This academic year, the College of Engineering is welcoming 12 new faculty members within several departments, including civil, construction, and environmental engineering; electrical and computer engineering; industrial and manufacturing systems engineering; materials science and engineering; and mechanical engineering. Check out Innovate for profiles of the 10 newest members who started this fall. Two additional faculty …Continue reading “Twelve join CoE faculty”
With the fall semester in full swing, this year’s new faculty members are busy teaching and researching at Iowa State’s College of Engineering. As a group, they bring a wide range of expertise and skill, ranging from biomaterials to alternative energy, and they also add value to the successful interdisciplinary teaching and research within the …Continue reading “CoE welcomes new faculty”
Working as an engineer was a somewhat unexpected career path for Reza Montazami after he graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor’s degree in physics and astronomy. Part way through his undergraduate studies, he began working on polymeric functional thin films for energy harvesting applications. He then became interested in applied science and started looking …Continue reading “Montazami joins ME”
Growing up in Tehran, Iran, Nicole Hashemi attended Farzanegan School, a group of schools created to educate talented young students. Administered by the National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents, the schools challenge middle school and high school students with college-level study of academic subjects. Her strong educational background and interest in hard sciences eventually …Continue reading “Hashemi is the new William March Scholar in Mechanical Engineering”
Born in the village of Ardon, Switzerland, a country smaller than Iowa, Daniel Attinger’s future began to take shape without him even realizing it. He took an early interest in his dad’s job as a motorcycle mechanic, and his enthusiasm for understanding the intricate details of mechanical work continued to grow throughout his teens, when …Continue reading “ME welcomes microfluidics engineer”
After 25 years in the Navy, retired naval flight officer and adjunct assistant professor of naval science David Asjes is preparing to begin a new career. The insights he picked up through his honorable service to the country will inform his latest mission: helping mechanical engineering students at Iowa State learn about dynamic systems and …Continue reading “From the Navy to the classroom”
On September 9, 2011, Judy Vance received a medallion to commemorate her position as the Joseph and Elizabeth Anderlik Professor in Engineering during a ceremony that included remarks from President Gregory Geoffroy and Dean Jonathan Wickert. Read the Innovate story.
The new chair of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE) Janis Terpenny has only been on campus for about a month, but she has already set down the foundation to advance the IMSE department. Launching into her new position with valuable experience and knowledge, she has focused her leadership on reaching departmental …Continue reading “Terpenny off to a great start”
On September 9, 2011, Judy Vance received a medallion to commemorate her position as the Joseph and Elizabeth Anderlik Professor in Engineering during a ceremony that included remarks from President Gregory Geoffroy and Dean Jonathan Wickert. Vance received her bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from Iowa State, all in mechanical engineering. She spent several years working in …Continue reading “Vance receives Anderlik medallion”
Bob Lipert held up a syringe, attached a plastic cartridge and demonstrated how chemistry developed at Iowa State University is helping astronauts and cosmonauts make sure they have safe drinking water at the International Space Station. Each cartridge contains a thin, one-centimeter disk that’s loaded with chemistry, said Lipert, an associate scientist with Iowa State’s …Continue reading “Iowa State chemists help astronauts make sure their drinking water is clean”
Ian Dobson joins the ECpE department as the inaugural recipient of the Arend J. and Verna V. Sandbulte Professorship in Engineering. This endowed professorship was established in 2010 to support an elite faculty member in electric energy. Dobson received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Cambridge University in 1978 and his PhD in electrical engineering …Continue reading “Dobson joins ECpE”
Jian Chu, a researcher and consultant well established in Southeast Asia, became the James M. Hoover Chair in Geotechnical Engineering in Iowa State’s Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering this fall. Chu’s most recent venture was director of the Centre for Infrastructure Systems in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Nanyang Technological …Continue reading “CCEE adds geotechnical engineer to faculty”
Faxian Xiu joined Iowa State’s electrical and computer engineering department this fall as an assistant professor. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in materials science and engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology and the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2000 and 2002, respectively, and his PhD in electrical engineering from the University …Continue reading “ECpE welcomes new assistant professor”
Born in Montreal, Canada, new CCEE Assistant Professor Simon Laflamme has devoted the last several years to research in structural control. He even has a patent pending for an elastomeric skin that locates and diagnoses structural damage. Laflamme earned both a bachelor of commerce with an emphasis in economics and finance, and a bachelor of …Continue reading “Laflamme brings structure expertise to CCEE”
The College of Engineering has again reached a new milestone in student enrollment. This year, the college saw a growth of 460 students to bring the college’s total enrollment to 6,932. This total comprises 5,935 undergraduate students and 997 graduate students. The college’s enrollment increase contributes to the university’s record enrollment of 29,887 students. “The …Continue reading “Engineering undergraduate enrollment sets another record”
