Archive: Jun 2023

Valery Levitas appointed Murray Harpole Chair in Engineering
Department of Aerospace Engineering faculty member Valery Levitas has been appointed Murray Harpole Chair in Engineering. Read More

June 14, 2023
New Director Named for the Center for Industrial Research and Service at Iowa State University
With a distinguished background in manufacturing and engineering, Mike O’Donnell brings a wealth of knowledge and exemplary leadership experience to this position. Read More

June 14, 2023
Ultra-high performance concrete innovation and collaboration at international interactive symposium
The third International Interactive Symposium on Ultra-High Performance Concrete brought together nearly 300 UHPC researchers, engineers, industry representatives, and students in Delaware – but UHPC research and industry leadership in the state of Iowa stood strong at the event. Read More

June 14, 2023
Micro scale, macro impact: Adina Howe studies interaction between microbes and crops to reduce carbon footprint
The impact of microbes goes beyond the micro scale - and Howe is ready to enhance our environment using the interaction between microbes and agriculture. Read More

June 12, 2023
Fynn Reinbacher fires up oxy-fuel combustion project in Gas Turbine Industrial Fellowship
Fynn Reinbacher, a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering and a graduate assistant in CoMFRE affiliate James Michael’s research group, was a Gas Turbine Industrial Fellow at Southwest Research Institute. Reinbacher focused on three projects in oxy-fuel combustion, contributing unique multi-phase flow research expertise he developed at Iowa State. Read More

June 7, 2023
Building the civil engineering experience through learning community
From tours around campus to mock career fairs and other projects in between, students in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering’s Keystone Learning Community (C E 120) are gaining personal, career and academic growth in class. Read More

June 7, 2023
Cris Schwartz appointed assistant dean for engineering student success
Cris Schwartz, professor of mechanical engineering, has been named College of Engineering assistant dean for engineering student success. Read More

June 6, 2023
BioMaP undergrad research program underway
Twenty-one undergraduate students from Iowa State and around the nation are ready for a summer of hands-on research in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) with the Biological Materials and Processes Research Experiences for Undergraduates (BioMaP REU) program. Read More

June 5, 2023