Month: April 2020
KCCI-TV: ISU engineers make face shields for health care community
CIRAS helping Iowa’s factory lines shift to protect front-line workers
ISU’s Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) has been helping Iowa manufacturers get needed protection to health and safety workers while also protecting manufacturing jobs threatened by a severe slowdown.
Video series: It’s Cybersecurity 101 for all of us working at home
ME faculty, staff developing methods for teaching hands-on labs via the internet
Well before the COVID-19 pandemic vastly altered the everyday lives of people across the globe, a group of mechanical engineering (ME) faculty and staff at Iowa State University were working on ways to bring virtual, hands-on labs into the homes of students via the internet. In 2012, Jonathan Wickert, then dean of Iowa State’s College …Continue reading “ME faculty, staff developing methods for teaching hands-on labs via the internet”
ME student selected as Truman Scholar
Two ME faculty receive Professor of the Year honors
Two mechanical engineering (ME) faculty members are recipients of the 2019-20 Mechanical Engineering Professor of the Year award presented by Pi Tau Sigma. Margaret Mathison, associate teaching professor, and Paola Pittoni, assistant teaching professor, have been recognized as the department’s top educators for this award issued annually by the Iowa State chapter of the national …Continue reading “Two ME faculty receive Professor of the Year honors”
EPRC Student Scoop: Kaveh Dehghanpour ensures safe and successful sensor data
EPRC Student Scoop: Kaveh Dehghanpour ensures safe and successful sensor data From power engineering to computer science, Kaveh Dehghanpour, a postdoctoral research associate at Iowa State University since 2018 in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is working on a monumental project with the Department of Energy (DOE) to leverage data science and machine …Continue reading “EPRC Student Scoop: Kaveh Dehghanpour ensures safe and successful sensor data”
Griswold gift adds new equipment, new opportunities for CBE freshmen
It’s all about the opportunity for “hands on” experiences for chemical engineering students, especially freshmen. And new lab equipment that has been added to Iowa State’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) in Sweeney Hall is going to provide a perfect scenario for that. It was made possible by a gift from department alumnus …Continue reading “Griswold gift adds new equipment, new opportunities for CBE freshmen”
MSE alums shape space technology future at SpaceX
Matthew Swift (‘18 mat sci engr & physics) and Chris Whitmore (’16 mat sci engr) had a Cyclone Engineering experience that propelled them to jobs revolutionizing space technology at SpaceX. Both Swift and Whitmore say their hands-on Iowa State education – in and out of the classroom – was a key to their success.
CBE’s Reuel gets 3M faculty grant for resonant sensors in wound monitoring
The innovative research of wound healing through the use of resonant sensors will take a step forward in Iowa State’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) thanks to a 3M young faculty award received by Nigel Reuel. Reuel, assistant professor, Jack R. and Carol A. Johnson Faculty Fellow and Black and Veatch Building a …Continue reading “CBE’s Reuel gets 3M faculty grant for resonant sensors in wound monitoring”
Govindarasu, Mirka receive top faculty promotions
Two Cyclone Engineers have received top faculty promotions, recognizing outstanding excellence in teaching, research, service and professional practice. Manimaran Govindarasu has been named an Anson Marston Distinguished Professor. Gary Mirka has been named University Professor.
Sustainable agriculture in the cloud: ECpE’s Kumar receives $600,000 NSF award
Sustainable agriculture in the cloud: ECpE’s Kumar receives $600,000 NSF award Farming and agriculture are the core of the Midwest, and especially Iowa — so enhancing sustainable farming practices is a must at Iowa State University. Ratnesh Kumar, Murray J. and Ruth M. Harpole Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa …Continue reading “Sustainable agriculture in the cloud: ECpE’s Kumar receives $600,000 NSF award”
IE’s Kurgat Repeats as Iowa State’s Male Athlete of the Year
EPRC Student Scoop: Unstoppable Engineer, Qian Zhang
EPRC Student Scoop: Unstoppable Engineer, Qian Zhang An electrical engineer at heart, Qian Zhang is never one to stop at a simple answer, always asking why. With a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and automation from Beihang University, Beijing, China, in 2011 and a master’s degree in electrical engineering at the University of Minnesota …Continue reading “EPRC Student Scoop: Unstoppable Engineer, Qian Zhang”