allow students to receive elective credits for many extracurricular projects they are currently completing for fun. “We have so many students who are …Continue reading “AerE revamps undergrad design sequence”
The Anthelion, a solar car created by Iowa State’s PrISUm solar car team, finished fourth in the 2011 Formula Sun Grand Prix at at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The PrISUm team competed from May 2 to May 6. Evan Stumpges, PrISUm project director and senior in mechanical engineering, didn’t mind attending the Formula Sun Grand …Continue reading “Fourth place finish gives PrISUm team future inspiration”
Iowa State’s Lunabotics Mining team is at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the 2nd Annual NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition. This morning, May 26, Team LunaCY gave its systems presentation at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitors Center. At 1 p.m. EDT today, they will begin competing in challenges that continue through May 28. …Continue reading “Lunabotics Mining team competes at Kennedy Space Center”
Former students of Richard Handy, emeritus professor of civil engineering at Iowa State University, have come together to create a new endowed faculty position in honor of their mentor. The Richard L. Handy Professorship has been established in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at Iowa State. Handy taught at Iowa State from …Continue reading “Endowed professorship to honor retired CoE faculty member”
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) recently named Iowa State University a 2010 Outstanding University. The award is a credit to the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering and Iowa State’s ACI student chapter. Student members, assisted by Associate Professor and Iowa State ACI student chapter advisor Kejin Wang, applied for the award, which is …Continue reading “Iowa State named 2010 Outstanding University”
In the Summer/Fall 2011 Minority College issue of Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology, Pedro Ortiz-Toral discusses his graduate school experience at Iowa State. Ortiz-Toral completed his PhD in CBE this February. The full story is available beginning on page 22 of the digital edition of the magazine.
The College of Engineering is known for numerous accomplishments, but one team of students is taking on a project that literally aims for the sky: designing and building a 10-passenger business jet. Cyclone Business Jet (CBJ) is a student organization made up of more than 70 undergraduates who are primarily in engineering fields, along with …Continue reading “Student group takes on design-and-build of Cyclone jet”
Brenna Fall is a civil engineer, so her career makes her a natural fit for Ankeny’s Board of Examiners and Appeals. But the volunteer aspect of the position means as much to her as any professional contribution she’ll make. Fall was appointed to the position March 7. She first became interested in the position after …Continue reading “CCEE alum volunteers her skills in Ankeny”
Last year, Iowa State University’s ¼ scale tractor pull team had its high hopes dashed when they finished much lower than expected in their annual competition. With this year’s entry, named Cy’s Revenge, the Iowa State Power Pullers are set to roar back to the top, where they believe they belong. “We need to go …Continue reading “Iowa State Power Pullers team hopes for revenge in upcoming competition”
Iowa State University’s Hans van Leeuwen has moved his research team’s award-winning idea for improving ethanol production from a laboratory to a pilot plant. Now he knows the idea, which produces a new animal feed and cleans water that can be recycled back into ethanol production, works more efficiently in batches of up to 350 …Continue reading “Iowa State engineer scales up process that could improve economics of ethanol production”
Members of Iowa State University’s solar car team are in the midst of taking their unique, three-wheeled vehicle on a tour of Iowa. After racing to a fourth place finish at the Formula Sun Grand Prix, Team PrISUm is now taking the solar car across Iowa as part of the Sun Run Tour, visiting schools and …Continue reading “Solar car on the road across Iowa”
On April 30, 2011, more than 2,000 girls and adults gathered at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines for the Believe in Girls (BIG) event. Hosted by the Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa, BIG placed special emphasis on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, as well as arts, culture, and community service. As …Continue reading “College of Engineering supports Girl Scouts STEM education event”
On May 5, 2011, the Iowa Space Grant Consortium awarded Iowa State University’s Asteroid Deflection Research Center (ADRC) with a new base program. Under the direction of Dr. Bong Wie, the ADRC has been conducting research in the field of asteroid deflection since 2008. Dr. Wie’s proposal for the new base program competition was titled “Space Technology …Continue reading “A new base program of the Iowa Space Grant Consortium awarded to the Asteroid Deflection Research Center”
