Iowa State softball All-American Sami Williams was honored by the Iowa State Athletics Department as the recipient of the 2021 Celia Barquin Arozamena Iowa State Female Athlete of the Year award.
Month: June 2021
Meet the engineer behind Filtraponics
Women in Cyclone Engineering: Alice Alipour
International Women in Engineering Day is an annual celebration of the outstanding contributions of women engineers. The theme of this year’s Women in Engineering Day is “Engineering Heroes,” so we reached out to hear the stories of just a few of our Cyclone Engineering heroes, who are innovating in their research and inspiring and educating …Continue reading “Women in Cyclone Engineering: Alice Alipour”
Serving his country by teaching armed service members
Ben McFarland was inspired by the good teachers he had as a student at Iowa State University and now he’s looking to pay it forward in his capacity as a college instructor. McFarland grew up in Nevada, Iowa and developed an interest in STEM at an early age because of his father, Pat, who worked …Continue reading “Serving his country by teaching armed service members”
Meet the engineers behind City City Bang Bang
Meet the engineer behind Instrument Lights
Long-time CCEE Cyclone Doug Wood retires
Doug Wood retired in May from the department of civil, construction and environmental engineering as a research scientist and structural engineering lab manager. Wood has been employed at Iowa State since 2008, but his history as a Cyclone goes well beyond then. Wood came to Iowa State in 1973 to study architecture and compete on …Continue reading “Long-time CCEE Cyclone Doug Wood retires”
Joining forces to find the flow in printing core-shell metals
CoMFRE researcher Thomas Ward, associate professor of aerospace engineering, leads a project to develop a new self-filtration processes to create an almost smooth surface in core-shell particles after the carrier solvent evaporates.
Iowa State University and partners receive major National Science Foundation research grant to drive innovation in rural broadband connectivity
The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program announces Iowa State University and its partners as the fourth testbed in a diverse portfolio of large-scale research platforms located throughout the United States. Designated as ARA: Wireless Living Lab for Smart and Connected Rural Communities, the new platform in central Iowa complements the technical specialties of earlier PAWR platforms, adding a focus on technologies for rural broadband connectivity.
Team PrISUm unveils “Eliana”
Iowa State University’s solar car team unveils its newest car
Iowa State University’s solar car club, Team PrISUm, unveiled its newest model on Friday afternoon at the Student Innovation Center: Eliana. Eliana is the 15th iteration of a solar-powered vehicle that the student club has developed since its founding in 1989. Typically, the team develops a new model every other year. The name for the …Continue reading “Iowa State University’s solar car team unveils its newest car”
Yoons’ $2m gift establishes Dr. Thomas D. McGee and Dr. Ick-Jhin Rick Yoon Department Chair in Materials Science and Engineering
Meet the Cyclone Engineer behind Instrument Lights
Sri Sritharan appointed assistant dean for research
Sri Sritharan has been named assistant dean for research in the Iowa State University College of Engineering. In this newly created role, Sritharan will provide visionary leadership to help expand the scope of research endeavors in the college, assist with achieving strategic research goals and enhance research productivity and volume.
Team SMAlloygator wins CASMART Student Design Challenge
A team of Iowa State University engineering students, team SMAlloygator, won the 2021 4th CASMART Student Design Challenge. The challenge, organized by NASA, tasked students with creating a design using shape memory alloy (SMA) technology. This work was also part of the Materials Science and Engineering Senior Design project. The Consortium for the Advancement of …Continue reading “Team SMAlloygator wins CASMART Student Design Challenge”