Augmented reality, driving simulators and black swans are among the topics in the latest newsletter from the Center for e-Design. The Augmented Reality Customer Collaborator (ARCC) team is working to create a prototype for camera-enabled tablets that will take images of components in need of support. In collaboration with Boeing, the Iowa State ARCC research team includes researchers Eliot …Continue reading “Academia meets industry at Center for e-Design”
Even though he’s a mechanical engineer, Brad Matt, a 2002 alumnus, prefers to spend his time working hands-on at a construction site rather than in his office. Lucky for Brad, his jobs have provided him with a steady mix of both environments. Never living in the same city for more than two consecutive years, he …Continue reading “Brad Matt shares international experience, love for Iowa State”
The Iowa State Steel Bridge Team, as part of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) chapter, celebrates their best place yet at the National Student Steel Bridge Competition. They placed fifth in the 2013 contest, held June 1 at the University of Washington (Seattle). Iowa State was in good company as a top-five finisher: …Continue reading “Iowa State places fifth in national student steel bridge contest”
Daniel Attinger, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Iowa State, was invited to give a panel presentation on surface sciences at the International Workshop on Micro and Nanostructures for Phase Change Heat Transfer. The workshop was co-organized in Boston by Evelyn Wang from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Yoav Peles from the Rensselaer …Continue reading “Realizing the dreams of Art Bergles with the help of nanotechnologies”
The Graduate College honored five mechanical engineering PhD students for their outstanding accomplishments in research and achievement in teaching. New recipients are selected each semester for the awards for research and teaching excellence. The research excellence awards recognize the “best of the best” graduating students who have submitted theses and dissertations. The teaching excellence awards …Continue reading “Five ME graduate students receive Graduate College awards”
Andrew Hillier has been named chair and Wilkinson Professor of Interdisciplinary Engineering of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Iowa State University. The appointment began June 1. Previously, Hillier had been a professor and associate chair in the department. Hillier joined the Iowa State faculty in 2003 after being on the faculty at …Continue reading “Andrew Hillier named chair of Iowa State’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering”
Sarah Ryan, professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, was recognized as an Institute of Industrial Engineers Fellow at the annual conference, which took place May 18-22 in Puerto Rico this year. The IIE names up to 20 fellows each year, requiring that their contributions to industrial engineering be recognized on a national scale. Ryan …Continue reading “Sarah Ryan named 2013 IIE Fellow”
The College of Engineering student body voted Leslie Potter, senior lecturer in IMSE, as Faculty Member of the Year. The award was presented at the Engineering Leadership Banquet held on April 23, 2013 in the Howe Hall Atrium. From the banquet program: In the words of her nominators, Ms. Potter is a dedicated and kind …Continue reading “Potter named Engineering Faculty Member of the Year”
