Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) Associate Professor Ian C. Schneider has been named the director of the College of Engineering biomedical engineering minor program. He succeeds Dr. Surya Mallapragada in that role. The biomedical engineering minor is a unique opportunity that gives undergraduate students a multidisciplinary life sciences and engineering background along with …Continue reading “Ian Schneider new director of CoE biomedical engineering minor program”
Dillyn Mumme, senior in aerospace engineering, has been cancer free for over five years. When he was 13, doctors diagnosed him with leukemia, and was then treated at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital.
In a historically male-dominated field, faculty of Iowa State’s Construction Engineering Program demonstrate progressively diverse backgrounds Engineering faculty at Iowa State are united when it comes to turning out tomorrow’s problem-solvers. The 2017-2018 school year marks the first time regular faculty positions in Iowa State University’s Construction Engineering Program (ISU ConE) are equally filled by …Continue reading “Equity and equality among construction engineering faculty at Iowa State”
Doctoral candidate at Iowa State University’s Electrical Computer Engineering Department (ECpE), Yuming Zhuang, won the award “Best Dissertation” at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Test Conference (ITC). ITC is the world’s premier conference dedicated to the electronic test of devices, boards and systems, covering the complete cycle from design verification, test, …Continue reading “Ph.D. student wins “Best Dissertation” at IEEE International Test Conference”
ME assistant professor Jaime Juárez recently received funding from the Iowa Space Grant Consortium’s Early Career Investigator Research Program to study materials than can effectively be manufactured on a 3D printer in outer space. Juárez’s research project – Acoustically-Mediated Multi-Material 3D Printing for Polymer-Microparticle Composites – aims to “develop an acoustic-based 3D printing platform as …Continue reading “ME researcher to study best materials for 3D printing in space”
Construction engineering students bring home national honor for eleventh time Early this month, Iowa State University’s Associated General Contractors (ISU AGC) Student Chapter won first place in the 2017 AGC Outstanding Student Chapter Contest. The contest is organized by the Associated General Contractors of America. Within the application, a major focus is put on the …Continue reading “Iowa State Associated General Contractors Student Chapter earns first place at 2017 Outstanding Chapter Contest”
Two Cyclone engineers. More than 200 patents. A hands-on Iowa State learning experience that started it all. Steve Koenck (elec engr ‘73, MS ’74) and Joe Musil (mech engr ’72) met as Iowa State engineering students in 1970 when they both were working in the College of Engineering’s fabrication machine shop. “Pretty much every hour …Continue reading “Steve Koenck and Joe Musil: Cyclone engineers and patent powerhouses”
Hui Ning Tan, a student in materials engineering, is an exchange student from the National University of Singapore. She is attending Iowa State University for the spring 2018 semester and will return to Singapore in May. She said, “I came to Iowa State for a semester because I wanted to experience what my brother experienced. …Continue reading “Meet, Hui Ning Tan, a materials engineering exchange student from Singapore”
AMES, Iowa – Students from across Iowa are preparing their teams and their LEGO® robots to help solve the world’s water problems. Their preparations are all part of this season’s Iowa FIRST LEGO® League State Championships Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 13 and 14, at Iowa State University’s College of Engineering. Both days will feature 60 teams of 9- …Continue reading “The Iowa FIRST LEGO® League State Championships: crowds, bright minds and robots”
Jacob Warner presents critical analysis of speed limits on Iowa Interstate System at annual Transportation Research Board Conference in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has chosen Jacob Warner, a graduate student studying transportation engineering at Iowa State University’s Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Department (ISU CCEE), as a recipient of the Dwight …Continue reading “CCEE graduate student earns prestigious Eisenhower Fellowship”
Former MythBusters designer and current star of the Netflix series “The White Rabbit Project,” Grant Imahara, will visit Iowa State’s Memorial Union on Thursday, Feb. 22 at 8 p.m. as a guest lecturer for Engineers’ Week 2018. The event is free and open to the public. Seating in the Great Hall will begin at 7 p.m. Imahara will present a lecture entitled “From MythBusters to The White Rabbit Project: …Continue reading “Engineers’ Week Guest Speaker Grant Imahara will discuss engineering entertainment “
Several ABE faculty and staff recently won CALS awards: Yijing Ding, CB2 Center Coordinator- P&S Outstanding New Professional David Grewell, Professor- Mid-Career Achievement in Research Matt Helmers, Professor and Associate Chair for Research and Extension- Outstanding Achievement in Extension and Outreach Tamara Kerns, ITec Academic Advisor- Early Advisor Award Manjit Misra, Professor and Seed Science …Continue reading “ABE faculty and staff earn CALS Awards”
Iowa State’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering will begin accepting applications for its 2018 BioMaP REU undergraduate summer research program on January 8, 2018. The deadline for applying is February 15. The program will be held from May 29 – August 3, 2018. Details about the program, including a flyer and a descriptive list …Continue reading “Applications for CBE’s BioMaP REU undergrad program accepted as of Jan. 8”
The 2018 Women Impacting ISU calendar will include three women from the College of Engineering: LeQuetia Ancar, assistant director of engineering student services; Rachael Barnes, senior in biological systems engineering; Judy Vance, professor of mechanical engineering. A calendar unveiling reception will be held on Jan. 10 at 3:30 p.m. in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union
Read the full coverage from Iowa State’s News Service here. Iowa State University’s Liang Dong, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, is leading development of graphene-based, sensors-on-tape that can be attached to plants and can provide data to researchers and farmers about water use in crops. The technology could have many other applications, including …Continue reading “ECpE Professor Dong develops wearable sensors for plants, enabling measurements of water use in crops”
