Mechanical engineering Professor Emeritus Howard Shapiro recently came out of retirement and back into the classroom as a lecturer at Iowa State University. Shapiro graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor’s in mathematics (1969), and his master’s (1971) and Ph.D. (1975) in mechanical engineering. His teaching career began in graduate school, where he …Continue reading “Retirement cannot quench this lecturer’s passion for teaching”
The 2013 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing was held at the Minneapolis Convention Center in early October and welcomed a sold-out crowd from all over the United States. For three days, speakers provided attendees with technical sessions that covered a wide range of subjects and topics, and leading researchers presented their work in …Continue reading “ECpE students attend Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing”
Mary Krumboltz Hurd, a female engineering pioneer and 1947 Iowa State civil engineering alumna, died Friday, Sept. 27. She was 87. Hurd, a woman in an almost male-exclusive profession, authored a book, “Formwork for Concrete,” in 1963 that would be broadly used in the construction industry and at universities. In fact, she listed her name …Continue reading “Mary Hurd, women-in-engineering pioneer and Iowa State alumna, dies at 87”
“Gravity” gives moviegoers “a reasonable taste” of what it’s like to be in space, said Clayton Anderson, Iowa State University’s astronaut-in-residence. “It brought back a lot of memories,” Anderson said. Anderson, an ISU graduate, is a former NASA astronaut who participated in two space flights. He is now a distinguished faculty fellow in Iowa State’s …Continue reading “Distinguished Faculty Fellow Clayton Anderson comments on the science of “Gravity””
Members of the Order of the Knoll got to talk with students and check out Team PrISUm’s solar car on Friday, October 4, during an ISU Foundation event. The team talked about the potential of solar power as an alternative to non-renewable fuel sources and showed guests the ins and outs of the car.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is supporting establishment of a Midwest Transportation Center based at Iowa State University with a two-year grant of $2,592,500. The center will focus its research on data-driven performance measures of transportation infrastructure, traffic safety and project construction, said Shauna Hallmark, the leader of the grant, the interim director of Iowa …Continue reading “U.S. DOT awards Iowa State $2.6 million to establish Midwest Transportation Center”
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has selected Paul Giroux, 1979 Iowa State University construction engineering alumnus and district quality manager with Kiewit Corporation, as the recipient of the 2013 Civil Engineering History and Heritage Award. Giroux will personally accept this award during the ASCE Annual Conference in Charlotte, N.C., on Oct. 12. The …Continue reading “Construction engineering alumnus Giroux wins ASCE history award”
A priority for Engineering Career Services is to help our students and alumni connect with employers. The great reputation of the College of Engineering and the college recruiting process brings more than 400 employers to campus each year. These employers seek to identify individuals with skillsets and interests that match their engineering talent needs. One …Continue reading “Guest Post: Engineering Career Fair continues delivering valuable experiences for students, employers”
Larry Genalo, University Professor of materials science and engineering, mentors future teachers in the “Toying with Technology” course. In a recent hands-on project, students learned about mass, weight, volume and water displacement, as well as a simple experiment that teaches these concepts to grade schoolers. Read the full story.
Iowa farmers who don’t emphasize good grain storage practices this fall will pay for it in the spring, when they find the corn they harvested contaminated with unusual amounts of mold, said an Iowa State University grain storage expert. Uneven quality and maturity in this year’s corn harvest means grain storage management will take on …Continue reading “Grain storage takes on greater importance this harvest, according to Hurburgh”
Kenny McCabe and James Schrader grabbed two pots of marigolds and placed them on a greenhouse bench. On the left, in a pot made from a biorenewable mix of soy protein and polylactic acid, was a thick plant with three orange-gold blooms and four buds about to pop, its leaves a rich and dark green. …Continue reading “Iowa State building research and development program for bioplastics”
Manimaran Govindarasu, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received the ISU Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Research for his work in the area of cyber security. Govindarasu has been a professor at Iowa State since 1999, and is widely regarded as a pioneer and leader in the emerging interdisciplinary research area of …Continue reading “Manimaran Govindarasu receives ISU Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Research”
More than 450 people—including top engineering students—from 241 collegiate chapters around the U.S. will visit Ames from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 for Tau Beta Pi’s 2013 National Convention. Tau Beta Pi is the only engineering honor society encompassing all branches of the engineering profession. It was founded in 1885 as the nation’s second-oldest honor …Continue reading “Iowa Alpha Chapter to host annual Tau Beta Pi convention”
Two years ago, the College of Engineering announced the Dean’s Research Initiative program and has seen great success in pursuing large research programs in three key areas. The program is now being expanded into the Accelerating Collaboration in Research (ACR) Initiative, and will provide support for cross-disciplinary research teams to establish programs in new research …Continue reading “College expands research initiative program”
Ever since he built his first AM radio kit in high school, Nathan Neihart has held an interest in electronics and radio waves. Neihart now teaches classes and conducts research at Iowa State University as an assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering. “My primary area of interest is circuit design, which can be very …Continue reading “Upgrading to a wireless age one student and one circuit at a time”
