The expenses for tractor fuel can add up quickly during spring field work. According to a study conducted at the Iowa State University Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm near Nashua a twenty percent or more fuel savings can be achieved by the ‘shift up, throttle back’ technique.
Several mechanical engineering students were among the undergraduates that presented their research at the Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression in April. The event served as an opportunity for students to share their work with peers, mentors and the rest of the university community. The mechanical engineering students that presented were: Alex Avendano – “Measuring …Continue reading “Mechanical Engineering students share research at undergraduate symposium”
The NASA Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) selected a proposal by Hui Hu, professor of aerospace engineering, that would build a stronger relationship between NASA and Iowa State University. Hu wrote a proposal seeking “support to establish a research and education integrated program to facilitate the long-term research and education collaboration” between Iowa State and …Continue reading “Aerospace professor Hui Hu awarded new base program for Iowa Space Grant Consortium”
A little more than one year ago – April 1, 2013, to be exact – I arrived at Iowa State to begin my position as dean of the college. I have experienced wonderful opportunities and shared many of those moments with you. One thing I know for sure – there is continuous excitement and momentum …Continue reading “You couldn’t ask for a more exciting time in the College of Engineering!”
Three industrial engineering departments are partners in a new digital manufacturing and design innovation national institute, and Janis Terpenny couldn’t be more pleased. Terpenny, the Joseph Walkup Professor and Department Chair of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Iowa State University, is the technical lead for the advanced manufacturing enterprise area in the newly awarded …Continue reading “ISU industrial engineers will help new public-private lab design the future”
Travis Konda (PhDCE’04), a senior technical advisor with HNTB Corporation’s Kansas City Bridge Design office, was selected by Civil Engineering News as one of its “Rising Stars” for 2014. The award recognizes 30 professionals, 40 years old or younger working in the U.S., who have shown exceptional technical capability, leadership ability, effective teaching or research, …Continue reading “Alumnus named among Civil Engineering News ‘Rising Stars’”
The bi-annual Gilman Scholarship Program named Connie Maluwelmeng, a junior in electrical engineering and mathematics from Guam, as one of the 2014 summer finalists to receive financial aid to study abroad. Maluwelmeng will complete an internship at RWTH Aachen University in Germany, researching solar power. By supporting undergraduate students who might resist going abroad because …Continue reading “Gilman Scholarship aids Maluwelmeng’s research internship in Germany”
Cereal rye cover crops added to a corn-soybean rotation seem to have little effect on yield, according to a five-year study conducted by Iowa Learning Farms and Practical Farmers of Iowa. Ten Iowa farmers have devoted part of their acres to conduct the study.
Justin Nickel, civil engineering alumnus from Iowa State University, was recently appointed to be the public works director for the City of Marshalltown on May 5. Nickel has been public works director for Overland Park in Kansas since 2005 and previously worked for the Kansas Department of Transportation. Beginning on June 9, he will oversee the engineering, sewer, streets, compost, …Continue reading “Marshalltown appoints new public works director”
Iowa State University’s College of Engineering Continuous Improvement Initiative for Undergraduate Education has benefited international instruction in the construction engineering program. Doug Gransberg, the Donald F. and Sharon A. Greenwood Endowed Chair in Construction Engineering and professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering at Iowa State, coordinated a tri-national course module in total asset management. …Continue reading “Iowa State partners with Canadian, New Zealander professors on online course module”
Iowa State University Bioeconomy Institute (BEI) presented Leading the Bioeconomy Graduate Fellowships to engineering and food science and human nutrition graduate students on April 22. These fellowships are offered as part of the Leading the Bioeconomy Initiative appropriation from the Iowa Legislature, and administered through the Bioeconomy Institute (BEI). These fellowships seek to attract high caliber …Continue reading “Engineering students awarded 2014 Leading the Bioeconomy Graduate Fellowships”
Iowa State University construction engineering students will represent the Midwest in the Third Annual National Design-Build Student Competition. A team of students, comprised of construction engineering seniors Eli Hemesath, Brandon Mai, Brandon Griffin, Josh Olson, as well as construction engineering freshman Lauren Bennett, placed first in the Region D Design-Build Competition, hosted by the Design-Build …Continue reading “Iowa State to represent Midwest in national design-build competition”
Kellie McGrath learned about the importance of teamwork, something vital to practicing engineers, when she redesigned the Pringles chips can. The project was for IE 576 Human Factors in Product Design, a graduate-level course that McGrath, a graduate teaching assistant of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, says was big on team-based learning. The course re-started …Continue reading “Revived IMSE product design course emphasizes teamwork”
Emmett Konrad, junior in mechanical engineering, has received the prestigious Willis H. Carrier scholarship, a $10,000 national scholarship sponsored by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). Two Carrier scholarships are awarded every year, and were originally established by The Carrier Corporation in honor of its founder, who made significant contributions to …Continue reading “ME junior awarded $10,000 scholarship”
Fouad Fanous, professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering (CCEE) at Iowa State University, helped coordinate the first International Conference on Infrastructure Management, Assessment and Rehabilitation Techniques (ICIMART). The conference, held at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, occurred March 4-6. As a member of the Conference Advisory Board, member of …Continue reading “Iowa State’s Fanous helps coordinate international conference in UAE”
