Joe Hynek may be the only student at Iowa State who carries a handbag for “scientific purposes”
Month: April 2009
Fungus in Ethanol Production
Hans van Leeuwen has long worked with fungi to purify food processing wastewater
Iowa State Asteroid Deflection Research
Iowa State’s Asteroid Deflection Research Center (ADRC), established in April 2008, has won its first contract to develop technologies to mitigate the threat to Earth posed by asteroids
Winds of Change
More than 220 participants took part in what Iowa State University hopes will be a long-term initiative in alternative energy technologies, the First ISU Wind Energy Symposium.
Kevin Petersen retires as director of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
Kevin Petersen, who was inducted into the Department of Aerospace Engineering’s Hall of Distinguished Alumni in 2004, retired as director of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, on April 3. Petersen earned his BS in aerospace engineering in 1974. He served as the center’s director for more than 10 years. (News release)