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

Josh Peschel receives NSF CAREER Award for Foundational Interaction Research Manipulating Drones

Throughout much of his career, Peschel has been doing the groundwork of defining questions and answers related to human-robot interaction with drones. This project is the culmination of knowledge and testing he has done so far, and it provides an opportunity to define and build implementable solutions for specific drone use cases in the future. Read More

July 11, 2024

Working with water, Derek Ten Pas is splitting his time between research and industry this summer

“I chose to do both because I knew that after graduation, I wanted to stay in the area and consult before my PE exam. It also allows me to build communication and industry-specific skills,” said Ten Pas. Read More

July 8, 2024

ABE’s Kris Bell Retires after nearly 40 years at Iowa State

After 39 years at Iowa State, graduate coordinator Kris Bell is retiring! Read More

May 15, 2024

Capstone instructor, accomplished engineer, and Iowa State alumnus Michael Anderson Retires

Michael Anderson, professor of practice in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE), has been an important part of 100s undergraduate students’ experiences. Read More

May 10, 2024

A hands-on experience for sustainability in demolition

 Civil engineering students Reilly Healey, Sarah Mumm and Samantha Prigge joined assistant professor Leah Mo for a sustainability workshop at Florida State University. Read More

April 19, 2024

Iowa State NECA is ready to compete in the Electrical Contracting Innovation Challenge

The Iowa State University National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) Student Chapter is competing in the 16th Annual ELECTRI/NECA Student Chapter Competition in the Electrical Contracting Innovation Challenge (ECIC). Read More

April 11, 2024

The intersection of geotechnical engineering, game design, and learning

From “Geo-pardy” to “Geo-pong,” Civil Construction and Environmental Engineering’s Geotechnical and Materials group has implemented game design in CE 3600: Geotechnical Engineering. Read More

April 8, 2024

ISU ASABE Hosts Iowa Secretary of Agriculture

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture presents to ASABE the importance of policy. Read More

April 3, 2024

Combating Corrosion with 3D-Printed Biofilm

It is an industry-standard practice to rid structures of these microorganisms with chemicals to slow corrosion progression, often coming with high costs and risks to human and environmental health. However, what Associate Professor Kaoru Ikuma and her researchers found is that other microorganisms, or even the same ones, could actually inhibit corrosion. Read More

March 29, 2024

Making strides in grain preservation from 6,000 miles away

ABE 4690 is getting hands-on experience recording data and taking steps to solve real-time issues affecting international populations. Read More

March 27, 2024