Archive: 2021

Skroot Laboratory, led by CBE’s Reuel, takes top venture honor in Pappajohn competition

Skroot Laboratory, Inc., a startup business founded and led by Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering associate professor and Jack R. and Carol A. Johnson Faculty Fellow Nigel Reuel, took first place in the 2021 John Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture Competition. Read More

October 4, 2021

New funding for Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites; ISU CBE is a collaborator

The Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites (CB2), co-located at Iowa State University’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE), has been awarded Phase II of a National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program grant. Read More

October 4, 2021

Celebrating 150 Years of Success: CCEE Anniversary Weekend

A brief summary of the CCEE 150th activities. Read More

October 1, 2021

ASABE features ABE soybean processing research

ASABE features research on improving value in soybean processing by ABE's Bennett Barr, Charles Harburgh and Gretchen Mosher. Read More

October 1, 2021

Ames Tribune: Nobel Prize Laureate and MSE Distinguished Professor Dan Shechtman visiting Ames

Dan "Danny" Shechtman won the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work discovering what are known as quasicrystals. He's a distinguished professor in Iowa State's materials science and engineering department and he's worked with the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory. Shechtman is visiting Ames for three weeks this fall. Read More

September 30, 2021

Alum appointed deputy dean at Ugandan university

Three-time Iowa State University alum Denis Bbosa has been named the deputy dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology at Mbarara University in Uganda, which is the approximate equivalent of the College of Engineering at Iowa State University. Read More

September 30, 2021

ECpE alum Joel E. Lorentzen writes novel about a disturbing vision of the future

We’ve all heard about George Orwell’s dystopian novel "1984." But what about our future? That’s the question Joel E. Lorentzen tries to answer in his novel "Proles: A Novel About 2084." Read More

September 30, 2021

Developing a skilled workforce in rural Iowa using advanced learning technologies

A team of interdisciplinary researchers at Iowa State University will study ways that they can utilize digital teaching technologies to effectively develop a robust workforce that will serve Iowa’s rural communities. Read More

September 30, 2021

Laser Technology Inc. shearography camera donation advances CNDE capabilities

Laser Technology Inc. (LTI) has donated a LTI-2100 Digital Shearography Camera and its accessories to Iowa State University’s Center for Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE). The gift will expand CNDE’s research and education capabilities into shearography, a laser interferometric imaging NDE technique for detecting and measuring a range of defects on metallic and composite materials. Read More

September 30, 2021

Iowa State University Center for Cybersecurity Innovation & Outreach to host CyIO Week, Oct. 6-9

The Iowa State University Center for Cybersecurity Innovation & Outreach (CyIO) will host CyIO Week from Wednesday through Saturday, Oct. 6-9, 2021. CyIO Week includes an Industry Day, Research Day, Education Day and a Cyber Defense Competition. Read More

September 28, 2021

CoMFRE graduate student earns prestigious DoD SMART Scholarship

Justin Lajoie, a mechanical engineering graduate student working with Travis Sipple in multiphase flows, has received the Department of Defense, Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship. The scholarship fully funds his education and allows him to focus on his research. Read More

September 28, 2021

ECpE department welcomes new faculty, staff

The Iowa State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering welcomes several new faculty and staff to the department for the 2021-22 school year. Read More

September 24, 2021

Two with CCEE ties elected to the National Academy of Construction

Two Cyclone Engineers have been elected to the National Academy of Construction 2021 class. Vilas S Mujumdar, professor of practice in civil, construction and environmental engineering, and alumnus Rao Surampalli (’85 PhD civil engr) are being recognized for their outstanding contributions to the field. Read More

September 20, 2021

Q&A with International Space Station astronauts in live broadcast Sept. 27; time confirmed for 11:10 a.m.

Questions from youth across Iowa will be asked of astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in a live broadcast arranged by the Iowa Space Grant Consortium and Iowa State Extension and Outreach. Read More

September 17, 2021

Iowa State’s undergrad IE program ranked 20th

Iowa State University’s undergraduate program in industrial engineering is ranked 20th in the nation, according to the “Best Colleges 2022” rankings released by U.S. News and World Report. Iowa State’s IE program, which was first established at Iowa State in 1919, is one of just three programs within the College of Engineering to crack the top 25. Read More

September 17, 2021