AMES, Iowa – Plants and algae may be a source of green, renewable hydrocarbons that could replace the ancient, finite hydrocarbons in fossil fuels, according to a team of researchers led by Iowa State University’s Jackie Shanks. Shanks, Iowa State’s Manley R. Hoppe Professor of Chemical Engineering, said some plants and algae produce hydrocarbons as …Continue reading “Iowa State researchers looking for catalyst that allows plants to produce hydrocarbons”
When the United States Educational Foundation sponsored an education fair in India, Sameer Mohd got excited about the aerospace engineering program at Iowa State. Now in Ames and among 3,017 other international students here, he’s in his first semester at Iowa State, already meeting with engineering companies, and waiting for the snow to fall. Read …Continue reading “AerE student glad to be included in Iowa State’s record international student enrollment”
