Joseph Miller, a recent Ph.D. graduate in mechanical engineering, was awarded the 2013 Zaffarano Prize, which recognizes superior performance in publishable research by a graduate student. A check for $1,500 and a plaque was presented to Miller by the Iowa State University chapter of Sigma Xi, an international honor society for research scientists and engineers, [...]
Carver Trust awards grant to Iowa State faculty member
May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Kaitlin Bratlie, assistant professor of materials science and engineering and chemical and biological engineering at Iowa State University, is the recipient of a grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust of Muscatine, Iowa. The Carver Trust has awarded $344,451 to Bratlie for her research of materials that can be used to deliver drugs to [...]
Carver Trust awards grant to Iowa State faculty member
May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Kaitlin Bratlie, assistant professor of materials science and engineering and chemical and biological engineering at Iowa State University, is the recipient of a grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust of Muscatine, Iowa. The Carver Trust has awarded $344,451 to Bratlie for her research of materials that can be used to deliver drugs to [...]
Spring 2013 student marshal, outstanding seniors announced
May 6, 2013 By
Prasad Raman, a senior in aerospace engineering from Eden Prairie, Minn., will serve as the College of Engineering’s student marshal in Iowa State University’s spring 2013 commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 13. He will be accompanied by Alric Rothmayer, a professor in aerospace engineering and mathematics. “I have had the opportunity to interact with some [...]
Fifteen from engineering join Cardinal Key society
April 29, 2013 By
Fifteen students from the College of Engineering recently became members of Iowa State’s Cardinal Key honor society, an organization established in 1926 to recognize students, faculty, and staff at the university for their outstanding leadership, service contributions, scholarship achievements, and character. The following engineering students were inducted into the society during a ceremony on April [...]
Material Advantage students advocate science funding to members of Congress
April 26, 2013 By
Iowa State engineering students recently got a rare chance to explain the importance of their research to members of Congress. The university’s student chapter of Material Advantage sent members to Washington D.C. to promote the importance of science as part of the national organization’s Congressional Visit Day, April 10-11, 2013. Material Advantage organizes the event [...]
Ames Laboratory interim director named
April 26, 2013 By
Thomas Lograsso has been named interim director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory. Lograsso will succeed Alex King, who is stepping down to the lead the laboratory’s Critical Materials Institute, a $120 million DOE Energy Innovation Hub announced in January. Lograsso will assume the Ames Lab directorship as soon as funding for the [...]
Staff, students from engineering recognized for commitment to learning communities
April 25, 2013 By
ISU’s learning communities program recently recognized faculty and staff who supervised peer mentors in this year’s program, as well as students for their efforts to be positive models for learning community members and support the university’s academic goals. Lisa Rueschhoff, senior in materials science and engineering, was named a 2012-2013 Exemplary Peer Mentor. 2012-2013 Exemplary [...]
10 Questions for a Materials Scientist: Mr. Rare Earth — Dr. Karl A. Gschneidner, Jr.
April 9, 2013 By
Meet Dr. Karl A. Gschneidner, Jr. — a distinguished professor at Iowa State University, a senior metallurgist at the Energy Department’s Ames Laboratory, and chief scientist for the newest Energy Innovation Hub, the Critical Materials Institute. A jack-of-all-trades, Gschneidner’s research spans the fields of physical chemistry, materials science, engineering, and physics. In an edition of the US Department of [...]
Tan’s paper most cited in Journal of Applied Physics
April 5, 2013 By
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Xiaoli Tan’s paper, “Evolving morphotropic phase boundary in lead-free (Bi1/2Na1/2)TiO3–BaTiO3 piezoceramics,” was one of the most cited papers of 2012 in the Journal of Applied Physics. In the paper, Tan and his research partners examine the morphotropic phase boundary, or the composition range with coexisting crystalline phases, in [...]
Shechtman finds life hectic, rewarding after Nobel Prize
April 3, 2013 By
Life has been a whirlwind for Danny Shechtman since he was selected for the Noble Prize in Chemistry in October of 2011. He’s traveled around the world – several times – and made countless appearances at conferences, state dinners, and special events. His busy itinerary included a return to Ames in late February, and he [...]
THREE MINUTES: Professor Dan Shechtman
March 25, 2013 By
Professor Dan Shechtman is an Israeli-American scientist who works at the US Department of Energy’s Ames Lab and as a professor of Materials Science at Iowa State University. He also won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2011 for his work on quasicrystals. On WHO-TV’s Three Minutes in the Chair, learn how Shechtman “aspires to [...]
Shechtman speaks to ISU community about mixing technology and business
March 14, 2013 By
Nobel Laureate Dan Shechtman, who is also a U.S. Department of Energy Ames Laboratory senior scientist and ISU distinguished professor of materials science and engineering, encouraged members of the ISU community to consider a future in business. His lecture, “Technological Entrepreneurship: A Key to World Peace and Prosperity,” took place on March 13, 2013, in [...]
Iowa State undergraduates showcase their research at annual Capitol event March 26
March 14, 2013 By
From an analysis of college student debt in Iowa to an analysis of food storage and cheese making on the moon, there will be lots to talk about when 25 Iowa State University undergraduates present their research to legislators and others during the annual “Research in the Capitol.” The event will be from 11 a.m. [...]
Engineering grad program remains among nation’s best according to U.S. News and World Report
March 13, 2013 By
Iowa State University’s College of Engineering again ranks No. 43 nationally in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2014 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools, and among public institutions is ranked 24th overall. “In the College of Engineering at Iowa State, we work hard to offer our graduate students excellent educational and research experiences,” said Gary Mirka, [...]
Nobel Laureate Dan Shechtman to advocate for tech entrepreneurship in public lecture
March 8, 2013 By
Dan Shechtman, the winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, will share his vision for technological entrepreneurship as a tool for world development during a lecture at Iowa State University. Shechtman, who goes by “Danny,” is an Iowa State University Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, a research scientist at the U.S. Department [...]
Developing polymer drugs for cancer treatment
March 4, 2013 By
Through research on drug delivery systems, Kaitlin Bratlie, assistant professor of materials science and engineering and chemical and biological engineering at Iowa State, is working on a way to treat cancers that don’t respond well to current treatments. Her project has been underway for just a year and is several years away from clinical trials, [...]
Engineering students learn glassblowing skills through Gaffer’s Guild
March 1, 2013 By
Blowing glass is a form of art that takes practice to perfect. The glassblowing studio on campus has been used to perfect that art within the Gaffer’s Guild. The Gaffer’s Guild is made up of ISU students and Ames residents who learn to create unique glass objects. “Your imagination is your limit,” said Tanner Borglum, [...]
ISU Material Advantage wins Most Outstanding Chapter Award for ninth year
December 5, 2012 By
After attending the national Materials Science and Technology Conference held in Pittsburgh from October 7 – 11, the Iowa State Material Advantage (MA) chapter returned to Ames having received the Most Outstanding Chapter award. This is the ninth consecutive year the organization has earned this award, and MA members say it is a trend they [...]
Bowler named College of Engineering equity advisor
October 24, 2012 By
The College of Engineering recently announced Professor Nicola Bowler as its next equity advisor. As such, Bowler will play a central role in implementing ISU ADVANCE goals, and will also be the primary leader of efforts at the college level to transform engineering for women and underrepresented minorities. Her appointment is effective immediately. More specifically, she will [...]
Kessler Helps Create Biobased Coatings with Antibacterial Properties
October 18, 2012 By
Professor Michael Kessler has teamed up with Byron Brehm-Stecher, associate professor of food science and human nutrition, and Richard Larock, distinguished professor emeritus of chemistry, to develop soybean oil-based coatings that have antibacterial properties. The coatings could have applications in many areas, such as hospital sterilization, food processing and food packaging. The paper on this [...]
Iowa State named member of FAA Center of Excellence
October 3, 2012 By
Iowa State University has been named by the Federal Aviation Administration to a team of universities forming a new Air Transportation Center of Excellence for general aviation. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood made the announcement Thursday, September 27. The team is called the FAA Center of Excellence Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility, and [...]
Professor Richard LeSar – Article Featured in MRS Bulletin
September 25, 2012 By
Dr. Richard LeSar, MSE Professor, had an article featured in the April 2012 MRS Bulletin Special Issue. The article, entitled “Teaching Sustainable Development in Materials Science and Engineering,” discusses three materials sustainability programs designed by the authors that are being implemented in the U.S. and the different approaches each program takes. The hope for these [...]
Engineering remains consistent in U.S. News rankings for undergraduate programs
September 18, 2012 By
U.S. News & World Report’s 2013 “America’s Best Colleges” rankings are out, and Iowa State’s College of Engineering held it’s position as 22nd among public universities’ undergraduate engineering schools whose highest degree is a doctorate. Among all national universities, Iowa State’s undergraduate engineering program ranks 39th (a four-way tie with Brown University, Providence, R.I.; the [...]
Iowa State launches wind energy minor
September 17, 2012 By
Inter-disciplinary approach trains students for wind energy careers As part of the Wind Energy Initiative, Iowa State University has launched an inter-disciplinary minor designed to prepare its students for a career in one of the most rapidly growing technology sectors, wind energy. A collaboration among of the university’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College [...]
