Margaret Harding (BSNucE’81) appeared on FOX NEWS on March 14, 2011, to speak about the nuclear reactor situation in Japan. Watch the video. Harding also answered CNN’s five OFF-SET questions about nuclear safety.
Month: March 2011
Engineering students among undergraduates to showcase research at annual Capitol event
Twenty-five Iowa State University undergraduates will present their research to legislators and others during the sixth annual “Research in the Capitol.” Five of those students are from engineering. The event will be from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, in the rotunda of the State Capitol building in Des Moines. Iowa Governor Terry …Continue reading “Engineering students among undergraduates to showcase research at annual Capitol event”
College remains in top 25 percent of U.S. News graduate school rankings
Iowa State University’s College of Engineering ranks No. 45 in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools, placing it again in the top 25 percent of all engineering graduate programs. Among public institutions, Iowa State maintained its rank of 25th overall. “Iowa State’s College of Engineering is proud and honored …Continue reading “College remains in top 25 percent of U.S. News graduate school rankings”
Roehr to receive Professional Progress in Engineering Award
Kari Roehr (BSChE’97) will receive the 2011 Professional Progress in Engineering Award (PPEA) from the College of Engineering. The award was created to recognize outstanding professional progress, personal development, and distinguished community service by engineering alumni under the age of 46. She will receive the award at the Marston Club Dinner on April 14. Roehr …Continue reading “Roehr to receive Professional Progress in Engineering Award”
Six with engineering ties to be presented with Iowa State awards
Each year Iowa State University recognizes alumni and friends at the Distinguished Alumni Awards Celebration. On April 15, 2011, the university’s highest awards will be presented including the Distinguished Alumni Award, Honorary Alumni Award, and Order of the Knoll Awards. This year, Allen F. Jacobson (BSChE’47), Subra Suresh (MSME’79), and A.J. Van Dierendonck (MSEE’65/PhDEE’68) will …Continue reading “Six with engineering ties to be presented with Iowa State awards”
Sritharan studies damage caused by New Zealand earthquake
Iowa State University’s Sri Sritharan is just back from studying the damage caused by the Feb. 22 earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand, and killed more than 160 people. Sritharan, the Wilson Engineering Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, spent more than a week in Christchurch as part of a team from the Earthquake Engineering Research …Continue reading “Sritharan studies damage caused by New Zealand earthquake”
Bruce Thompson, NDE Leader, passed away
Bruce Thompson died March 7th at Israel Hospice House, Ames, Iowa. Bruce served as an Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in the Aerospace Enginering Department and the Materials Science and Engineering Department. He was Director of the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation at Iowa State University and an influential leader in this field. He was a good …Continue reading “Bruce Thompson, NDE Leader, passed away”
Building awareness of biobased products
Helping shift the United States to an agricultural-based economy has taken a life of its own at Iowa State University Extension’s Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS). Since 2002, students, faculty, and staff have been working to develop the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) BioPreferred program, which was implemented to promote the increased purchase and use of biobased products.
ME senior helps organize a record-breaking game of knockout
Brian Capesius, a senior in mechanical engineering, came up with an idea to try to break the knockout record last May. On Tuesday, March 8, 2011, his idea became a reality. Gathering at Hilton Coliseum, 360 students, staff, and faculty became the greatest number of people to play the basketball game of knockout. They will submit their achievement to …Continue reading “ME senior helps organize a record-breaking game of knockout”
Bruce Thompson, NDE Leader, passed away
Bruce Thompson died March 7th at Israel Hospice House, Ames, Iowa. Bruce served as an Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in the Aerospace Enginering Department and the Materials Science and Engineering Department. He was Director of the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation at Iowa State University and an influential leader in this field. He was a good …Continue reading “Bruce Thompson, NDE Leader, passed away”
Leading figure in nondestructive evaluation Bruce Thompson dies
Bruce Thompson, a member of the National Academy of Engineering and Director of the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation at Iowa State University, died on Monday, March 7, after a valiant fight against cancer. Thompson was 69. Thompson also served as Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department and the Aerospace Engineering Department. …Continue reading “Leading figure in nondestructive evaluation Bruce Thompson dies”
Ex-officio member bridges communication gap between students, City Council
Contact Matt England: Matt EnglandEx-Officio Member of Ames City Council mengland@iastate.edu Communication is key — that’s the message Matt England wants students to understand. England, senior in aerospace engineering, acts as the student voice on City Council as an ex-offico councilman and liaison to the Government of the Student Body. He speaks for students on …Continue reading “Ex-officio member bridges communication gap between students, City Council”
Pohl, Rajan receive Wilkinson Professorship
Two named professorships have been established from a bequest from the estate of Roger and Carla Wilkinson of Long Branch, New Jersey. Roger Wilkinson was a 1924 electrical engineering graduate of Iowa State, who also received his PhD in 1950 from the university. The inaugural recipients of the Wilkinson Professorship are Nicola Pohl, professor of …Continue reading “Pohl, Rajan receive Wilkinson Professorship”
Engineering professor, PhD student published in leading physics journal
An Iowa State professor and his PhD student are gaining global recognition for their work on multivariant martensitic phase transformations. Valery Levitas, Schafer 2050 Challenge Professor and faculty member of aerospace engineering and mechanical engineering, along with PhD student Mahdi Javanbakht was published in Physical Review Letters (PRL, 2010, Vol.105, No.16, 165701), the world’s foremost …Continue reading “Engineering professor, PhD student published in leading physics journal”
Wang named newest Wilson Engineering Professor
Zhi J. Wang, associate chair for research of aerospace engineering and professor of mathematics, was recently appointed Wilson Engineering Professor, a position funded by the Grace Miller Wilson and T. Wilson Endowed Engineering Faculty Fund. “It is a tremendous honor and it feels great to be recognized. The best thing is that this honor is …Continue reading “Wang named newest Wilson Engineering Professor”