A love for food, people and the environment inspired Thanapong “Jack” Duangmanee to pursue a career in environmental engineering. Duangmanee began his studies in food technology at Chulaohngkorn University, Thailand. During his time there, he took an environmental engineering class that introduced him to practices that environmental engineers could implement to improve the quality of …Continue reading “Civil engineering alumnus promotes environmental sustainability in Thailand”
The most destructive weapon humanity has ever developed could help our species avoid going the way of the dinosaurs. Pretty much any asteroid that poses a threat to Earth can be blasted out of the heavens using a nuclear bomb, even with warning times of a week or less, say a team of scientists who have been …Continue reading “How Nuclear Bombs Could Save Earth from Killer Asteroids”
Jeramy Ashlock, assistant professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, aims to improve the accuracy of geophysical soil profiling for seismic design and analysis. The U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program recently awarded Ashlock a $64,426 grant for the project, “Seismic Profiling by Multi-Mode Rayleigh Waves.” Ashlock and geotechnical engineering doctoral student Shibin Lin …Continue reading “Ashlock receives USGS grant to improve geophysical soil testing”
Written by Sandy Clarke Shauna Hallmark has been named director of Iowa State University’s Institute for Transportation. Hallmark, a professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering at Iowa State, has served as interim director of the institute, also known as InTrans, since August 2012. She has been a transportation engineer in the institute’s Center for …Continue reading “Hallmark to Lead the Institute for Transportation”
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering announced a $150,000 partnership with Union Pacific that includes the naming rights to the multimedia wall in Coover Hall’s East entrance. The wall was renamed as the Union Pacific Multimedia Wall during a small ceremony on Feb. 12 that included representatives from both Union Pacific and ECpE. “In …Continue reading “ECpE, Union Pacific announce naming rights, content partnership for multimedia wall”
Bret Euken graduated from Iowa State University in 2007 with a bachelor’s in agricultural engineering. He is currently a process water recovery supervisor for the Grain Processing Corporation (GPC) plant in Muscatine, Iowa. Why did you choose ISU? I knew I wanted to study engineering, and I knew that ISU had a great engineering school. …Continue reading “Five questions for agricultural engineering alumnus Bret Euken”
Raymond “Paul” Giroux (BSConE’79) leverages the past to improve the future. The lifelong builder would not have it any other way. Giroux was born into the civil and construction engineering industry in 1956. Although his birthplace is Bismarck, N.D., Giroux’s earliest memories were in the early 1960’s visiting the construction of Flaming Gorge Dam …Continue reading “Paul Giroux: engineer, builder, amateur historian”
Marston Hall has served as the home of our College of Engineering for more than a century. With its majestic limestone facade and grand rotunda, Marston Hall has long symbolized the distinguished reputation of our world-class college. When I arrived at Iowa State just about one year ago, I quickly learned the history of my …Continue reading “Marston Hall renovation: Moving forward while preserving the past”
From somewhere back behind the Iowa State University Icing Research Tunnel, Rye Waldman called out to see if Hui Hu was ready for a spray of cold water. The wind tunnel was down to 10 degrees Fahrenheit. A cylindrical model was in place inside the 10-inch-by-10-inch test section. The wind was blowing through the machine …Continue reading “Iowa State’s icing wind tunnel blows cold and hard to study ice on wings, turbine blades”
Colleagues, family and friends joined Anson Marston Distinguished Professor Emeritus George Burnet Feb. 3 in Sweeney Hall to celebrate his 90th birthday. A native Iowan, Burnet was born on Jan. 30, 1924, in Fort Dodge. He has had a long and illustrious career and has been a major figure in chemical engineering at Iowa State …Continue reading “Iowa State chemical engineering’s George Burnet celebrates 90th”
A homeless, single-mom Ames family of five children received the Christmas of a lifetime. The Associated General Contractors Iowa State chapter donated more than $500 in clothes and toys to them. Construction engineering senior Alex Buscher led the project. Many students in the AGC group pitched in the following items: soccer ball, art sets, makeup …Continue reading “AGC student group donates $500+ in gifts to Ames family”
The Des Moines Register’s front page story on Iowa State’s new faculty hires features a photograph of IMSE faculty member Caroline Krejci. Read the full story.
The holiday headlines about stolen credit and debit card numbers were a reminder that cyber security can’t be taken for granted. And so the National Cyber Defense Competition at Iowa State University is a lot more than an academic exercise. “Yes, this does matter,” said Doug Jacobson, a University Professor of electrical and computer engineering …Continue reading “National Cyber Defense Competition at Iowa State challenges, prepares students”
AMES – With the recent spike in propane prices, it’s never too soon to start conserving heating energy. Pork producers may have propane contracted at a reasonable rate, but managing heating costs should always be a priority, especially when expenses are rising. “Often the first idea for saving heating fuel in hog buildings is to …Continue reading “Pork producers tips on conserving propane”
Dr. Craig Denny (BSCE’71, MSCE’73) and his wife, Terry (BSElemEd’72), recently donated $100,000 to the Shawnee Mission School District (Shawnee Mission, Kan.) and $100,000 to the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at Iowa State University to improve science, technology, engineering and math career opportunities for K-12 students and female college students, respectively. At …Continue reading “Craig and Terry Denny establish K-12, civil engineering STEM funds”
