The Iowa State student chapter of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) was chosen as an outstanding Story County Youth Volunteer group through the Celebrating People in Action initiative, a partnership of the Volunteer Center of Story County, Iowa State University Student Activities Center, HandsOn Network and United Way of Story County. AGC president Jordan Einck …Continue reading “AGC student club named Outstanding Story County Youth Volunteer Group”
Casey Fangmann’s long-standing passion for environmental responsibility has guided him through much of his college career. That passion inspired him to develop a recycling program on campus and to major in industrial engineering with a focus on sustainability. It also helped him become a 2012 Udall Scholar. The Udall Scholar program, established by the U.S. …Continue reading “Industrial engineering student named 2012 Udall Scholar”
Recent chemical engineering Ph.D. graduate Brenda Carrillo-Conde (PhDChE ’11) received the 2012 Karas Award for Outstanding Dissertation in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Engineering at Iowa State University. She will be awarded $1,000 and a plaque at the Sigma Xi banquet Thursday, April 26, 5:30 p.m. at Scheman Building on Iowa State University campus. …Continue reading “Chem-E grad earns Iowa State Karas Award for Outstanding Dissertation”
Iowa State’s Engineering Student Council honored two IMSE staff members with awards at the Engineering Student Leadership Banquet on April 10. Devna Popejoy-Sheriff was named the Academic Advisor of the Year and Kevin Brownfield was named Staff Member of the Year. These awards were decided by the student body of the College of Engineering. Devna …Continue reading “IMSE staff members receive awards from Engineering Student Council”
Chris Deal (BSME’08), Vaibhav Kumar (BSECpE’07, MSECpE’09), Wes Meier (BSME’08), and Cameron Travers (BSCpE’07) have been named 2012 STATEment Makers by the Iowa State University Alumni Association. The honor recognizes the early personal and professional accomplishments and contributions to society of Iowa State University’s young alumni (graduates under 32 years of age). Read more about these and the …Continue reading “Four from engineering are 2012 STATEment Makers”
A collaborative project between Iowa State University and the University of Iowa has received a grant for $290,000 from the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF). Matt Frank, associate professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering at Iowa State University, and Thomas Brown, Richard and Janice Johnston Chair of Orthopaedic Biomechanics and professor of biomedical engineering at …Continue reading “Rapid manufacturing project awarded grant from Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation”
More than 100 research projects completed by Iowa State University students will on display during the university’s sixth annual Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression. The symposium will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, in the Memorial Union on the ISU campus. The event is free and open to the …Continue reading “Engineering students among undergraduates showcasing their research and creative expression at ISU April 17”
Three space pioneers and Iowa natives have been selected as 2012 distinguished alumni by the Iowa State University College of Engineering’s Department of Aerospace Engineering. Stephen Bales, LeRoy Cain, and L. Michael Weeks will be honored April 13 at the department’s Distinguished Alumni Ceremony. Stephen Bales Space flight pioneer Bales, a native of Ottumwa, Iowa, …Continue reading “Space pioneers, Iowa natives receive Iowa State aerospace engineering alumni awards”
Nihal Orfi is listed as first author of an article featured in Industrial Engineer, a member magazine of the Institute of Industrial Engineers. For a sample of the article, read below. To register to read the full article, click here. University-corporate collaboration develops tool that helped reduce tire product complexity at Goodyear By Nihal Orfi, …Continue reading “Center for e-Design featured in Industrial Engineer magazine article”
IMSE graduate student Pan Xu was the first author on a paper that was accepted to the Symposium on the Principles of Database Systems (PODS) this year. The PODS Symposium is an annual symposium organized by the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), and is a leading international forum for database researchers, practitioners, developers, and users …Continue reading “IMSE grad student’s paper chosen by Principles of Database Systems Symposium”
Mark Bryden, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and other members of ETHOS (Engineers in Technical and Humanitarian Opportunities of Service) are improving the lives of the poor by developing and distributing clean cooking technologies. Bryden is a co-founder of ETHOS. Watch an ETHOS video.
Christopher Karstens was on the ground studying the damage caused by the deadly April 27, 2011, tornado that hit Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Ala. It was just a week after the tornado. He was between the two cities, in the rough country of the southern Appalachians about 20 miles northeast of Tuscaloosa. He said it’s terrain …Continue reading “Iowa State researchers find, test winds extending far away from Alabama tornado’s path”
At The Boeing Company, there are more civil engineering jobs available than one may think. This is what Jack McGuire (B.S. CE ’66), a retired Boeing Commercial Airplanes director of structures engineering and technology, and Bob Funke (B.S. CE ’84, M.S. CE ’86), current senior manager of mechanical and structural engineering at Boeing Defense, Space …Continue reading “Boeing promotes civil engineering jobs at Iowa State visit”
Situated near the northern border of a country with a long history of violence, political instability, and disease is the Bilingual Christian University of Congo (UCBC), a school offering promise and hope to a community that has endured years of loss and strife. Launched in 2007, the university is part of the Congo Initiative, which …Continue reading “Engineering in Africa: Iowa State professor makes a global impact”
For Christian Tormos, working in a research laboratory is second nature. Actively participating in research projects since his freshman year, Tormos, now a senior in chemical and biological engineering (CBE), is investigating a treatment for acute mechanical damage (AMD) that can to occur to cartilage and lead to post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA), a disorder that occurs …Continue reading “Undergraduate enhances lessons with research, explores bioengineering”
