Harvested corn, like all food, can spoil or grow mold in certain situations. Farmers have to take care to keep their product safe to sell. Last fall, there was a large crop and farmers had to pile grain. On top of that, the humidity or dew point was high, so there are concerns that the …Continue reading “Hurburgh: Grain storage concerns after warm winter”
On March 23, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) was 1 of 20 colleges and universities featured by AgGrad as part of their “March Ag-Ness” promotion on Snapchat.
Civil engineering student finds similarities between engineering and piano performance in college adventure “You never have enough time.” For Iowa State junior Adam Hu, lack of time is a way of life. You can see this if you take a moment to watch him practice piano. His concentration is focused fully, making emotion flow from thoughts …Continue reading “Different forms of the same art: Iowa State student combines passion for music with engineering”
Associated General Contractors student organization pitches in to refurbish low finance housing in Ames Think of all the things a home provides … security, shelter, a place to relax or have fun. So what if you went home one day, just to find you had no place to go home to? Members of ISU AGC, …Continue reading “CCEE students lend a hand to Ames Emergency Residence Project”
Students from AerE 462, the Boeing Senior Design course, traveled to Greensboro, NC for the Senior Design Challenge. For the competition, AerE students from Iowa State were split into two teams and paired with ME students from North Carolina A&T. From there, the “White Team” and the “Blue Team” created an autonomous aircraft for the …Continue reading “Senior Design Teams present their projects to Boeing”
Josiah Green, senior in industrial engineering, presented his poster at the Research in the Capitol Undergraduate Research Symposium on March 28, 2017. His poster, “Simulation Modeling of Human Behavior in Production Systems and Team Dynamics,” was selected from a large pool of applications as one of the top 25 submissions from Iowa State. He presented …Continue reading “Green selected to present at Research in the Capitol Undergraduate Research Symposium”
Mechanical engineering advisor Jessica Van Winkle has been named this year’s Outstanding Engineering Advisor. The award is presented by the Engineering Student Council based on student nominations from the entire College of Engineering. Awards will be presented during a ceremony later this month. “I was surprised and flattered when I received the email that I won. …Continue reading “ME’s Jessica Van Winkle named Outstanding Engineering Advisor”
Gayle A. Roberts, P.E., an Iowa State University Chemical Engineering alumna, was officially inducted into the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Hall of Fame during a banquet April 12. Since 2007 Roberts has been president of Stanley Consultants, a global engineering firm that provides planning, design, consulting, construction and management services to clients around …Continue reading “Chemical Engineering alumna Gayle Roberts joins CBE Hall of Fame”
Dr. Balaji Narasimhan, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Professor and Vlasta Klima Balloun Chair, has been named Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering at Iowa State University. The title of Anson Marston Distinguished Professor honors outstanding achievement in advancing engineering science, technology or policy having national and international impact in academics, industry, public service, …Continue reading “CBE’s Balaji Narasimhan named Anson Marston Distinguished Professor”
Campus chapter of American Society of Civil Engineers (ISU ASCE) takes third place overall at 2017 ASCE Midwest Steel Bridge Competition Late last month, students in Iowa State University’s chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, or ISU ASCE, brought home third place overall at the society’s Midwest Steel Bridge Competition. The 36-member team …Continue reading “Iowa State students hold up under pressure in Steel Bridge Competition”
John O’Brien passed suddenly on March 31 in Los Angeles, Calif. O’Brien, who graduate from Iowa State University, was born in Davenport, Iowa in 1969 and grew up in Indianola, Iowa where he was involved in track and cross country. He graduated from Indianola High School in 1987 and was his class valedictorian. O’Brien received …Continue reading “Remembering ECpE alumni John O’Brien”
Research on nerve regrowth from a group that includes CBE professor Surya Mallapragada and postdoctoral researcher Metin Uz is featured as the front cover story in the scientific journal “Advanced Healthcare Materials.” Read about the project in a story by University News Service here.
The 2017 Presidential Interdisciplinary Research Seed (PIRS) grant has been awarded to Iowa State University Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Long Que and Genetics/Development and Cell Biology Professor Donald Sakaguchi for their research in mimicking 3D brain models. Out of 21 proposals, Que and Sakaguchi’s project, Prototyping of an Automated Microsystems for In Vivo-Mimicking 3D …Continue reading “Grant awarded to ECpE professor for research in mimicking 3D brain models”
Huntsville, AL – Iowa State’s Student Launch Initiative team, CySLI, was in Hunstville, AL Saturday for NASA’s Student Launch Initiative. Forty universities competed, launching rockets to as close to one mile above ground level as possible. CySLI is part of the Department of Aerospace Engineering’s Make to Innovate program. At the competition, CySLI took home hardware for the …Continue reading “CySLI competes in NASA’s Student Launch”
