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Archive: Aug 2023

  • ARA team members deploying radios on the rooftop of Research Park.
    Taimoor UI Islam is addressing the digital divide from Iowa to Pakistan

    He has been working on all aspects of the ARA: designing, procurement, installation and connectivity along with all the other team members. This includes troubleshooting problems, working in the field with agriculture producers and monitoring all aspects of the project. Read More

    August 8, 2023

  • Installing soil and stalk nitrate sensors within a cornfield
    Building green fertilizer system to reuse waste and cut greenhouse gas emissions

    Wenzhen Li, professor of chemical and biological engineering and the Herbert L. Stiles Faculty Fellow, will lead Iowa State’s work on the new $4 million project, joined by Liang Dong, the Vikram L. Dalal Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and other colleagues Read More

    August 7, 2023

  • SafetyScan: Student startup sees the future of workplace safety

    "What could be more important than using engineering skills to keep people safer - especially at their jobs?" said Sarah Ng, senior in industrial engineering. "If technology can be used to mitigate risk, that's what I want to be doing." Ng is co-founder of SafetyScan with Phillip Gorni, senior in aerospace engineering. Read More

    August 3, 2023

  • CYstarters Spotlight: Bovi-Jet

    Dakota Belling (civil engineering grad) and Eugene Meyer (industrial engineering grad) met for the first time on September 1, 2022. Today, less than a year later, the highly ambitious duo are business partners and co-founders of Bovi-Jet, an automated medicinal spraying system for cattle. Read More

    August 3, 2023

  • Saikat Mukherjee
    Welcoming Saikat Mukherjee, new assistant professor of mechanical engineering

    Saikat Mukherjee's research focus is biological transport and fluid dynamics, more specifically transport in the brain under neurological disorders, microbial dynamics, and front propagation in chaotic fluid flows. Read More

    August 3, 2023

  • Martha Selby sitting down smiling.
    Forty years of dedication, Martha Selby retires with outstanding educator award

    That dedication to students over her career led to Selby being awarded the 2022 Michael Ashby Outstanding Materials Educator Award by the American Society for Engineering Education. The award recognizes distinguished and exceptional contributions in materials science and engineering education. It is intended to honor an individual with demonstrated notable leadership in the materials education area. Read More

    August 1, 2023