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Montezuma microgrids

Cyclone Engineers selected to lead $12-million Dept. of Energy project to build rural Iowa’s first ‘microgrid’.

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    Outstanding Cyclone Engineering graduates and future engineering leaders

    The Iowa State University College of Engineering is proud to present the fall 2024 outstanding seniors.

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    Four-year, $14 million grant to design a national testing facility to simulate tornadoes, downbursts and gusts

    Cyclone Engineers are leading a $14-million, National Science Foundation-funded project to design and plan a National Testing Facility for Enhancing Wind Resiliency of Infrastructure in Tornado-Downburst-Gust Front Events, or NEWRITE.

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Iowa State University engineers are working on solutions for cost-effective, quick, chemical recycling for plastics and textiles. Read the full story.

Michelle Soupir (pictured left), professor of agricultural and biosystems engineerining, research programs focus on water quality solutions, building sustainable water systems, and understanding the impacts of agricultural practices.

Building in progress: Career comes full-circle for industrial engineering alum Danelda Allen

For Danelda Allen (IE ’88), being assigned construction manager of the Therkildsen Industrial Engineering Building project on campus is a full-circle engineering moment. Read the full story.

How shattered glass became Masha Lebedeva’s clear path to materials science and engineering

Masha Lebedeva realized – “Materials engineering is exactly what I was looking for. I just didn’t know it was there.” Read the full story.

Longer-lasting synthetic heart valves

Ming-Chen Hsu, associate professor of mechnaical engineering specializing in fluid-structure interaction, is using sophisticated computational techniques to simulate how artificial replacement heart valves interact with blood flow. Currently, bioprosthetic heart valves have a limited lifespan of about 10 years, so additional surgical intervention is needed once they wear out. Hsu’s work will lead to more efficient and durable valve designs, reducing the need for patients to undergo repeat open-heart surgeries.