Chloe Dedic, senior in mechanical engineering will serve as the College of Engineering’s student marshal for the spring 2012 commencement ceremony held May 5. She will be accompanied by Terry Meyer, assistant professor of mechanical engineering. Read more about Dedic’s career, including her experience with research, success in and out of the classroom, and honors [...]
CoE student marshal, outstanding seniors named for spring 2012 commencement
April 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Engineering invests $2.2m in undergraduate program
April 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Thirteen new educational projects are underway in the Iowa State College of Engineering as part of a continuous improvement initiative for undergraduate education. “With our record enrollment, we recognize we need to invest in our classes and laboratories,” said engineering dean Jonathan Wickert. “We asked our faculty and staff in each department to think about [...]
Four from engineering are 2012 STATEment Makers
April 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Chris Deal (BSME’08), Vaibhav Kumar (BSECpE’07, MSECpE’09), Wes Meier (BSME’08), and Cameron Travers (BSCpE’07) have been named 2012 STATEment Makers by the Iowa State University Alumni Association. The honor recognizes the early personal and professional accomplishments and contributions to society of Iowa State University’s young alumni (graduates under 32 years of age). Read more about these and the [...]
Improving the capabilities of atomic force microscopy
March 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A series of algorithms being developed by Aditya Ramamoorthy could make using atomic force microscopes (AFMs) significantly faster when imaging and characterizing soft materials. Ramamoorthy, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has support from a $413,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award to work on the project “Joint topographic imaging and characterization using atomic force [...]
Polikar earns College of Engineering alumni award
March 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Robi Polikar (MSEE’95, MSBME’95, PhDEE’00, PhDBME’00) will receive the 2012 Professional Progress in Engineering Award from the College of Engineering at the Marston Club Dinner on April 19. The award was created to recognize outstanding professional progress, personal development, and distinguished community service by engineering alumni under the age of 46. Polikar received his bachelor’s [...]
Two engineering students take home prizes from inaugural Iowa State pitch contest
March 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Learning Community hosted its inaugural Innovation Pitch Competition on March 20. The competition was open to students from all disciplines on campus and drew 21 participants, ranging from freshmen through the graduate level. Four prizes were awarded, with two of them going to engineering students. Best Overall Pitch - Shaun VanWeelden, a sophomore in computer engineering, took home [...]
Iowa State researchers receive $1.7 million award to improve electricity markets
March 20, 2012 By 1 Comment
Three Iowa State University researchers are working to reduce costs and maintain reliability as more renewable energy is added to the nation’s energy grid. Sarah Ryan, professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering; Dionysios Aliprantis, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering; and Leigh Tesfatsion, professor of economics, mathematics, and electrical and computer engineering, are [...]
Real-world experience from Capstone Design
March 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
At the College of Engineering, offering students real-world experience is a top priority. In addition to encouraging the over 80 percent of students who complete an internship or co-op, the college requires students to take Capstone Design, providing excellent hands-on opportunities that prepare them to work in industry. Capstone Design was created to bring together [...]
Engineering grad program ranked 25 among public programs
March 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Iowa State University’s College of Engineering ranks No. 43 nationally in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2013 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools, and among public institutions, maintained its rank of 25th overall. “Iowa State’s College of Engineering continues to build its reputation by providing quality education and research opportunities for our graduate students,” said Gary [...]
Four from CoE honored with Distinguished Alumni Awards
March 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Each spring, the ISU Alumni Association honors alumni and friends at the Distinguished Alumni Awards Celebration. On April 20, 2012, the university will present its highest awards, including the Distinguished Alumni Award, Honorary Alumni Award, and Order of the Knoll Awards. This year, four alumni and friends of the College of Engineering will be honored [...]
PODS to feature three papers by ECpE’s Tirthapura
March 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The annual Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGMOD/PODS conference, held May 20-24 in Scottsdale, Ariz., will feature three papers by Srikanta Tirthapura, Associate Professor at Iowa State Electrical and Computer Engineering. Tirthapura’s three entries represent the most of any researcher invited to this year’s conference. “It’s something I’m pretty excited about,” Tirthapura said. “It’s an [...]
ECpE professors research cloud computing
March 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Iowa State’s electrical and computer engineering professors, Joseph Idziorek and Mark Tannian, have been researching cloud computing and the security issues it may face. Cloud computing, the use of remote computers accessed via the Internet to store, manage, and process data, is becoming more and more popular as the technology advances, but many are concerned about the security [...]
Iowa State team to go to world finals in Poland
March 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Kerrick Staley, senior in computer engineering, is part of an interdisciplinary team of students that will participate in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) world finals in Warsaw, Poland, this spring. Coached by Simanta Mitra, senior lecturer in computer science, Staley and teammates Bryce Sandlund, junior in computer science, and [...]
Student awarded Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship to study abroad in Denmark
March 2, 2012 By 2 Comments
Cody Hoover, junior in software engineering, was selected to receive a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to supplement his studies in Denmark. Sponsored by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Gilman Scholarship Program supports students with limited financial means who wish to study abroad. “Any job now, but engineering in [...]
Jacobson notes increase in demand for online lectures
February 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
ECpE professor Doug Jacobson talks about the rising trend in on-demand videos for entertainment and in the classroom in the the Des Moines Register article “VCRs’ days are numbered in Des Moines area.”
ISU professor takes on threat of espionage via hacked smartphones
February 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Hannah Furfaro Staff Writer Ames Tribune In his office on the Iowa State University campus Thursday, professor Suraj “Suresh” Kothari didn’t hesitate to talk about the realities of cyber warfare. It’s not exactly dinner-table conversation, but cyber insecurity is bearing down on everyone from company CEOs to generals at U.S. military bases overseas. Recent [...]
Iowa State, Steptoe Group partner to treat brain disorders
February 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Last fall, Iowa State University Palmer Department Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Anson Marston Distinguished Professor David C. Jiles announced a groundbreaking research and development partnership between Iowa State University and the Steptoe Group, LLC. The partnership focuses on bioengineering of new diagnostic and treatment interventions in several brain disorders. The joint R&D [...]
Light-emitting nanofibers shine the way for optoelectronic textiles
January 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
Nanowerk, one of the web’s top destinations for news on all things nanotechnology, is highlighting the work of Iowa State’s Liang Dong in its January 27 edition of Nanowerk Highlights. Dong, the Harpole-Pentair Assistant Professor in electrical and computer engineering (ECpE), is working with organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and has built a one-dimensional electroluminescent device into a [...]
Aliprantis wants to ‘sculpt’ more powerful electric motors and generators
January 26, 2012 By 1 Comment
Dionysios Aliprantis took up an imaginary hammer and chisel and pounded away at the air. “Think of the ancient Greeks and their sculptures,” said the Iowa State University assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering. Now apply the idea of a sculptor precisely chipping away at stone to the electric motors that run our machines and [...]
Kothari to develop malware detection tool for Android phones
January 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Suraj Kothari, professor of electrical and computer engineering, is leading a research project that will increase the security of Android phones. Funded by a $4.1 million, 3.5-year grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the project’s objective is to develop a tool to detect malware placed unknowingly within applications on the mobile devices. [...]
College of Engineering app for iPhone is available
January 6, 2012 By 1 Comment
Download the official ISU CoE app for your iPhone today! The app includes news, videos, campus maps, laundry info, and computer lab searching, and is the only officially sanctioned CyRide app available. The Android version of the app will be available soon.
Jiles named Honorary Fellow
January 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
David Jiles, distinguished professor and Palmer endowed chair of electrical and computer engineering, traveled to Chennai, India, to receive recognition as the 2011 elected Honorary Fellow of the Indian Society for Non-Destructive Testing (ISNT). Jiles was elected for his work on magnetic methods for non-destructive evaluation (NDE). Over the last ten years, he has collaborated [...]
Two ECpE professors named IEEE Fellows
December 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Based on their excellent contributions to electrical and computer engineering research, two Iowa State Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE) professors have been named 2012 Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Chris Chu, associate professor, and Ahmed Kamal, professor, officially join the ranks of the distinguished IEEE Fellows in January 2012. The [...]
Dalal and Narasimhan elected AAAS Fellows
December 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Vikram Dalal, Thomas M. Whitney Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Balaji Narasimhan, Vlasta Klima Balloun Professor of Engineering, are part of this year’s class of 539 new American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows. Dalal, who is also director of Iowa State’s Microelectronics Research Center and an associate of the Ames [...]
