Month: March 2018
Winners of CBE’s Perfect Pitch research competition announced
With the final tick of the 90-second timer the voting tabulations began in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering’s inaugural “Perfect Pitch” graduate student research competition. All chemical engineering graduate students were required to address the question, “So, what kind of research do you do?” in a timed, 90-second presentation with the use of …Continue reading “Winners of CBE’s Perfect Pitch research competition announced”
Aerospace undergrad Madison Harrington set to launch into Brooke Owens Fellowship
There’s not a moment of hesitation when you ask sophomore Madison Harrington if she has a particular career interest in aerospace engineering. “Oh, absolutely! I want to be an astronaut!” And that, she says, it why she applied for – and is delighted to have been accepted for– the selective Brooke Owens Fellowship, “because they …Continue reading “Aerospace undergrad Madison Harrington set to launch into Brooke Owens Fellowship”
David Grewell Receives Mid-career Achievement in Research Award
Manjit Misra Received the Outstanding Achievement in International Agriculture Award
Matt Helmers Received the Outstanding Extension Award
Yijing Ding Received the Professional and Scientific New Professional Award
Tamara Kerns Received the Early Advisor Award
Software aims to reduce food waste by helping those in need
AMES, Iowa – Sugam Sharma remembers as a child listening to his parents talk about hunger. While his family always had enough to eat, hunger was prevalent and something he regularly witnessed growing up and as a young adult in India. “It is really heart wrenching to witness a mother in shabby and torn clothes, …Continue reading “Software aims to reduce food waste by helping those in need”
Creative thinking in research: undergraduate opportunities shape career of civil engineering graduate student
With ingenuity, this civil engineering doctoral candidate earned a patent for research that he completed as an outstanding undergraduate student. If you ask Austin Downey whether undergraduate research affected his goals, you will probably hear this: “It made my career.” “I loved it,” Downey, who is a doctoral candidate studying civil engineering at Iowa State …Continue reading “Creative thinking in research: undergraduate opportunities shape career of civil engineering graduate student”
AerE professor Meyendorf elected fellow in SPIE optics, phonics society
Department of Aerospace Engineering associate professor Norbert Meyendorf has been elected a Fellow in SPIE, the international society for optics and phonics. The honor recognizes his achievements in nondestructive testing. In announcing the honor, SPIE stated “Meyendorf has made remarkable achievements that have significantly influenced the research and practice in nondestructive evaluation (NDE), especially in …Continue reading “AerE professor Meyendorf elected fellow in SPIE optics, phonics society”
Aerospace Engineering’s Levitas receives Khan International Award
Dr. Valery Levitas, Vance Coffman Faculty Chair Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, and faculty scientist with the U.S. Department of Energy Ames Lab, has been named the 2018 recipient of the Khan International Award, also known as the Khan Plasticity Award. Levitas was noted for outstanding contributions to the field of plasticity over a period of 24 …Continue reading “Aerospace Engineering’s Levitas receives Khan International Award”
Florence Kimball – first female graduate of ME at Iowa State
This article is part of a series of stories for Women’s History Month. To learn about other pioneering female engineers from Iowa State, click here. Florence Kimball became the first female graduate of Iowa State’s mechanical engineering department when she completed her degree in 1908. Kimball was born in Anamosa, Iowa in 1885. Her father, …Continue reading “Florence Kimball – first female graduate of ME at Iowa State”
Bissell Road construction to impact Sweeney Hall, adjacent areas, March-August
Sweeney Hall and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering will be impacted by a major Bissell Road construction project beginning March 12. From March 12-August 10 Bissell Road will close from the elevated walkway between Hoover Hall and Howe Hall to the Bissell Road-Osborn Drive intersection. During this time various underground utility projects will …Continue reading “Bissell Road construction to impact Sweeney Hall, adjacent areas, March-August”
Bissell Road construction project begins during spring break, continues into August
Students, faculty and staff of the Department of Aerospace Engineering should take note of a major Bissell Road construction project that begins March 12. From March 12-August 10 Bissell Road will close from the elevated walkway between Hoover Hall and Howe Hall to the Bissell Road-Osborn Drive intersection. During this time various underground utility projects …Continue reading “Bissell Road construction project begins during spring break, continues into August”