Participants in the College of Engineering’s imPROVE you Staff Mentoring Program were inspired and entertained during the program’s first meeting of the year. Clayton Anderson, former NASA astronaut and faculty fellow in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, shared his journey of living out a childhood dream to become an astronaut despite multiple rejections. Throughout the …Continue reading “Anderson kicks off 2015-2016 staff mentoring program year”
When you have green stems, check the pods. If they are still green, you will want to let them dry in the field. But if the pods and soybeans are dry, waiting an extended period could put you at risk of pods opening and losing soybeans. “Recognize it’s not business as usual,” says Mark Hanna, …Continue reading “Hanna: How to harvest tough soybeans without yield loss or combine damage”
The Mechanical Contractors Association (MCA) Iowa State University chapter recently received special national funding for student chapter scholarships and activities. The Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) awarded Iowa State, also known as the Mechanical Specialty Contracting Student Chapter, the 2015 Chapter of Excellence Grant, which allocates $5,000 for student scholarships and $2,500 for chapter …Continue reading “Iowa State MCA earns second national Chapter of Excellence Grant”
The National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) Iowa State University chapter recently won the 2015 ELECTRI International Green Energy Challenge – a repeat accolade as Iowa State defended its 2014 national title. They also won NECA Student Chapter of the Year. Both honors were recognized at the NECA Convention held Oct. 2-6 in San Francisco. ELECTRI …Continue reading “Iowa State NECA a 2-time Green Energy Challenge Champion, earns Chapter of the Year”
Andersen, an ISU assistant professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering specializing in manure management, reminds producers to adhere to the rule of waiting for soils to get down to 50 degrees F (and cooling) at a four-inch depth before applying anhydrous ammonia to fields. Andersen writes that this 50-degree rule also applies to ammonia-rich manure. …Continue reading “Andersen: Get the most from your farm’s manure”
The seeds of entrepreneurship in the Kansas City region have been planted early, as this years class of 20 in Their Twenties demonstrates. These young business owners and executives, hailing from sectors as varied as commercial realty, banking, non-profits, advertising, manufacturing—and even two of the citys professional sports franchises—have embraced the promise of entrepreneurship and are leveraging it for all its worth.
Sarah Ryan, professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, has been selected to be an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Senior Member. IEEE Senior Membership is an honor bestowed only to those who have made significant contributions to the profession. Senior Members are recognized for their technical and professional excellence, and are eligible to hold …Continue reading “Ryan elevated to IEEE Senior Member”
New ME professor explores engineering design under uncertainty and the design of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries After he gained a B.E. in engineering physics from Tsinghua University and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, Chao Hu spent four years in the medical device industry. Now, he is ready to share …Continue reading “Chao Hu: Improving reliability analysis and design methods”
College of Engineering Dean Sarah Rajala has named Frank Peters, associate professor of IMSE, interim chair of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering. The appointment follows the retirement of Janis Terpenny and will continue until a permanent chair has been chosen. Peters, who has been at Iowa State for 19 years, is looking …Continue reading “Frank Peters serving as IMSE interim chair”
Iowa’s fast-moving harvest also could potentially be slowed as elevators occasionally stop accepting additional corn and soybeans to dry what they’ve got. Drying is critical to avoid the mold and rot that followed the wet 2009 harvest, said Charles Hurburgh, an ISU agricultural engineering professor. Farmers and elevators lost money. “I think we have learned …Continue reading “Hurburgh: Bumper harvest will likely mean losses for Iowa farmers”
Faulty ventilation can be catastrophic to hog producers, says Jay Harmon, Extension ag engineer at Iowa State University. He says fall is the perfect time to make sure ventilation systems are in working order. “You can do things like washing the pit fans while the weather is nice, checking the curtains and other things,” Harmon says.
Gas Technology Institute (GTI) announces that Robert C. Brown, Ph.D., a professor at Iowa State University, will be presented with the 2015 Don Klass Award for Excellence in Thermochemical Conversion Science.
New environmental engineering professor combines microbiology and engineering to address sustainability When the great Hanshin earthquake hit Japan in 1995, Kaoru Ikuma remembers being without water service in her home near Osaka for more than two months. She says losing access to something as essential as clean water brought the work of environmental engineers that …Continue reading “Kaoru Ikuma: Using microbes to remove water contaminants”
