Two Iowa State University College of Engineering (CoE) faculty members have been named 2012 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Fellows, a feat only six others from the CoE have achieved since the organization was founded in 1893. The selection of Larry Genalo, University Professor of materials science and engineering (MSE), and Diane Rover, professor …Continue reading “Two CoE faculty members named ASEE Fellows”
Five Iowa State College of Engineering alumni are joining a prestigious group of past National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recipients. Seth Berbano, BSMatE’11; Elliot Combs, BSChE’11; Chloe Dedic, BSME’12; Connor Schenck, BSCS’11; and Barret Schloerke, BSCpE’10, will join a list that includes Nobel laureate and U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, …Continue reading “NSF GRFP honors five CoE alumni with fellowship”
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between 2010 and 2020 the auto industry will see an increase in employment for service technicians and mechanics, automotive body and glass repair, and painting and coating workers. With innovations in the automotive technology, the workforce will begin to see a skills gap. To help close that gap …Continue reading “Virtual Reality Goes to School”
Pratt & Whitney has established a strategic research partnership with Iowa State University to improve gas turbine engine technology for aerospace applications (news release). The five-year initiative establishes a Pratt & Whitney Center of Excellence at Iowa State, with research projects focused on: Non-destructive evaluation of engine components Materials design and testing, in collaboration with …Continue reading “Pratt & Whitney establishes engineering center of excellence at Iowa State”
The IMSE Department would like to congratulate Carl Kirpes on finishing second place at this year’s IIE Regional Conference Paper Competitions held at North Dakota State University. Carl presented his paper “John Deere Des Moines Works 637 Disk Welding & Assembly Line Synchronization” to a panel of three judges on March 2nd of this year. …Continue reading “Kirpes receives second place in IIE paper competition”
Iowa State University’s Team LunaCY will compete in NASA’s Lunabotics Mining Competition May 21-26. This year’s student-designed and student-built robot is lighter and more efficient than past efforts. The goal is to mine and deposit at least 10 kilograms of simulated moon soil within 10 minutes. Read the full story.
“He has a reputation for his character. He left a legacy here,” says Sheila Kelly, one of the recipients of the 2012 T.J. Good Scholarship. She and Andrew Faust, both civil engineering seniors, are the two receivers of the scholarship honoring the 22-year-old Iowa State civil engineering senior who died suddenly of bacterial meningitis in …Continue reading “Faust, Kelly recipients of 2012 T.J. Good Scholarship”
On May 12, 2012, the Greater Iowa Credit Union elected five new members to its board of directors, adding two more individuals associated with the Iowa State College of Engineering to the board. Michael Welter (BSConE’81) and Jody Danielson, program coordinator for chemical and biological engineering (CBE), have been newly elected to the board. Craig …Continue reading “CoE well represented on credit union board of directors”
The Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering welcomed 1974 civil engineering alumnus Robert Paulsen April 23 and 24 as Executive-in-Residence. From a business executive standpoint, he shared his 35 years of industry experience in the civil engineering profession. Paulsen gave a lecture titled, “I’m Now an Engineer…What Else Would I Possibly Need to Know?” …Continue reading “Civil engineering alumnus Robert Paulsen visits as Executive-in-Residence”
Michael Olsen, associate professor of mechanical engineering, is bringing web conferencing software into the classroom, creating virtual help sessions where students interact, ask questions, and get answers. Initially, Olsen used the technology, Adobe Connect, to manage increasing class sizes. What resulted was a new space for learning that students are quick to embrace. The mechanical …Continue reading “Teaching beyond the classroom: ME course integrates web conferencing software”
Senior mechanical engineering students at Iowa State University found an ideal capstone project by teaming up with Opportunity Village, a private, non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to serving people with intellectual disabilities. Five team members this year designed and built a new stand aid walker, to be used by an individual who receives day services at the …Continue reading “Engineering with a purpose”
Since his move from industry work to academia earlier this year, Anupam Sharma says the biggest difference is the interaction he now has with students, a change he finds very rewarding. Sharma, who joined Iowa State in January as assistant professor of aerospace engineering and Walter W. Wilson Faculty Fellow, is focusing his research on …Continue reading “Assistant professor studies aerodynamic noise”
The National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC) is supporting researchers who have found three proteins involved in the accumulation of fatty acids in plants. The discovery, published by nature.com, could help plant scientists boost seed oil production in crops. And that could boost the production of biorenewable fuels and chemicals. Read …Continue reading “Iowa State, Salk researchers make plant protein discovery that could boost bioeconomy”
Jonathan Wickert, dean of the College of Engineering at Iowa State University, has been tapped to become ISU’s next senior vice president and provost. President Steven Leath selected Wickert to become Iowa State’s chief academic officer following a national search. The appointment is subject to approval by the Iowa Board of Regents. Wickert will assume …Continue reading “Wickert named senior vice president and provost at Iowa State”
Three teams of Iowa State University researchers will use grants from the Iowa Energy Center to develop biorenewable technologies. All three projects involve the thermochemical conversion of biomass to biorenewable fuels, chemicals, and products. The grants are part of the center’s mission to improve energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. Up to a three-year, $468,000 …Continue reading “Iowa Energy Center supports research aimed at building Iowa’s bioeconomy”
