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		<title>Mechanical engineering grad student wins 2013 Zaffarano Prize</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/24/mechanical-engineering-grad-student-wins-2013-zaffarano-prize/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Millsaps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarkar interviewed by LiveScience on building in tornado country</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwoolley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aerospace Engineering]]></category>
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		<title>Iowa State Baja SAE Team lends help to competition, still finds success</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/24/iowa-state-baja-sae-team-lends-help-to-competition-still-finds-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleni Upah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mechanical Engineering]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Collegiate Design Series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Luecke]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Iowa State University Baja SAE Team made a solid showing in the Collegiate Design Series competition at Western Washington State May 16-19. Completing a series of dynamic events including maneuverability, the hill climb, acceleration and the rock crawl, the team only had one major hang-up, which came in the endurance race. A dislocated half-shaft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Construction industry builds on biotechnologies</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/23/construction-industry-builds-on-biotechnologies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleni Upah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[biotechnologies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Grewell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iowa Farmer Today]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From a higher-strength concrete to quickly degrading items used during construction, researchers from Iowa State and Kansas State Universities continue to develop biobased construction materials. David Grewell, associate professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, is working on biobased materials that degrade quickly and could be used during construction. Read the full story from Iowa Farmer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing the way engineering feels: A project to improve the accessibility of STEM fields for the visually impaired</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/23/changing-the-way-engineering-feels-a-project-to-improve-the-accessibility-of-stem-fields-for-the-visually-impaired/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/23/changing-the-way-engineering-feels-a-project-to-improve-the-accessibility-of-stem-fields-for-the-visually-impaired/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Strawn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CoE News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mechanical Engineering]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CAREER award]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cris Schwartz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open an engineering textbook, and you’re sure to find charts, graphs, and complex equations. Hard enough to decipher, imagine parsing that information if you were blind or visually impaired. Conveying the detailed visual information that goes hand-in-hand with disciplines in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields isn’t necessarily impossible. But, according to Cris [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa State formula racers think engine problems are finally behind them</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/23/iowa-state-formula-racers-think-engine-problems-are-finally-behind-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mkrapfl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iowa State’s Formula SAE racing team has been fighting engine problems the past few summers. Three years ago, the team’s mini open-wheel racer was stopped by cracked welds that flooded the fuel mixture with air and killed the engine. Two years ago, the team fell behind schedule and never turned a wheel on track. And last year, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carver Trust awards grant to Iowa State faculty member</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/21/carver-trust-awards-grant-to-iowa-state-faculty-member/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/21/carver-trust-awards-grant-to-iowa-state-faculty-member/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Strawn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemical and Biological Engineering]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ME professor and graduate assistant discover new way to manipulate fluid stream flow</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/21/me-professor-and-graduate-assistant-discover-new-way-to-manipulate-fluid-stream-flow/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/21/me-professor-and-graduate-assistant-discover-new-way-to-manipulate-fluid-stream-flow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleni Upah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Engineering Fluid Flow Using Sequenced Microstructures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Iowa State researchers teamed up with researchers from UCLA and Princeton University to create an innovative way to engineer the flow of fluid streams, which is important in biological processing, controlling chemical reactions and creating structured materials. Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and Yu Xie, research graduate assistant in mechanical engineering, recently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa State’s Team LunaCY ready to repeat last year’s top results at NASA competition</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/20/iowa-states-team-lunacy-ready-to-repeat-last-years-top-results-at-nasa-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mkrapfl</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aren Calder Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Jend]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Katie Goebel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The student-engineers of Team LunaCY say they’ve built an even better robot. That’s a big deal, considering last year’s robot won three of the contests in NASA’s annual Lunabotics Mining Competition at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (The wins were in mining, outreach and efficient use of communications power.) Team members were recently in their campus lab assembling, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Choose Iowa State for Chemical Engineering</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/20/why-choose-iowa-state-for-chemical-engineering/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/20/why-choose-iowa-state-for-chemical-engineering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Neary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemical and Biological Engineering]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Choosing the right college can be hard. Not to mention choosing the right major. There are a lot of factors to consider like “what do I want to do for the rest of my life?” and “how many hours do I really have to study to get a 4.0?” Do not fret, my friends, for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cork Peterson named to Iowa State Construction Engineering Hall of Fame</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/17/cork-peterson-named-to-iowa-state-construction-engineering-hall-of-fame/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/17/cork-peterson-named-to-iowa-state-construction-engineering-hall-of-fame/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Neary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gale M. “Cork” Peterson, Jr. (BSConE’66), a longtime supporter and collaborator with the Iowa State construction engineering program, was recently named to the Iowa State University Construction Engineering Hall of Fame. Peterson joined his business partner, Cordell Peterson, in 1968 to co-own Peterson Contractors, Inc. (PCI), after graduating from Iowa State and serving two years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa State surveys livestock producers on distillers grains use</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/17/iowa-state-surveys-livestock-producers-on-distillers-grains-use/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/17/iowa-state-surveys-livestock-producers-on-distillers-grains-use/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Strawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iowa State University is about halfway through a three-month long online survey of livestock producers’ use of distillers grains. The nationwide survey is focused on the beef, dairy, swine and poultry sectors. Kurt Rosentrater, an assistant professor in the department of agricultural and biosystems engineering Iowa State University, said the survey may have to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dean’s Research Initiatives see successes in second year</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/15/deans-research-initiatives-see-successes-in-second-year/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/15/deans-research-initiatives-see-successes-in-second-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Strawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two years into their work, leaders of the Dean’s Research Initiatives (DRIs) presented their progress in an open forum held April 22. In 2011, the College of Engineering established the initiative and awarded $500,000 to three interdisciplinary teams to help the groups pursue larger funding opportunities in important research areas. Initiative for a Carbon Negative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa State engineers design, test taller, high-strength concrete towers for wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/15/iowa-state-engineers-design-test-taller-high-strength-concrete-towers-for-wind-turbines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mkrapfl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grant Schmitz, eyes inches from a 6.5-by-12-foot panel of ultra-high performance concrete, studied the smooth surface for tiny cracks. He and other research engineers carefully marked every one with black markers. Schmitz, an Iowa State graduate student of civil, construction and environmental engineering, and Sri Sritharan, Iowa State’s Wilson Engineering Professor and leader of the ’s College [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power Pullers preparing for national competition with new quarter-scale tractor</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/14/power-pullers-preparing-for-national-competition-with-new-quarter-scale-tractor-2/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/14/power-pullers-preparing-for-national-competition-with-new-quarter-scale-tractor-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleni Upah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Fred Love, Communications Specialist, ISU News Service. What’s that old expression about the size of the dog in the fight? A team of students at Iowa State University is putting the finishing touches on a built-from-scratch 1/4-scale tractor to enter in a nationwide engineering competition at the end of the month. The Cyclone Power Pullers hope [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s all about reliability for this year’s Iowa State Baja racing team</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/14/its-all-about-reliability-for-this-years-iowa-state-baja-racing-team/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mkrapfl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students swarmed the Baja SAE garage last week, assembling their mini off-road racer and manufacturing spare parts for their two summer races. “The big thing we tried to address this year was reliability,” said Scott Brehm, a graduating senior from Rickardsville who’s a mechanical engineering major and the technical director of Iowa State’s Baja SAE team. The team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caroline Hayes named 2013 ASME Fellow</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/14/caroline-hayes-named-2013-asme-fellow/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/14/caroline-hayes-named-2013-asme-fellow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleni Upah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caroline Hayes, chair of the mechanical engineering department and Lynn Gleason Professor of Interdisciplinary Engineering, recently became an ASME Fellow. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers recognizes members who have had 10 or more years of practice in the field and an active membership with ASME. Throughout her time as a member, Hayes has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student project helps improve efficiency at Mercy Medical Center</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/13/student-project-helps-improve-efficiency-at-mercy-medical-center/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/13/student-project-helps-improve-efficiency-at-mercy-medical-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwoolley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A multi-disciplinary team of students was recently featured in Vitals, a Mercy Medical Center newsletter, for their innovative approach to learning about supply management. The &#8220;ISU professor&#8221; mentioned in the article was Jacqulyn Baughman, ABE lecturer.  As a result of the successful collaboration, Mercy and the TSM 440 class, cellular lean manufacturing systems, are looking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mickelson to lead search committee for new animal science chair</title>
		<link>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/news/releases/1095/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ag.iastate.edu/news/releases/1095/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 20:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwoolley</dc:creator>
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		<title>Raj Raman honored at Engineering student leadership banquet</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/10/raj-raman-honored-at-engineering-student-leadership-banquet/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/10/raj-raman-honored-at-engineering-student-leadership-banquet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 15:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwoolley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Raj Raman was named Outstanding Advisor at the 13th annual Engineering Student Leadership Banquet held April 23. He was nominated by Kate Klavon, junior in agricultural engineering. Below is Klavon&#8217;s nomination statement. Congrats to Dr. Raman! As advisor to the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) ISU chapter, Dr. Raj Raman is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa State civil engineering senior places 3rd nationally for manure, greenhouse gas research</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/01/iowa-state-civil-engineering-senior-places-3rd-nationally-for-manure-greenhouse-gas-research/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/01/iowa-state-civil-engineering-senior-places-3rd-nationally-for-manure-greenhouse-gas-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 14:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwoolley</dc:creator>
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		<title>Aerospace alum&#8217;s story of WWII experience in new book</title>
		<link>http://innovate.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/08/behind-enemy-lines/</link>
		<comments>http://innovate.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/08/behind-enemy-lines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 19:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwoolley</dc:creator>
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		<title>Swine producers see financial gains in learning about ventilation systems</title>
		<link>http://www.extension.iastate.edu/content/swine-producers-learning-about-ventilation</link>
		<comments>http://www.extension.iastate.edu/content/swine-producers-learning-about-ventilation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 19:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwoolley</dc:creator>
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		<title>Gaming at ECpE</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/07/gaming-at-ecpe/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/07/gaming-at-ecpe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brock Ascher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This feature debuted in the Spring 2013 issue of ECpE Connections Magazine Brian Kraus, Robert Romore, and Jacob Cramer are architects, but they don’t build museums. They’re designers, but they don’t lay out magazines. They work with physics, but they’re not physicists. All three are software engineering majors, but they consider themselves game developers at heart. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rajala shares goals, visions as new college of engineering dean</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/07/rajala-shares-goals-visions-as-new-college-of-engineering-dean/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/07/rajala-shares-goals-visions-as-new-college-of-engineering-dean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Strawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dean of the College of Engineering Sarah Rajala recently sat down to talk with the Iowa State Daily. Read about how her first month went, along with what she is hoping to accomplish in the future. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Website and blog share crop research to engage corn-belt farmers</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/07/website-and-blog-share-crop-research-to-engage-corn-belt-farmers/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/07/website-and-blog-share-crop-research-to-engage-corn-belt-farmers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 13:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwoolley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Farmers in the Corn Belt have two new Internet portals to the latest research findings on how to increase the resiliency of corn-based cropping systems under variable weather conditions. The new “Sustainable Corn” website and blog are part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded project that is gathering and assessing research data from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring 2013 student marshal, outstanding seniors announced</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/06/spring-2013-student-marshal-outstanding-seniors-announced/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/06/spring-2013-student-marshal-outstanding-seniors-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 18:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Millsaps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senior capstone presentations showcase learning in real-world situations</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/06/senior-capstone-presentations-showcase-learning-in-real-world-situations/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/06/senior-capstone-presentations-showcase-learning-in-real-world-situations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 16:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwoolley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seniors of the agricultural and biosystems engineering department have been working all year on their capstone projects tackling real world problems posed to industry leaders.  Their grand finale came Friday, April 26 in the form of group presentations.  All day, the students took turns presenting their projects to family, friends, professors, and industry representatives. Along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ag Leader Technology awards scholarships to five ABE students</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/03/ag-leader-technology-awards-scholarships-to-five-abe-students/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/03/ag-leader-technology-awards-scholarships-to-five-abe-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 21:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mamoore</dc:creator>
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		<title>ECpE&#8217;s Fayed wins NSF CAREER Award</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/02/ecpes-fayed-wins-nsf-career-award/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/02/ecpes-fayed-wins-nsf-career-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 20:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brock Ascher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Power management is a critical aspect in many electronic devices, and Ayman Fayed is working on a new approach to the problem. Fayed, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award to develop dynamic on-chip power grids for energy efficient and cost effective power conversion in integrated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ABE past meets present at beam signing</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/02/abe-past-meets-present-at-beam-signing/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/02/abe-past-meets-present-at-beam-signing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 20:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwoolley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask any student, and they’ll say that their experience on campus left a mark on them.  On a windy VEISHEA Friday, students and faculty of the department of agricultural and biosystems engineering past and present were able to return the favor. The construction crew working on the new ABE complex left out one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa State chemical engineering senior champions academics, research, service</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/02/iowa-state-chemical-engineering-senior-champions-academics-research-service/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/02/iowa-state-chemical-engineering-senior-champions-academics-research-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 19:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Neary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chemical engineering senior German Parada is a natural leader who has advanced every student organization he has become involved with. He also advocates the importance of “soft” skills such as communication, interpersonal relations and teamwork in an engineer’s career, with goals of making technological and process advances mainstream. Exemplary efforts in these areas have awarded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring 2013 ABE Graduation Reception</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/01/spring-2013-abe-graduation-reception/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/01/spring-2013-abe-graduation-reception/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 20:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwoolley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the spring 2013 graduating class from ABE! The department celebrated the seniors in a casual reception Tuesday, April 30. Students, faculty and staff shared their favorite memories of this remarkable group of future alumni. The group laughed at funny study abroad stories, tales of late night and early morning study sessions, and an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa State professor and PhD student explore potential of using silicon in lithium-ion batteries</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/01/iowa-state-professor-and-phd-student-explore-potential-of-using-silicon-in-lithium-ion-batteries/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/01/iowa-state-professor-and-phd-student-explore-potential-of-using-silicon-in-lithium-ion-batteries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 15:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Strawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Offering such benefits as extended usage and increased portability, lithium-ion batteries have become a key component in consumer electronics and other important devices. Two researchers at Iowa State are looking at ways to improve the technology within the batteries by providing more insight into how silicon could be integrated as an electrode material. Valery Levitas, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa State civil engineering senior places 3rd nationally for manure, greenhouse gas research</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/01/iowa-state-civil-engineering-senior-places-3rd-nationally-for-manure-greenhouse-gas-research/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/01/iowa-state-civil-engineering-senior-places-3rd-nationally-for-manure-greenhouse-gas-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Neary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kelsey Bruning, a senior in civil engineering who emphasizes environmental engineering at Iowa State, showcased her research project in the Ron Sheffield Memorial Student Poster Contest in Denver, Colorado, and placed third with her submission. The poster contest took place at the inaugural Waste to Worth: Spreading Science and Solution National Conference from April 1-5, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changes to engineering honors program on the way for fall semester</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/01/changes-to-engineering-honors-program-on-the-way-for-fall-semester/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/05/01/changes-to-engineering-honors-program-on-the-way-for-fall-semester/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Strawn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Honors Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iowa State University College of Engineering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning in the fall of 2013, an overhaul to the requirements for students in the College of Engineering honors program will be enacted. Current prerequisites will remain the same to gain admission into the program, but requirements for graduation will change to provide a more diverse experience for students. University-wide honors requirements of maintaining a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INCOSE and IMSE host Systems Engineering Seminar</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/30/incose-and-imse-hold-systems-engineering-seminar/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/30/incose-and-imse-hold-systems-engineering-seminar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arausch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Heartland Chapter along with engineers and managers from across Iowa joined with the IMSE department for a Systems Engineering Seminar at Iowa State on April 22. IMSE Department Chair and Joseph Walkup Professor Janis Terpenny welcomed the group to Iowa State, and Heartland Chapter President Raymond Jorgensen led [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISU astronaut alumnus teaches aerospace freshman importance of industry and persistence</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/30/isu-astronaut-alumnus-teaches-aerospace-freshman-importance-of-industry-and-persistence/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/30/isu-astronaut-alumnus-teaches-aerospace-freshman-importance-of-industry-and-persistence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwoolley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aerospace Engineering]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the aerospace engineering department’s Next Generation interactive classroom, astronaut and former Iowa State University student, Clayton Anderson guest lectured the next generation of aerospace freshman on the importance of knowing their industry. Specifically, who the heavy hitters are, what type of spacecraft designs are currently being developed, and where students can find employment in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aluru invited to White House Big Data Workshop</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/30/aluru-invited-to-white-house-big-data-workshop/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/30/aluru-invited-to-white-house-big-data-workshop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Strawn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Electrical and Computer Engineering]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As research in Big Data continues to gain momentum at the national level, Srinivas Aluru is among those recognized as a key stakeholder in the field. Aluru, the Ross Martin Mehl and Marylyne Munas Mehl Professor of Computer Engineering, has been invited to participate in the White House Big Data Workshop, being held May 3, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mechanical engineers to show off projects at Design Expo</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/30/mechanical-engineers-to-show-off-projects-at-design-expo/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/30/mechanical-engineers-to-show-off-projects-at-design-expo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Strawn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mechanical Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design expo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iowa State University College of Engineering]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An anti-mosquito water agitator, a paddle wheel generator, and a high leverage wheelchair were among the more than 70 projects on display at the spring Mechanical Engineering Design Expo. The expo took place from noon to 4 p.m. at the Howe Hall atrium on April 29, 2013. Read more about the event in an Iowa State [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fifteen from engineering join Cardinal Key society</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/29/fifteen-from-engineering-join-cardinal-key-society/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/29/fifteen-from-engineering-join-cardinal-key-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Strawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifteen students from the College of Engineering recently became members of Iowa State&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Check out the ultimate virtual reality theater</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/29/check-out-the-ultimate-virtual-reality-theater/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/29/check-out-the-ultimate-virtual-reality-theater/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Strawn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CoE in the Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mechanical Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C6]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iowa State University College of Engineering]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[KCCI recently ran a story on the C6 &#8211; a three-dimensional, fully-immersive synthetic environment located in Iowa State&#8217;s Virtual Reality Applications Center. Check out the video.]]></description>
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		<title>Material Advantage students advocate science funding to members of Congress</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/26/material-advantage-students-advocate-science-funding-to-members-of-congress/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/26/material-advantage-students-advocate-science-funding-to-members-of-congress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Millsaps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CoE News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Materials Science and Engineering]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ames Laboratory interim director named</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/26/ames-laboratory-interim-director-named/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/26/ames-laboratory-interim-director-named/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>collegerelations</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Materials Science and Engineering]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ABE student employee receives award</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/26/abe-student-employee-receives-award/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/26/abe-student-employee-receives-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dwoolley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.engineering.iastate.edu/?p=12115</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Holly Janusz, junior in dietetics, for wining the Gamma Pi High Flyer Award. Janusz conducts undergraduate research in food science and human nutrition and works for the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. A donor established this award in 2012 to recognize a student with a 3.0 GPA or above and exemplary leadership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Engineering courses introduce students to problems in developing nations</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/26/engineering-courses-introduce-students-to-problems-in-developing-nations/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/26/engineering-courses-introduce-students-to-problems-in-developing-nations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleni Upah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CoE in the Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mechanical Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College of Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design expo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mechanical engineering]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.engineering.iastate.edu/?p=12109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The goal of engineering is to improve lives by solving the world’s problems, and Iowa State’s College of Engineering believes it’s never too early to start thinking globally. Several courses in the college require students to identify and find solutions to major issues in poverty-stricken countries. Students use the semester to research, plan, design, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staff, students from engineering recognized for commitment to learning communities</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/25/learning-communities-award/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/25/learning-communities-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Strawn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.engineering.iastate.edu/?p=12103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ISU&#8217;s learning communities program recently recognized faculty and staff who supervised peer mentors in this year&#8217;s program, as well as students for their efforts to be positive models for  learning community members and support the university&#8217;s academic goals. Lisa Rueschhoff, senior in materials science and engineering, was named a 2012-2013 Exemplary Peer Mentor. 2012-2013 Exemplary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two from engineering earn CYtation Award</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/25/two-from-engineering-earn-cytation-award/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/25/two-from-engineering-earn-cytation-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Strawn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemical and Biological Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CoE in the Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iowa State University College of Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional and Scientific CYtation award]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Julienne Krennrich, assistant director for the Engineering Research Institute, and Brenda Kutz, academic adviser for chemical and biological engineering, received 2013 spring CYtation Awards, which were created to recognize individuals who perform above and beyond the call of duty, do something extraordinarily well, or act in such a way as to make a very real difference in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New damping system puts brake on building movement</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/24/new-damping-system-puts-brake-on-building-movement/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/24/new-damping-system-puts-brake-on-building-movement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Strawn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CoE in the Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CCEE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research is set to begin this summer for a system, inspired by car brake technology, that is designed to both decrease damage and increase usability for buildings during wind and seismic events. The research and ideation, aided by a grant from the National Science Foundation, originated from Simon Laflamme, a civil, construction and environmental engineering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa State&#8217;s Kejin Wang named American Concrete Institute Fellow</title>
		<link>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/24/iowa-states-kejin-wang-named-american-concrete-institute-fellow/</link>
		<comments>http://news.engineering.iastate.edu/2013/04/24/iowa-states-kejin-wang-named-american-concrete-institute-fellow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Neary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Civil, construction and environmental engineering (CCEE) Professor Kejin Wang was recently named to the 2013 class of American Concrete Institute (ACI) Fellows at the 2013 ACI Convention in Minneapolis, Minn. An ACI Fellow is honored when he/she has served at least 10 years as an ACI member and has made outstanding contributions to the production [...]]]></description>
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