Month: March 2021
ECpE Assistant Professor Wymore uses Twitch as an innovative way to deliver content to students
Iowa State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE) Assistant Teaching Professor Mat Wymore is using the popular video live streaming platform Twitch to stream coding demonstrations to students enrolled in his courses. Wymore live streams his screen to his students and explains his coding demonstration on video while students have the ability to …Continue reading “ECpE Assistant Professor Wymore uses Twitch as an innovative way to deliver content to students”
Discoveries led by MSE’s Thuo appear on two journal covers
Discoveries led by Martin Thuo, associate professor of materials science and engineering, appear on the cover of Angewandte Chemie and Materials Horizon.
Study by CoMFRE researcher Hu confirms impact of ice on wind turbine blades
CoMFRE researchers measure, model desalination membranes to maximize flow, clean more water
Researchers — including engineers from Iowa State University — have used transmission electron microscopy and 3D computational modeling to quantify and visualize why some desalination membranes work better than others. Their work is featured on the cover of the Jan. 1, 2021, issue of the journal Science.
A legacy left by late IE alum Linda Schmidt
Industrial engineering alum Linda Schmidt passed away earlier this month at the age of 62. Schmidt served on the faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland at the time of her passing. She held a B.S. and M.S. in industrial engineering (IE) from Iowa State University and a Ph.D. in …Continue reading “A legacy left by late IE alum Linda Schmidt”
Pandemic impacts ME student’s graduate school selection process
It took a pandemic and the inability to do on-campus visits that led one mechanical engineering student to decide he wanted to stay a little closer to home for graduate school. Antonio Alvarez-Valdivia originally wanted to leave the Midwest for graduate school when he completed his B.S. in mechanical engineering (ME) later this spring. However, …Continue reading “Pandemic impacts ME student’s graduate school selection process”
ME’s Charlie Kohler named Wallace E. Barron All-University Senior Award recipient
Charles Kolar (’20 mech engr) has been named a recipient of the ISU Alumni Association’s Wallace E. Barron All-University Senior Award. The award honors outstanding seniors who display high character, outstanding achievement in academics and university/community activities, and promise for continuing these exemplary qualities as alumni.
CCEE senior Jordan Girolamo named Wallace E. Barron All-University Senior Award recipient
Jordan Girolamo, senior in construction engineering has been named a recipient of the ISU Alumni Association’s Wallace E. Barron All-University Senior Award. The award honors outstanding seniors who display high character, outstanding achievement in academics and university/community activities, and promise for continuing these exemplary qualities as alumni.
Two Cyclone Engineering students named Wallace E. Barron All-University Senior Award recipients
Jordan Girolamo, senior in construction engineering, and Charles Kolar (’20 mech engr) have been named recipients of the ISU Alumni Association’s Wallace E. Barron All-University Senior Award. The award honors outstanding seniors who display high character, outstanding achievement in academics and university/community activities, and promise for continuing these exemplary qualities as alumni.
Aerospace Engineering faculty member R. Ganesh Rajagopalan passes away
The Department of Aerospace Engineering (AerE) and Iowa State University College of Engineering are mourning the death of Professor R. Ganesh Rajagopalan, who passed away March 19. A highly regarded researcher, he was responsible for unique contributions to rotorcraft, wind energy systems, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). He and his students have made significant and …Continue reading “Aerospace Engineering faculty member R. Ganesh Rajagopalan passes away”
Engineers developing COVID-19 tests for mass production, mass distribution
Applying mechanical engineering to pharmaceutical research
Conducting research within the field of pharmaceuticals might be the last place you’d expect to find a mechanical engineer but Michael Olsen would prove you wrong. Olsen, a professor of mechanical engineering (ME) at Iowa State University, is getting ready to begin his newest research project with his colleague Dennis Vigil, professor of chemical and …Continue reading “Applying mechanical engineering to pharmaceutical research”
ECpE alum begins tenure-track position at Missouri S&T
Iowa State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE) alum Ardhendu Tripathy started a tenure-track assistant professorship in the Department of Computer Science at Missouri University of Science & Technology. He began the new position after receiving his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, receiving his doctorate from …Continue reading “ECpE alum begins tenure-track position at Missouri S&T”
Creativity, not perfection: Cyclone Engineer Benazir Fateh solves cutting edge tech challenges at Google
Cyclone Engineer Benazir Fateh (PhD ’13 Computer Engr) works on the cutting edge of technology – as a machine learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) specialist at Google with some of Google’s Cloud’s biggest customers namely Twitter, Uber, Apple and PayPal.