The 2011 “Women Impacting ISU” calendar will be unveiled and distributed for free on Wednesday, December 8, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. The event is free and open to the public. The calendar features six students and six faculty and staff members that have been prominent female …Continue reading “2011 Women Impacting ISU Calendar unveiling”
Regional qualifiers in the 2010 First Lego League (FLL) Competition are taking place across Iowa, featuring student-designed robots and lots of fun. Check out what happened at Cedar Falls, Ottumwa, Des Moines, and the Quad Cities. Newton’s FLL team was featured in the Newton Daily News.
At the Biorenewable Research Farm, many projects are underway that deal with conversion or transportation of biofuels. One project deals with using corn stover transported from fields and harvesting, and converting it into types of bioproducts. The project is led by Matthew Darr, assistant professor of agriculture and biosystems engineering, and Stuart Birrel, associate professor …Continue reading “Corn stover converted into bioproducts at research farm”
Researchers from Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory have developed a process capable of producing a thin and uniform light-absorbing layer on textured substrates that improves the efficiency of polymer solar cells by increasing light absorption. “Our technology efficiently utilizes the light trapping scheme,” said Sumit Chaudhary, an Iowa State assistant professor of electrical …Continue reading “Chaudhary fabricates more efficient polymer solar cells”
Iowa State’s Engineers for a Sustainable World chapter focuses its projects from both a local and international perspective. Read about several of group’s projects including rainwater harvesting in Uganda and solar lighting in India and Nicaragua in this Iowa State Daily article.
On November 19, Rich Wlezien received the Coffman medallion during a ceremony that included remarks from President Gregory Geoffroy and Dean Jonathan Wickert. Wlezien joined the college in August this year as chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and is the first to hold the recently created Coffman departmental chair. Vance Coffman, an …Continue reading “Wlezien receives Coffman Medallion”
Each summer, juniors in Army ROTC from around the nation participate in a Leadership Development and Assessment Course where they are evaluated on different leadership attributes. Trenton Fredrickson, now a senior in materials engineering, traveled to Fort Lewis, Washington, to endure a physical fitness test, obstacle course, day/night land navigation scenario, first-aid training, gas chamber …Continue reading “MSE student appreciates lessons from ROTC and engineering”
The Space Shuttle fleet will be retiring in the next year (pending, of course, on whether they can get some cracking problems licked). While the orbiters themselves will be sold off, at prices in the millions of dollars, to museums Universities and schools around the country will have the opportunity to own at least a …Continue reading “Schools Can Order Space Shuttle Tiles for Educational Use”
A named professorship steeped in history, gifted by an alum with deep family ties to Iowa State, is advancing the work of two prominent engineering researchers. The Vlasta Klima Balloun Professor of Engineering—actually two professorships—is a title now held by Balaji Narasimhan, associate dean for research in the College of Engineering and a professor of …Continue reading “Vlasta Klima Balloun professorships benefit wide-ranging research”
(Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a series of student profiles written by students in JLMC 321, Public Relations Writing. Our thanks to the authors, to senior lecturer Erin Wilgenbusch, to the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communications, and to the subjects. Read the first installment.) Bruno Orticelli In five years at …Continue reading “About students, by students (Part II)”
The Iowa State Chapter of Material Advantage (MA) received the “Most Outstanding Chapter” Award at this year’s national Materials Science and Technology Conference, marking seven consecutive years of earning the award. Kate Lindley, junior in materials engineering and president of the Iowa State chapter, said each award is an amazing achievement that continues to push …Continue reading “MSE group named best chapter for 7th straight year”
The countdown clock is winding down on America’s space shuttle program, but astronaut Clay Anderson says he isn’t giving up on space. Anderson, the first and only Iowa State University graduate ever to reach orbit, says he hopes as this era of NASA space shuttles comes to an end, another better program will soon be …Continue reading “Anderson ponders NASA’s future as shuttle program ends”
by Matt Kelley on November 25, 2010 in Human Interest,Technology The countdown clock is winding down on America’s space shuttle program, but astronaut Clay Anderson says he isn’t giving up on space. Anderson, the first and only Iowa State University graduate ever to reach orbit, says he hopes as this era of NASA space shuttles …Continue reading “ISU grad, spacewalker ponders NASA’s future as shuttle program ends”
The College of Engineering’s announcement in October that Dr. Gary Mirka has been promoted to the position of associate dean for undergraduate and graduate education capped a period of administrative changes that began last spring. Mirka, currently the John Ryder Professor and Department Chair of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, moves into the associate dean’s …Continue reading “College’s cabinet in place”
ME senior Luke Borkowski will serve as this semester’s College of Engineering student marshal. As student marshal, he will lead the engineering graduating class into Iowa State’s graduation commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 18. Each department has the opportunity to submit a nominee to be recognized. Borkowski was nominated by Johna Wolfe, academic advisor, and …Continue reading “Borkowski selected as student marshal”
