Year: 2020
ECpE’s Liang Dong named Northrop Grumman Professor in honor of Fred W. O’Green
Liang Dong from Iowa State University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE) has been named Northrop Grumman Professor. The position has a two-year appointment, ending on Aug. 15, 2022. This professorship serves to support young faculty who exhibit a potential for leadership in electrical or computer engineering research, have a recognized commitment to excellence …Continue reading “ECpE’s Liang Dong named Northrop Grumman Professor in honor of Fred W. O’Green”
IE graduate student takes 2nd place at national poster competition
Industrial engineering (IE) graduate student Saba Moeinizade did not know what to expect when the student poster competition for the INFORMS annual meeting was made virtual. She certainly was not expecting a podium finish, so she was pleasantly surprised when the judges awarded second place to her entry. Her presentation – “A Simulation-based Optimization Approach …Continue reading “IE graduate student takes 2nd place at national poster competition”
CNDE grad student researchers Liu and Brinker win second place in AMTA paper award
Chao Liu and Katelyn Brinker, graduate research assistants with the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, won second place in the Best Student Paper Award at the 42nd annual meeting and symposium of the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association.
Cyclone Energy places first; seventh year in a row
For the past seven years, Iowa State’s Cyclone Energy has placed first at the ELECTRI International Green Energy Challenge. For the seventh consecutive year, Cyclone Energy managed to place first, despite COVID-19 changing the course of the competition. Josh Zeien, senior in construction engineering, admits that COVID-19 “threw a wrench in the system,” when it …Continue reading “Cyclone Energy places first; seventh year in a row”
Engineers writing the script to restore wind-dominant power grids after blackouts
IE student notches her 11th intramural championship
It’s been a busy year and a half for one industrial engineering student and she may not be done yet. Sharon Lau, a Ph.D. student in industrial engineering, recently won her 11th intramural championship as a student at Iowa State University. Lau, who first came to Iowa State in August 2017, now has four titles …Continue reading “IE student notches her 11th intramural championship”
Cardinal Women* in ECpE: Rosalie Vos Tulp, Tina Prouty, Kristin Clague
Cardinal Women* has selected their 2020 team, with three members from the Iowa State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE). Cardinal Women* is a campus group dedicated to cisgender women, transgender women, nonbinary individuals, those of trans experience, those that identify as genderqueer or queer and many other diverse gender identities. The campus …Continue reading “Cardinal Women* in ECpE: Rosalie Vos Tulp, Tina Prouty, Kristin Clague”
Research in nondestructive evaluation, thermal imaging leads to a national award for Cyclone Engineers
A team of Cyclone Engineers are the recipients of a national award in part because of advancements they have made in the field of nondestructive evaluation, specifically in thermal imaging. Hantang Qin, assistant professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering (IMSE) at Iowa State University, is the lead on the project titled “Data fusion approaches …Continue reading “Research in nondestructive evaluation, thermal imaging leads to a national award for Cyclone Engineers”
CNDE’s Zhang Zhan named to ASNT inaugural RISE leadership development program
Zhang Zhan, associate scientist at Iowa State University’s Center for Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE), has been selected for the American Society for Nondestructive Testing’s inaugural class of the RISE Leadership Development Program for NDT Professionals.
Chris Cornelius named chair of the Iowa State University Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Chris Cornelius has been named chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University. He will hold the Wilkinson Chair in the department. His appointment officially begins Jan. 1, 2021. Cornelius is currently a chemical engineering professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and diversity coordinator for the Mid-American Transportation Center …Continue reading “Chris Cornelius named chair of the Iowa State University Department of Materials Science and Engineering”
ECpE’s McCalley: Iowa’s renewable energy growth depends on better transmission
Cyclone Engineer Balaji Narasimhan, ISU Nanovaccine Institute awarded $2 million CARES Act grant to study COVID-19 nanovaccine
The state of Iowa has designated $2 million in federal CARES Act funding to support university research and development of a nanovaccine to protect against COVID-19 infections. Researchers at Iowa State University and the University of Iowa, led by Balaji Narasimhan, director of the Nanovaccine Institute, an Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering and the Vlasta Klima Balloun Faculty Chair in Chemical and Biological Engineering, will work together on a nanovaccine they expect will be needle-free, single-dose and won’t require refrigeration.
ME’s Pint and team receives international recognition
Cary L. Pint, Charles Schafer (Battelle) Chair of Engineering and an associate professor of mechanical engineering, was recently honored for groundbreaking innovations. First, Pint and his team were designated as winners of a prestigious 2020 R & D 100 Award in the Mechanical/Materials category. This is a worldwide competition that highlights revolutionary technologies as judged …Continue reading “ME’s Pint and team receives international recognition”
IMSE faculty and staff log 1735 miles during 2020 Next Step Challenge
A team of 14 faculty and staff members from Iowa State University’s Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE) collectively logged enough miles to walk from Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado – and passing through five other national parks on the trip – during …Continue reading “IMSE faculty and staff log 1735 miles during 2020 Next Step Challenge”