The Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT) has honored Terry Meyer, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, with the 2010 Young Researcher Award. The award is granted annually to an outstanding young scientist in the field of optics and photonics, and Meyer is being recognized for his work in developing new laser imaging techniques …Continue reading “Meyer receives SAOT Young Researcher Award in Advanced Optical Technologies”
Ames, Iowa — Three electrical and computer engineering professors at Iowa State University have received prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Awards this year. Assistant professors Liang Dong, Jaeyoun Kim, and Lei Ying each will receive $400,000 over a five-year period to fund their research and educational efforts in photonic circuits, optical …Continue reading “Three electrical and computer engineering faculty receive 2010 NSF CAREER Awards”
The story’s become all too familiar in today’s digital world. A security breach provides a hacker access to a computer system containing the personal information of 80,000 people. This time, the hacker gained entry to personal information through the licensing database of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission. But it could have been another state’s …Continue reading “New technology won’t prevent information security breaches, say Iowa State experts”
Alexander Stoytchev, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and his research group are teaching a robot to learn in the same way a two-year-old does. Read the story from the Robotics Technology Center here—and be sure to watch the video when Josh Zepps and Brink came to visit the Developmental …Continue reading “ECpE robot is learning to learn”
Pork Magazine carried a story on February 1 quoting Robert Burns, an agricultural and biosystems engineering professor, and his research on the dangers of methane production in deep manure pits. Read the full story here.
Using an Xbox 360 game controller to travel through a patient’s body in order to plan for surgery may sound like pure science fiction, but it’s now a reality through technology created by an Ames startup company, BodyViz.com . And the co-founder of that company, Eliot Winer — an Iowa State University associate professor of mechanical …Continue reading “BodyViz cofounder to speak at ISU Pappajohn Center Entrepreneur Forum on February 12”
Four College of Engineering seniors have been selected to receive the Dean’s Student Leadership Award for 2010. The recipients are Justine Bormann (AerE), Joseph Goering (ME), Brandon Kennedy (ME), and Jessica Tobelmann (CBE). Juniors and seniors are nominated for the award based on their exemplary leadership in one or more college, university, community, or professional …Continue reading “Dean’s Student Leadership Award recipients named”
Carolyn Heising, a professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering , wrote a guest column for The Des Moines Register about the power of nuclear plants and clean energy. The column was originally printed on February 4, 2010. What the administration does about loan guarantees for building new nuclear power plants in the …Continue reading “Guest column: New nuclear plants power economy, too”
SynGest Inc. has announced that Dr. Robert C. Brown, Anson Marston Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Gary and Donna Hoover Chair in Mechanical Engineering, Iowa Farm Bureau director of the Bioeconomy Institute, director of the Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies, and professor of mechanical engineering, chemical and biological engineering, and agricultural and biosystems engineering will serve …Continue reading “Brown to serve on SynGest’s Technical Advisory Committee”
Jerry Stevens, a 1974 civil engineering graduate from Iowa State, has been named head of the American Water Works Association. He is currently the general manager of the West Des Moines Water Works. His appointment to the AWWA begins in June as president elect for a year, then a year as president, and then past …Continue reading “CE alum leads American Water Works Association”
The 2010 Spring Engineering Career Fair is Tuesday, February 9, from 12 to 6 p.m. at Hilton Coliseum. Over 150 companies will be in attendance seeking candidates for employment, internships, and co-ops. (play video) Keep your eyes peeled on the College of Engineering’s Facebook page and follow us on Twitter for great daily tips from other students!
Harry Weiss, Iowa State professor emeritus in aerospace engineering, has been selected to receive the Evan Ferguson Award for service by Sigma Xi. With nearly 60,000 members in more than 100 countries, Sigma Xi is an international research society that works to promote the health of the scientific enterprise and honor scientific achievement. “Most scientific …Continue reading “AerE professor Harry Weiss to receive Evan Ferguson Award from Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society”
