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

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

Exploring drinking water solutions and gaining industry-applicable experience through research

Undergraduate researcher Lauren Spaete, junior in environmental engineering, is researching nitrate levels in drinking water and building skills she'll use in her future career. Read More

May 2, 2025

Cardinal Electric is gearing up for the 17th annual ECIC, 16th appearance in competition

Cardinal Electric has been working all semester toward their proposal submission, building real-world skills, and acting as electrical contractors for a net-zero building. Read More

May 2, 2025

Celebrating student success at the 13th annual CCEE Research Symposium

The 13th annual research showcase held 72 civil, construction and environmental engineering undergraduate and graduate student research presentations. This year featured projects in a broad range of subjects, like the use of VR in construction training, defining solutions for wastewater treatment, finding answers to erosion challenges, and many more. Read More

April 30, 2025

CCEE welcomes 2025 Hall of Fame and Distinguished Alumni inductees

Announcing the 2025 CCEE Hall of Fame and Distinguished Alumni Inductees. Read More

March 27, 2025

Halil Ceylan receives highest honor in transportation engineering

Halil Ceylan, the Pitt-Des Moines, Inc. Endowed Professor in Civil Engineering, has been honored with the Francis C. Turner Award by the Transportation and Development Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Read More

March 5, 2025

Saeed B. Nia paving the way to eco-friendly concrete

Graduate research assistant, Saeed B. Nia is pioneering the reuse of materials in concrete, and finding implementable solutions. Read More

February 14, 2025

Alice Alipour named American Society of Civil Engineers Structural Engineering Institute Fellow

Alice Alipour, associate professor and Thomas M. Murray Family Faculty Fellow of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, has been named an American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Fellow. Alipour has been at Iowa State since 2015, making significant contributions to the structural engineering field. Read More

January 30, 2025

CCEE Alumni Spotlight: Connecting to the technical side of transportation engineering, starting at Iowa State

Before Hillary Isebrands was an award-winning industry leader, saving lives with her work every day, she was a Cyclone. Read More

November 26, 2024

Research Staff Spotlight: Barbara Tran, Research Scientist at ABE’s Water Quality Research Lab

Get to know Barbara Tran! Learn more about her background and day-to-day work with the Water Quality Research Lab. Read More

October 17, 2024

Empowering Rural Electric Infrastructure Resilience

Associate Professor Alice Alipour is leading a transdisciplinary team for power infrastructure recovery in natural disasters. After the 2020 derecho, she started working directly with communities and local power plants to address the challenge of preparation and prevention of failure in the future. Read More

October 8, 2024

Welcoming Philip Cox, new professor of practice in agricultural and biosystems engineering

Mechanical engineering undergraduate and graduate program alumnus and long-time John Deere teammate Philip Cox will be leading Capstone! Read More

August 26, 2024

Rochelle Thys brought her student experience to enhance the curriculum for TSM 2160: Advanced Technical Graphics

Junior in Industrial Technology Rochelle Thys used her student experience to enhance the curriculum of her program. Read More

July 19, 2024