Archive: 2021

CCEE’s Shafei’s paper on top downloaded list in structural engineering
A paper by Behrouz Shafei, associate professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, co-authored by two of his Ph.D. students, Kofi Oppongand and Dikshant Saini, is among the top downloaded articles published by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in structural engineering. “Ultrahigh-performance concrete for improving impact resistance of bridge superstructures to overheight collision,” appeared in the Special Collection of ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering on the application of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC). Read More

October 7, 2021
An unusual request: MSE’s Alan Constant officiates graduate student’s wedding
Iowa State University Teaching Professor Alan Constant officiated the wedding of high school sweethearts Jonathan Zaugg and Sara Medina. Zaugg is a graduate student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, where Constant teaches. Read More

October 7, 2021
New grant led by ABE researcher breaks new ground with perennial cover crops
A diverse team of 18 scientists led by D. Raj Raman, Morrill Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State, received a five-year, $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to study the potential environmental benefits afforded by perennial grasses, which grow every year without having to be planted or harvested, between rows of cash crops. Read More

October 6, 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
Students of Color Network strengthens sense of belonging
ABE's Students of Color Network emphasizes acceptance and inclusion of people of color, and the group has flourished into a supportive community. Read More

September 27, 2021

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