The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics has awarded 12 women at Iowa State with a spot in the 10th annual Women Impacting ISU calendar.
Month: November 2015
Iowa State extends winning reign at Midwest construction management competition
Iowa State University construction engineering students won three divisions in the 23rd Annual Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Region 4 Construction Management Student Competition. The event was held Oct. 21-24, 2015, at the Lied Lodge in Nebraska City, Neb. Iowa State won the commercial, design-build, and heavy highway divisions, and placed second in this year’s specialty …Continue reading “Iowa State extends winning reign at Midwest construction management competition”
Iowa State student cyber analysts win national competition
AMES, Iowa – A security breach is detected at a small business. Teams of cyber analysts are briefed about the situation and given five hours to answer three questions: Are the cyber-attacks connected? Whose account was used to access the server? And did anyone open the malicious email?
Digital Repository @ Iowa State University: A noteworthy milestone reached
In October, the Digital Repository at Iowa State University passed a significant milestone: the 50,000th item was added to the repository. The Digital Repository provides free, public access to research, scholarship, and creative works produced by faculty, students and staff at Iowa State. Some of the 50,000+ items in the repository include: Over 650 journal articles …Continue reading “Digital Repository @ Iowa State University: A noteworthy milestone reached”
University students build their own bike share
Iowa State University received an honorable mention in today’s Bicycle Friendly University awards. In the Fall 2015 issue of our American Bicyclist magazine, we showcased an inspiring story from ISU. Mark Kargol, a Lecturer in the Department of Industrial design at ISU, shared the evolving story of Cybike — a campus bike share system conceived and created entirely by students.
Iowa State engineers test taller wind turbine towers made from precast concrete
AMES, Iowa – Hydraulic equipment in two civil engineering labs recently pushed and pulled at test sections of a new kind of wind turbine tower, simulating the heavy, twisting loads that towers have to withstand.
Record crops + low prices = mountains of grain
Charles Hurburgh, an Iowa State University agricultural and biosystems engineering professor, said Iowa typically has piles of corn across the state. But they don’t last long, given the state’s massive need for grain — from raising cattle, pigs, chickens and turkeys to producing ethanol. He estimates Iowa wouldn’t have space for about 400 million bushels of …Continue reading “Record crops + low prices = mountains of grain”
MSE distinguished professor honored for advancements in ceramics education
Steve W. Martin is selected as Ceramic Education Council’s Outstanding Educator For more than 29 years, Steve W. Martin has been teaching at Iowa State, making advancements in research and passing on his knowledge through glass and ceramics courses. The distinguished professor of materials science and engineering was honored for his educational work on Monday, …Continue reading “MSE distinguished professor honored for advancements in ceramics education”
ISU-licensed tech wins big at international ag expo
Technology developed at Iowa State University and licensed to John Deere will receive three innovation awards at one of the world’s most prestigious agricultural technology conventions next week. The three innovation “Silver Medal” awards will be presented at AGRITECHNICA 2015, a global showcase of ag machinery in Hannover, Germany, set to run November 10-14. The …Continue reading “ISU-licensed tech wins big at international ag expo”
Kohl: Cooling grain in storage
Now is the time to cool your stored grain, according to Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Agricultural Engineer Kris Kohl. In the past couple of weeks with temperatures in the 60s, a lot of corn and soybeans went into storage. With grain this warm, Kohl says moisture migration within the grain mass and spoilage can …Continue reading “Kohl: Cooling grain in storage”
Publication offers solution to improve tractor efficiency and cut fuel cost
Original post by Mark Hanna and Dana Schweitzer A new publication, Farm Energy: Case Studies – Techniques to improve tractor energy efficiency and fuel savings (PM 3063D), is now available for download in the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Store. This publication is part of the Farm Energy: Case Study series and outlines ways …Continue reading “Publication offers solution to improve tractor efficiency and cut fuel cost”
Housing hens ruffles some feathers in the egg industry
ISU ag and biosystems engineering professor Hongwei Xin has compared three housing systems—traditional cages, cage-free barns and a sort of compromise system called enriched colonies, which some California producers have adopted. In those, hens live in groups of about 60 birds together. In his research, Xin has found the most hens die in a cage-free setting.
Hurburgh: Dry harvest presses harder on some U.S. farmer incomes
Ritter’s soybeans were harvested mostly at 8-9 percent moisture. This hypothetically trims about 50 cents from the $9 he might get from selling a bushel of soybeans, according to Charles Hurburgh, ag and biosystems engineering faculty and director of Iowa State University’s Grain Quality Initiative.
Webinar on Iowa Daily Erosion Project, featuring Brian Gelder
Original post by Liz Juchems. The next regular monthly Iowa Learning Farms webinar will be Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 1 p.m. This month’s presenter is Brian Gelder, Iowa State University associate scientist in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. His presentation will discuss updates to the Iowa Daily Erosion Project to Version 2 as …Continue reading “Webinar on Iowa Daily Erosion Project, featuring Brian Gelder”
Dean’s Blog guest post: A course in engineering for future educators
The Toying With TechnologySM (TWT) Program in the College of Engineering at ISU brings engineering education to future K-12 teachers. Larry Genalo (University Professor, Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education, and associate chair in the MSE Department) shares some history on the program and future plans for TWT. Recently, the State of Iowa …Continue reading “Dean’s Blog guest post: A course in engineering for future educators”