Roy Pillers is a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering in CoMFRE director’s Ted Heindel’s research group studying plunging liquid jets, work that has won multiple national awards.
Month: December 2021
CCEE Alum Jay Mathes Receives 40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021 Award
CCEE Alum Jay Mathes Receives 40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021 Award
Iowa Lakes teams up with Iowa State to test batteries
Iowa Lakes Community College collaborates with Iowa State University to provide hands-on learning experiences to engineering students. The experimental collaboration utilizes a battery testing machine purchased with a grant obtained by both colleges. The device will allow engineering students to collect data on the optimal charging cycles of battery cells.
ABE Alum Accepts Lead Role in Largest Agricultural Research Company in Latin America
ABE Alum Accepts Lead Role in Largest Agricultural Research Company in Latin America
Four prevail in CBE’s Perfect Pitch grad student competition
Once again graduate student research presentations and the clock were in the spotlight in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, in the Perfect Pitch competition for fall semester 2021.
Applying ME concepts to create a metaverse
After completing his studies at the end of the Spring 2022 semester, Yi Zheng, a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering, will spend two years serving as a postdoc research scientist for the Facebook Reality Lab in Seattle.
ECpE at Iowa State: 2021 Impact Report out now
The 2021 Impact Report from the Iowa State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is out now! Take a look back at all that we’ve accomplished in the past year, and join us as we look ahead. Here in ECpE, The Future Is What We Do!
IE’s Tokadlı named Fall 2021 Graduate College student marshal
For the second semester in a row, a College of Engineering student has been selected as the Graduate College’s student marshal and this semester that honor goes to Güliz Tokadlı, a Ph.D. candidate in industrial engineering and human-computer interaction. Tokadlı’s graduate school experience differs from most doctoral students in that she is working full-time while pursuing her Ph.D. In September, she starting working as the human factors lead at Locomotion, a company working on autonomous trucking technology.
NASA Space Act Agreement expands NDE capabilities in high-frequency microwave/millimeter wave testing
Iowa State University’s microwave and millimeter wave nondestructive evaluation laboratory, directed by Reza Zoughi at Center for Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE), will expand its capabilities through a new partnership with NASA.
Through a Space Act Agreement (SAA), NASA Marshal Space Flight Center (MSFC) will loan a microwave/millimeter wave performance network analyzer that makes possible measurements up to 325 GHz, significantly improving this laboratory’s range of high-frequency testing capabilities.
CoMFRE Annual Meeting: Presentations and pitches
The Center for Multiphase Flow Research and Education hosted their annual meeting on October 26, 2021, marking another year of successful collaboration and discovery.
CoMFRE affiliates gave 11 presentations on member-supported research projects as well as federally-supported research – and students participated in a research pitch competition. Nearly 50 researchers, graduate students and industry partners attended the virtual event.
CoMFRE team publishes review of respiratory protection devices research – the past and the future
An interdisciplinary team of CoMFRE affiliates led by Guowen Song, professor of apparel, events and hospitality management and Noma Scott Lloyd Chair in Textiles and Clothing, published a review article in Polymers about research on the area of respiratory protection devices (RPDs).
ABE senior Paul Johnson receives CALS Outstanding Senior Award
ABE senior Paul Johnson receives CALS Outstanding Senior Award
ME alum Charlie Kolar wins prestigious William V. Campbell Trophy
owa State senior All-American tight end Charlie Kolar is one of the most decorated players in Iowa State history and he solidified his place in Cyclone history by receiving the prestigious William V. Campbell Trophy tonight at the 63rd National Football Foundation Awards Dinner in Las Vegas.
Software Engineering senior graduates with dual degree to pursue interest in bioinformatics
Graduating senior Morgan Smith took STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) to a whole new level after she arrived at Iowa State University. This fall, Smith, who is from Nevada, Iowa will graduate with two STEM degrees – Software Engineering (SE) from the College of Engineering and Microbiology (MICR) from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Research project paves the way for graduate students’ startup business
New life for asphalt surfaces is being created with work of a group of Iowa State University chemical and biological engineering graduate students and researchers who have come together to form a promising startup business.