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		<title>Engineering students form club to lower nation&#8217;s carbon footprint, electrically</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Environmental Technologies, or EnTech, was created by students in Iowa State&#8217;s College of Engineering in hopes of furthering &#8220;interest and education in environmental technologies,&#8221; according to their mission statement. The dream is to build an electric car, but the immediate project is building an electric motorcycle charged by natural means&#8211;hopefully by Veishea 2010.  Read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ECpE researcher part of team providing technical expertise and some biological overlay to maize genome sequence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Srinivas Aluru, Ross Martin Mehl and Marylyne Munas Mehl Professor of Computer Engineering, is on the team of researchers who have developed methods for the assembly of sequence data and conducted much of the ongoing functional analysis work on the completion of the maize genome sequence as part of a multi-institutional effort led by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding the future of energy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three College of Engineering professors discuss the decline of fossil fuel use and its likely replacements: Alan Russell, Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Vikram Dalal, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Carolyn Heising, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering. Read the Iowa State Daily&#8217;s story here.



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		<title>Iowa State engineers develop 3-D software to give doctors, students a view inside the body</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[James Oliver picked up an Xbox game controller, looked up to a video screen and used the device&#8217;s buttons and joystick to fly through a patient&#8217;s chest cavity for an up-close look at the bottom of the heart.
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		<title>Collaboration, large awards boost research funding in College of Engineering</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the national economy, there has been no recession in research support at the Iowa State University College of Engineering.
Funding for grants and contracts during the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 (July 1 to September 30, 2009) totaled $35 million, which is more than double the amount for the same time last year. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa State teams sweep construction engineering competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jo Glanville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ames, Iowa&#8211;Four teams of construction engineering students from Iowa State University placed first in the 17th Annual Associated Schools of Construction Region IV Student Competition held October 28–31 in Nebraska City, Nebraska. This was the first sweep ever of all four divisions (commercial, design-build, heavy-civil, and residential) by one university. 
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		<title>Iowa State Engineers Without Borders chapter receives first TMS/EWB-USA grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After only a year in existence, the Iowa State University chapter of Engineers Without Borders has been selected by The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society for their first collaborative grant with EWB-USA in Mali, Kati Cerle, Nana Kenieba, Africa. Read the story here.



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		<title>Iowa State’s van Leeuwen named R&amp;D Magazine’s 2009 Innovator of the Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Krapfl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iowa State University&#8217;s Hans van Leeuwen, who has led research teams awarded back-to-back R&#38;D 100 awards for biofuels developments, has also been named R&#38;D Magazine&#8217;s 2009 Innovator of the Year .
Lindsay Hock, the magazine&#8217;s managing editor, wrote that the magazine&#8217;s awards honor &#8220;the people behind some of the greatest innovations and discoveries in science.&#8221; And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Engineering researchers have stake in European Space Agency satellite launch</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brian Hornbuckle, an associate professor in agronomy as well as in electrical and computer engineering (ECpE), heads a research team working on a NASA project to track soil moisture. Hornbuckle&#8217;s group is on the SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) team consisting of scientists throughout the world who will be gathering data from the European [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honey Creek Resort State Park to be home for Iowa State solar house</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After successfully competing in the U.S. Department of Energy&#8217;s Solar Decathlon on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Iowa State University&#8217;s student-designed and built solar house has found a permanent home: Honey Creek Resort State Park at Rathbun Lake in southern Iowa. Read The Tribune&#8217;s story and the Iowa State University news release. 
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		<title>Students to get hands-on experience with high-tech Deere tractor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jo Glanville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMES, Iowa&#8211;The Iowa State University Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) has received a brand new 8245R series tractor from John Deere that will be used for teaching and research in the department. At a special ceremony on October 5, Tony Kajewski, continuing improvement engineering manager at John Deere Waterloo Tractorworks, presented gold keys [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Engineering researchers among those studying materials, combustion, cancer with new ‘T-ray’ instrument</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new, $500,000 instrument recently went about its work emitting and reading high-speed pulses of silent and invisible terahertz rays.
As it did, Thomas Chiou explained how the technology would allow Iowa State University researchers to take a close and unique look at materials reliability, biofuels combustion, environmental clean-up, cancer screening, biomass conversion, ionic liquids and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ECpE professor working to develop ultrasound to locate breast cancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Bigelow, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is on a team of researchers working to make biopsies an unnecessary procedure. A noninvasive ultrasound would take the place of a biopsy to determine whether or not a breast tumor is benign or malignant. An Iowa State Daily article tells the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EE alum recognized for securing Iowa State&#8217;s place in computing history</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[R. K. (Richard) Richards, a 1943 electrical engineering graduate, received a PACE (Professional Achievement Citation in Engineering) award Friday in recognition of contributions toward Iowa State being named &#8220;The Birthplace of the Digital Computer.&#8221; Read more here. 



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		<title>Chemical engineering alum honored for success</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gayle Roberts, president of Stanley Consultants, Inc., is among those being honored with a PACE (Professional Achievement Citation in Engineering) award on Friday, October 16. Read her story here. 



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		<title>Civil engineering student races for his life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jo Glanville</dc:creator>
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		<title>International colloquium highlights global approach to engineering education</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Dieterle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMES—Leaders from universities, government, industry, and nonprofits will gather at Iowa State University on October 22–25 for the 12th Annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education.
The event is hosted by the College of Engineering and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State and will be held at the Gateway Hotel and Conference Center.
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		<title>PACE winner has ties to historic computer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jo Glanville</dc:creator>
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		<title>Guest column: Avoid problem of carbon dioxide by building more nuclear plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carolyn Heising, professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering at Iowa State, wrote a guest column for The Des Moines Register regarding the safety and costs of carbon dioxide emissions and nuclear power. Read her column here. 



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		<title>Grade school children learn through Aero One</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<title>Iowa State engineering alum receives Tau Beta Pi award</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/?p=577</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jo Glanville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ames, Iowa—Richard H. Stanley, a 1955 graduate in mechanical and electrical engineering from Iowa State University, has received the 2009 Tau Beta Pi Distinguished Alumnus Award. Stanley, who is chair of the board of directors of the Stanley Foundation, Muscatine, Iowa, was honored at the 104th Tau Beta Pi national convention held recently in New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Engineering Diversity Fair promotes networking and idea sharing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jo Glanville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The College of Engineering hosted its first Diversity Fair on October 6. More than 125 people attended the fair, which promoted collaboration and idea sharing focused on efforts to increase the numbers of women and students from underrepresented groups in engineering and science and technology programs at Iowa State.
In opening remarks, Iowa State University President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual reality company developed by Iowa State engineers wins Pappajohn prize</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BodyViz, an Ames virtual reality company developed by Jim Oliver, director of Iowa States Virtual Reality Applications Center and professor of mechanical engineering, and Eliot Winer, associate director of the center and associate professor of mechanical engineering, has taken the top prize of $25,000 in the fourth annual John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition. Read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ME students among DNR interns whose ideas are being implemented in Iowa</title>
		<link>http://www.radioiowa.com/2009/10/05/dnr-interns-work-with-companies-on-evironmental-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<title>ECpE professor presents work on sustainable innovation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[James McCalley, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was part of a three-member Iowa State panel that described progress in the field of sustainable energy last night at the Memorial Union. McCalley&#8217;s presentation centered around the nation&#8217;s energy infrastructure.  Read more here. 



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		<title>ConE grad designs new stadium for Minnesota Twins</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Sorensen, an Iowa State graduate in construction engineering, designs much more than stadiums, but one of his latest claims to fame is the new stadium for the Minnesota Twins.
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		<title>USDOE touts senior advantages in Iowa State&#8217;s Solar Decathlon entry</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy, sponsors of the 2009 Solar Decathlon taking place this week in Washington, D.C., lists the Interlock House as &#8220;designed specifically to appeal to seniors and meets all regulations for accessibility under the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act.&#8221; Read the DOE description here.



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		<title>Iowa State researchers looking for catalyst that allows plants to produce hydrocarbons</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ AMES, Iowa &#8211; Plants and algae may be a source of green, renewable hydrocarbons that could replace the ancient, finite hydrocarbons in fossil fuels, according to a team of researchers led by Iowa State University&#8217;s Jackie Shanks.
Shanks, Iowa State&#8217;s Manley R. Hoppe Professor of Chemical Engineering, said some plants and algae produce hydrocarbons as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AerE student glad to be included in Iowa State&#8217;s record international student enrollment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the United States Educational Foundation sponsored an education fair in India, Sameer Mohd got excited about the aerospace engineering program at Iowa State.  Now in Ames and among 3,017 other international students here, he&#8217;s in his first semester at Iowa State, already meeting with engineering companies, and waiting for the snow to fall. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ECpE grad student&#8217;s research inspired by vertigo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Koray Celik, a doctoral student in electrical and computer engineering, has had to depend on his eyes for everything, instead of relying also on the balance organs in his ears. This feeling of vertigo inspired him to develop a small helicopter that navigates its way around a building using only one camera. The Iowa State [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nanotechnology fabrication with &#8216;coffee rings&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zhiqun Lin, an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, leads a team of researchers who have found a &#8220;simple and robust method for producing intriguing hierarchically ordered nanomaterials in a precisly controllable manner.&#8221; Read the article in Nanowerk here. 



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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Derrick Rollins, assistant dean for diversity in Iowa State&#8217;s College of Engineering, coordinates the Leadership through Engineering Academic Diversity Program, which is responsible for recruitment efforts that target schools not typically part of college recruitment programs.  Read the story in the Iowa State Daily.



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		<title>Information Assurance Center on Iowa Public Radio</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 29th, 2009, Iowa Public Radio’s Dean Borg did a story about the Information Assurance Center. He talked with Doug Jacobson, the director of the center, about the preparations students receive in their cyber warfare training. The full feature story is available here.
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		<title>College appoints Cox assistant dean for economic development</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Dieterle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Iowa State University College of Engineering announced Monday that Ron Cox has been named the college’s assistant dean for economic development.
Cox, the director of the ISU Extension Center for Industrial Research and Service, will retain his position at CIRAS, with a partial appointment in the engineering college.
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		<title>Iowa State to train the next set of cyber warriors for the government</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ AMES, Iowa &#8212; In an increasingly high tech society, it is imperative to have individuals highly skilled in information assurance to keep up with the growing number of attacks on computer security. And Iowa State University is helping to train those professionals through the Scholarships for Service (SFS) program from the National Science Foundation [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers at Iowa State&#8217;s Wind Energy Manufacturing Laboratory in the College of Engineering are working to develop new, low-cost manufacturing systems that could improve the productivity of turbine blade factories by as much as 35 percent.
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		<title>Iowa State career fairs continue to flourish in spite of weak economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMES, Iowa &#8211; It&#8217;s the fall career fair season at Iowa State University. The Engineering Career Fair will take place Tuesday, Sept. 22, in Hilton Coliseum and the Scheman Building, with the Business/Liberal Arts and Sciences Career Fair taking place the next day in Hilton. The Ag Career Day is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 13, [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMES, Iowa &#8211; Brent Shanks studies chemical catalysts in Iowa State University&#8217;s Sweeney Hall. Just a few buildings to the north, Basil Nikolau studies biological catalysts.
Nikolau said the two researchers used to talk twice a year about the science of using different kinds of catalysts to accelerate chemical reactions. But now, thanks to the NSF [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2050 fellows make significant progress in research</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Strawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year, four PhD students in the College of Engineering have dedicated their research to engineering solutions that can improve the quality of life today and for decades to come.
Keenan Deutsch, CBE; Cara Dienes, IMSE; Eduardo Ibáñez-Sopeña, ECpE; and Zhonghua Xu, ME, were the first students to receive the college’s 2050 Challenge Fellowships, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>College welcomes new graduate students</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jo Glanville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With more than 240 new graduate students joining the College of Engineering, the Howe Hall atrium was a busy place on September 2 as the Engineering Graduate Programs office sponsored a special event to welcome the new students. It was a great opportunity for these students to get to know each other and to meet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Engineering enrollment exceeds 5,000</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/?p=391</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jo Glanville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With 5,086 undergraduates majoring in engineering this fall, the Iowa State University College of Engineering has achieved a 25-year high in enrollment. The increase is 410 more students than last fall. 
The college, which is routinely among the top 10 in the nation for undergraduate enrollment, has averaged more than 4,600 students per year since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ABE student receives Fulbright Award</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/?p=363</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laura Christianson, PhD student in sustainable agriculture (Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering), is one of two Iowa State students who have been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarship for 2009-2010. She will conduct research at Massey University in New Zealand for 10 months beginning in January. In her doctoral research that focuses on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diversity is key to engineering&#8217;s enrollment increase</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diane Rover, associate dean in the College of Engineering, cites the &#8220;unstereotypical&#8221; engineer as today&#8217;s engineering student. Read her guest column in The Des Moines Register regarding student diversity and this year&#8217;s Iowa State University enrollment increase.



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		<title>“Tour the World” fair draws record crowd</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jo Glanville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A record 850 people attended the 2009 “Tour the World” Study and Work Abroad Fair held in September. This is the largest engineering international fair in the United States. (Tour the World video)

This annual event is a one-stop shop for students interested in learning about international study and work abroad opportunities, according to Shannon Miner, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Identical twins come from inner city to Iowa State on Gates Millennium Scholarships</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Dieterle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Iowa State&#8217;s Derrick Rollins visited the inner-city     home of two talented brothers and their family in Kansas City,     Mo., he talked with them about the school&#8217;s great     facilities, supportive environment and dedication to success.     But Rollins wasn&#8217;t recruiting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ECpE establishes new bioengineering research and graduate study area</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ames, Iowa &#8212; The ECpE department is establishing a new core area of research and graduate study: bioengineering. This is the 10th core area the department offers.
“This new core area is expected to broaden the engineering skills of our students, helping them solve biologically relevant problems. The integration of various engineering streams and basic life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wind Energy Manufacturing Laboratory established with help from Iowa Power Fund</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMES, Iowa &#8211; It&#8217;s not easy to make the machines that convert wind to electricity.
Just consider the turbine blades that spin in the wind: a single blade can be 40 to 50 meters long and 10,000 to 15,000 pounds. It has to be built within millimeters of specifications. It has to be built to withstand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tribune: College of Engineering lands top recruits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Gostele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read the article from The Tribune about Donathan and Jonathan Morgan coming from Kansas City to the Iowa State College of Engineering on Gates Millennium Scholarships. 



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		<title>Solar Decathlon student team prepares Iowa State&#8217;s solar house for a road trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Dieterle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now you see it, but soon you won’t. At least, not in Iowa.
Interlock House, designed by the Iowa State University Solar Decathlon Team, was on display for local media for one final time before its deconstruction. That process begins during the week of September 14.
After that, the house won’t be a house again until the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Space station hosts Iowa State experiment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Jo Glanville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ames, Iowa—When Space Shuttle Discovery headed toward the International Space Station last month, Iowa State University’s Rohit Trivedi took more than a casual interest. An experiment he designed more than 10 years ago to study crystal growth patterns in a microgravity environment was finally headed to its destined location onboard the International Space Station. Trivedi, [...]]]></description>
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