Daniel Attinger, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and Reza Montazami, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, both received awards from the Presidential Initiative for Interdisciplinary Research program created by President Steven Leath. Attinger received a proof-of-concept award of up to $100,000 for one year. He is the principal investigator of a project titled “Computationally Engineered Plant …Continue reading “ME faculty receive Presidential Initiative for Interdisciplinary Research awards”
The Bremer County Independent featured an article about Leslie Potter, senior lecturer in IMSE, and Brandon Moeller, MSIE’13. Both have ties to Waverly and Wartburg: Moeller received his BA from Wartburg in Engineering Science and Business Administration in 2011, and Potter lives in Waverly. Among their honors, Potter received the Faculty of the Year award …Continue reading “Potter and Moeller featured in Waverly news for recent honors”
Ming-Chen Hsu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, the Jacobs School of Engineering recipient for the 2013 Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal for his Ph.D. thesis entitled “Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of Wind Turbines.” The purpose of the Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal is to recognize outstanding Ph.D. research in one of six divisional areas. 2013 was the first year the medal …Continue reading “Ming-Chen Hsu receives Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal”
IMSE faculty members Matt Frank, John Jackman, and Frank Peters were featured in an article in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Mechanical Engineering Magazine about wind energy and the Wind Energy Manufacturing Laboratory (WEML) at Iowa State. For ASME members: read the Mechanical Engineering Magazine article Visit ASME
Augmented reality, driving simulators, and black swans are among the topics in the latest newsletter from the Center for e-Design.
ME Associate Professor Daniel Attinger was interviewed today on the Iowa Public Radio program “River to River” about his research in bloodstain pattern analysis. Read and listen to the full interview.
Daniel Attinger, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Iowa State, was invited to give a panel presentation on surface sciences at the International Workshop on Micro and Nanostructures for Phase Change Heat Transfer. The workshop was co-organized in Boston by Evelyn Wang from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Yoav Peles from the Rensselaer …Continue reading “Realizing the dreams of Art Bergles with the help of nanotechnologies”
The Graduate College honored five mechanical engineering PhD students for their outstanding accomplishments in research and achievement in teaching. New recipients are selected each semester for the awards for research and teaching excellence. The research excellence awards recognize the “best of the best” graduating students who have submitted theses and dissertations. The teaching excellence awards …Continue reading “Five ME graduate students receive Graduate College awards”
The College of Engineering student body voted Leslie Potter, senior lecturer in IMSE, as Faculty Member of the Year. The award was presented at the Engineering Leadership Banquet held on April 23, 2013 in the Howe Hall Atrium. From the banquet program: In the words of her nominators, Ms. Potter is a dedicated and kind …Continue reading “Potter named Engineering Faculty Member of the Year”
The ISU Lunabotics Mining Team just finished first place at the 2013 NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida from May 20-24. Below are videos from the team. “Harlem Shake” video Video of HERMES competition run NASA EDGE videos of the entire competition Visit the team on Facebook for more. The …Continue reading “Watch the latest fun videos from student clubs!”
The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Heartland Chapter along with engineers and managers from across Iowa joined with the IMSE department for a Systems Engineering Seminar at Iowa State on April 22. IMSE Department Chair and Joseph Walkup Professor Janis Terpenny welcomed the group to Iowa State, and Heartland Chapter President Raymond Jorgensen led …Continue reading “INCOSE and IMSE host Systems Engineering Seminar”
Radio Iowa interviewed associate professor John Jackman about a new ISU doctoral program in Wind Energy Science, Engineering, and Policy that was approved in December 2012. Read the interview at Radio Iowa.
Associate professor Michael Dorneich participated in a podcast about his research that was published in the Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making. His published paper is called “Considering Etiquette in the Design of an Adaptive System,” and was the topic of the podcast. In the interview, Dorneich and Christopher Miller talk about their research …Continue reading “Dorneich participates in podcast about automation etiquette”
Dr. Nathan Johnson is a National Science Foundation/American Society for Engineering Education Postdoctoral Research Diversity Fellow at HOMER Energy LLC, in Boulder, CO. He has seven years of experience working in corporate, academic, and nongovernmental organizations, including two years of research and development in eight developing countries. Johnson has a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from …Continue reading “ASMEnews features ME alum Nathan Johnson”
