Kejin Wang, professor of civil, construction, and environmental engineering, and her two graduate assistants, Gilson Lomboy and Xuhao Wang, recently received $17,400 from Iowa State’s Computation Advisory Committee (CAC) to support the project “Transforming traditional lab instruction to blended instruction through computer-mediated activities.” CAC awards fund programs designed to benefit the general instructional program and …Continue reading “CCEE professor receives CAC funding”
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”
Since 1998, the Division of Student Affairs has annually awarded one Iowa State University faculty member the Thomas B. Thielen Award. This year’s awardee is Tom Brumm, associate professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering (ABE) and professor-in-charge of online learning for the colleges of engineering and liberal arts and sciences. The award, named after …Continue reading “Brumm receives Division of Student Affairs’ highest honor”
The Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition has given students throughout Iowa the opportunity to work with Iowa entrepreneurs to develop business plans and to compete for three $5,000 prizes. This year three of the six students named regional winners were College of Engineering students and another a CoE alumnus. The regional winners include: Luke Schlangen and Ashish …Continue reading “Iowa State pair wins Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition”
Could you race, let alone stay afloat, in a concrete canoe? That’s what a group of 25 Iowa State engineering students set their minds to as they placed second in the 2012 Midwest Regional Concrete Canoe Competition, held April 20-21 in Platteville, Wisc. Throughout the year approaching competition, students from the American Society of Civil …Continue reading “Iowa State concrete canoe team places 2nd in Midwest”
Larry Cormicle, Iowa State construction engineering senior lecturer and Glenn H. DeStigter Scholar, was given the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Outstanding Educator Award, an international honor. The award recognizes Cormicle’s contribution to construction education, excellence in teaching, service to the ASC and dedication to the construction profession. Letters of recommendation from the department head …Continue reading “Cormicle named Associated Schools of Construction outstanding educator”
The Transportation Student Association Iowa State chapter recently earned the 2012 Student Section Activities Award by the Midwestern district of the Institute for Transportation Engineers. Assistant Professor Nadia Gkritza advises the Iowa State student chapter. Click for the full story on the Iowa State University Institute for Transportation website.
Three graduating seniors from Iowa State’s College of Engineering recently received 2012 Alliant Energy/Erroll B. Davis Jr. Achievement Awards. They were among a group of four students who were honored April 12 with the award and a concurrent scholarship . The four awardees were: Bieu Y. Ieong, senior in mechanical engineering at Iowa State Sonia …Continue reading “Alliant Energy honors three CoE students”
On April 25th, Iowa State’s new student-run men’s magazine, Sir Magazine, was released. The magazine featured an article about CoE’s solar care team, Team PrISUm. Inside the article you can read about what goes into the making of their cars and the competitions they compete in. The article gives readers a good perspective on how hard …Continue reading “New student publication features Team PrISUm”
