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Merging engineering and business: Companies start and thrive with Iowa State alumni leading the way

Posted on | Eleni Upah

The laboratories and centers within the College of Engineering bring together forward-thinking minds and great entrepreneurial spirits. Dreams of startup companies and innovative technologies are often born in these collaborative spaces, and sometimes they even become reality. Although they serve very different purposes, WebFilings and Mechdyne, two Iowa companies, share many commonalities in their histories—starting …Continue reading “Merging engineering and business: Companies start and thrive with Iowa State alumni leading the way”

Iowa State University’s virtual reality lab greets visionary who set stage for cutting-edge research

Posted on | Jessi Strawn

Written by Marco Santana Appeared originally in the Des Moines Register. When students and visitors walk into Iowa State University’s Howe Hall, they are greeted with a towering, almost futuristic-looking fixture. Inside, some of the world’s most sophisticated virtual reality software is on the cutting edge of research projects for high-profile customers like the U.S. …Continue reading “Iowa State University’s virtual reality lab greets visionary who set stage for cutting-edge research”

Iowa State engineers develop 3-D software to give doctors, students a view inside the body

Posted on | genauthor

James Oliver picked up an Xbox game controller, looked up to a video screen and used the device’s buttons and joystick to fly through a patient’s chest cavity for an up-close look at the bottom of the heart. And there was a sight doctors had never seen before: an accurate, 3-D view inside a patient’s …Continue reading “Iowa State engineers develop 3-D software to give doctors, students a view inside the body”

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