Archive: 2025

Mohammad Tayeb Al Qaseer named Fellow of ASNT
Mohammad Tayeb Al Qaseer, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and faculty researcher at the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT). Read More

July 29, 2025
Simone Servadio awarded first runner up for Pierre Le Candre Best Paper Award
Best Paper Award at the 28th International Conference on Information Fusion held in Rio de Janeiro, July 7-11 2025. Read More

July 23, 2025
Iowa State launches cybersecurity certificate to boost skills, build state’s workforce
Iowa State University is offering a new, online undergraduate certificate in cybersecurity to help strengthen the skills of workers and build the state’s workforce. Read More

July 21, 2025
Charred chunks in the blast box: reducing risk of battery fires, explosions
Todd Kingston, with the help of a federal grant, has equipped his lab with a unique instrument that allows him to test battery safety and performance. Yes, he said, "This allows us to safely blow up batteries." Read More

July 21, 2025
Beena Ajmera earns CELT Teaching Excellence Award in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
The CELT Teaching Excellence Award in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is presented annually to recognize and celebrate one to three ISU faculty, staff, or administrators. Read More

July 16, 2025
CyMath builds math confidence for Ames students, valuable skills for mentors
For Namrata Vaswani, the Joseph and Elizabeth Anderlik Professor in Engineering, improving college students’ success in STEM fields starts long before freshman year. Read More

July 15, 2025
Alexander Goldman: Stretching for new, better metal
Alexander Goldman hopes by adding just the right elements to magnesium he can make a lighter and stronger, more malleable metal option for manufacturing. Read More

July 9, 2025
Invention improves ‘gene gun,’ targets efficiency gains in plant research
Engineers and plant scientists worked together to improve a basic tool of plant research. Read More

July 3, 2025
Engineering history: Iowa State collaboration caps off historic farm State Fair exhibit
The Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering embraced the challenge when alumni from the Iowa Barn Foundation had a vision for a 1910 glazed tile silo to appear at the Iowa State Fair. Read More

June 24, 2025
Wyatt Curtis lifts-off from undergraduate research to doctoral innovation
Wyatt appreciates the flexibility and the competitive but collaborative culture on campus that made his path possible; “I’m definitely proud to say that I got my engineering degree at Iowa State.” Read More

June 23, 2025
From learner to leader: Honing mechanical engineering skills through hands-on work in Boyd Lab
Colin Livesay's job in the Boyd Lab has provided “the enjoyment of working with your hands and seeing a project through.” Read More

June 12, 2025
Geogrids for gravel roads strengthen Iowa’s rural transportation infrastructure
“My goal is to develop sustainable and resilient transportation infrastructure by using waste materials, helping conserve natural resources for future generations" Read More

June 2, 2025
Graduate student Metrid Okumu is advancing the future of hypersonic speed analysis
Graduate student Metrid Okumu and her research team are finding ways to analyze data from aircraft moving faster than the speed of sound. Read More

May 29, 2025
Maedeh Ahmadipour: ‘As an engineer, I’m interested in making the world a safer and smarter place’
Maedeh Ahmadipour, mechanical engineering graduate student, grew up in a family of educators. “My grandpa was a high school mathematics and physics teacher and inspired me to pursue engineering,” says Maedeh. Read More

May 29, 2025
Six graduates recognized with AerE department honors
Six graduates recognized with AerE department honors Read More

May 21, 2025