Iowa State University’s National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) Student Chapter has been selected as a finalist for the 2012 NECA/ELECTRI International Green Energy Challenge student competition. While scored as the top written plan, the group will present their plan at the NECA Convention September 29 in Las Vegas, Nev. The Iowa State team will compete …Continue reading “Iowa State student team named finalist in national ‘green’ energy challenge”
Lights flickered and returned to normal. But a few moments later — total darkness. This was a common scenario for people all over Ames due to the citywide power outage Tuesday, June 19. For those involved in new student orientation, the temporary blackout posed some challenges. Incoming student Nicole Baker said she was on the …Continue reading “Power outage: Making light of an inconvenient situation”
Joeseph Zambreno, an Associate Professor in the Iowa State Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, is drawing from three frontiers of computer architecture – Exascale computing, data mining and “fused” chipsets – to propose new approaches to data collection and chip design. “Computer engineering is considered an enabling discipline,” …Continue reading “Frontiers of Computer Architecture”
Stephen Gilbert’s fascination with technology and cognitive science has led him to his current role as assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE), associate director of the Virtual Reality Applications Center (VRAC), and a member of Iowa State’s Human Computer Interaction (HCI) research group. Gilbert started his college career at Princeton …Continue reading “Gilbert combines interests in cognitive science and emerging technologies”
AMES, Iowa – The stress level is finally dropping in the Cyclone Racing shop on the Iowa State University campus. Formula SAE’s June 20-23 competition in Lincoln, Neb., is just days away. And the Yamaha YFZ450 engine in the back of the student-designed and student-built mini open-wheel racer is finally close to powering some last-minute tests. Derek Roberg, …Continue reading “Iowa State’s Formula SAE team looks for engine answers as it prepares to race”
Berlin native Derek Roncaioli’s senior design project for mechanical engineering at Iowa State was to find a way for a gentleman named Bud, who is blind and has severe muscle control problems to ride in RAGBRAI. He had a stroke when he was 16 years old which impaired him and since then he has wanted …Continue reading “Senior design project allows disabled local to ride RAGBRAI”
Iowa State University’s College of Engineering has named Kristen Constant chair of its materials science and engineering program. Her appointment will begin July 1, 2012. Constant was identified through an internal search to replace Richard LeSar, chair since 2006, who is stepping down to devote more time to his research activities. Constant, a native of …Continue reading “Kristen Constant named chair of Iowa State’s materials science and engineering program”
With an interest in the structural aspects of engineering design, 1963 civil engineering alumnus Jack McGuire never anticipated he would have a life-long career in aerospace engineering. But after 43 years at the Boeing Company, he can safely say the field has proved to be the place for him. His professional accomplishments and commitment to …Continue reading “‘Eminent Engineer’ gives back to the profession”
L. K. Doraiswamy, an Anson Marston distinguished professor emeritus in the Iowa State University Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) and an international pioneer in the field of chemical reaction engineering, died June 2 in Danville, Pa., while recovering from bypass surgery. He was 85. Doraiswamy was known for his outstanding research and leadership …Continue reading “L. K. Doraiswamy, famed Anson Marston distinguished professor emeritus, passes away”
DES MOINES, Iowa – Engineering used to be a career field that appealed mostly to boys – but that’s changing. Des Moines Area Community College, Iowa State University and Dowling Catholic High School are co-sponsoring a three-day engineering camp – for girls only. Camp coordinator Dan Malloy says girls will get hands-on experience with projects …Continue reading “Engineering: It isn’t ‘just for boys’ anymore”
Erin MacDonald, a 2011-2012 Big 12 Faculty Fellow, recently returned from the University of Texas at Austin with a new partnership and several budding research ideas to improve new product design. MacDonald, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, spent two weeks in May, working side-by-side with assistant professor Carolyn Conner Seepersad from the UT mechanical …Continue reading “ME assistant professor returns from Big 12 faculty fellowship”
Written by Perry Beeman Des Moines Register The way you type on your computer’s keyboard is as unique as your handwriting, and may even be a matter of national security, says an Iowa State University engineering professor. The U.S. Department of Defense, looking for better ways than hacker-prone passwords to protect its systems, is betting a …Continue reading “Keystrokes yield ID clues”
Professor Mufit Akinc, a faculty member at Iowa State University since 1981, has been named interim dean of the College of Engineering effective July 30. He succeeds Jonathan Wickert, who will assume the role of senior vice president and provost at Iowa State on the same date. “I am very pleased that Mufit has agreed …Continue reading “Akinc named interim dean of Iowa State University’s College of Engineering”
Interdisciplinary teams working on the Dean’s Research Initiatives (DRIs) presented their progress to date in an open forum held May 15. The DRIs, established by the College of Engineering in 2011, awarded $500,000 to three teams to help them pursue larger funding opportunities. Creating a carbon-negative economy The Initiative for a Carbon Negative Economy …Continue reading “Open forum highlights progress on Dean’s Research Initiatives”
$435,000 contract renewal supports job growth, economic development Iowa State University’s Extension and Outreach Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) has received a $435,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to support Iowa businesses through the Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP). PTAP, funded in part by the DOD through the Defense …Continue reading “Department of Defense, Iowa State University help Iowa businesses land government contracts”
