Recipients of the 2016 Distinguished Alumni Awards will be honored Friday, April 15 at a ceremony in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union at 2 p.m. These awards, given by the ISU Alumni Association and ISU Foundation, represent the university’s highest awards. For those unable to attend the ceremony in person, the ceremony can …Continue reading “Distinguished alumni to receive awards”
The recipients of the 2015-2016 Learning Community Exemplary Peer Mentor and Exemplary Peer Mentor Supervisor Awards were honored at the Learning Communities Peer Mentor Recognition Ceremony on Wednesday, March 30, 2016. The purpose of the exemplary peer mentor award is to recognize and encourage outstanding achievement by peer mentors working with learning community students. The …Continue reading “2015-2016 Learning Community Awards announced”
MatE non-traditional grad student balances work, research, the military and a family Graduate school has a reputation for being difficult and time-consuming, but Ph.D. student Darrel Enyart has had an especially challenging journey. Enyart spends his time on Iowa State’s campus both as an assistant scientist for the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE) and as …Continue reading “Darrel Enyart: All in a day’s work”
Iowa State background leads junior professionals to selection for NASA leadership development program The Foundations of Influence, Relationships, Success and Teamwork (FIRST) program at NASA takes young professionals with excellent technical skills and helps them to learn about themselves and their workplace to become better leaders. “At NASA, people are incredibly technically competent, but they …Continue reading “Engineering alums complete prestigious NASA leadership program”
When Ken Surprenant founded his engineering business made up of two people in 1973, no one, including himself, would have expected it to grow to the 200-person business it is today. However, Surprenant passed away in 2011 while the company was still on the rise, only seeing the company’s new headquarters a single time before …Continue reading “Surprenant engineering ISG for sizable but sustainable growth”
With research on wind turbine blade optimization, the underlying mechanisms of neuroinflammation, the Native American Jingle Dress and Iowa’s care deserts, there will be much to discuss when 22 Iowa State University undergraduates present their research to legislators and others during the annual “Research in the Capitol.” The event will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, in the Rotunda of the State Capitol building in Des Moines.
Dr. Christopher J. Ellison, associate professor of chemical engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, was named the recipient of the 2016 Norman Hackerman Award. Ellison, who has been a professor at UT for nearly eight years, graduated from Iowa State in 2000 with a B.S. in chemical engineering before going on to earn …Continue reading “Chris Ellison announced as 2016 Norman Hackerman Award recipient”
Gayle Roberts, president and CEO of Stanley Consultant group, is working hard as a leader and role model for young women looking to pursue engineering. Roberts, who leads a major company in a field that is only comprised of 10-15% women, graduated from Iowa State with a B.S. in chemical engineering in 1981. She began …Continue reading “Roberts leads women in engineering”
On February 25th, Iowa State and the University of Northern Iowa signed an agreement that will allow students to complete a physics degree in three years at the University of Northern Iowa before transferring to Iowa State for two final years to complete an engineering degree. This program, called a “3+2″option, will allow students to graduate …Continue reading “Iowa State, University of Northern Iowa partner on dual degree program”
After retiring from 33 years with Shell in Houston, Joel Anderson started looking into art. Originally interested in woodworking, videos on Jon Peter’s Youtube channel of Peter working with encaustic (a wax-based paint made of beeswax, resin and pigment) caused Anderson to start looking at a new medium. Anderson graduated from Iowa State in 1981 …Continue reading “Things get three dimensional this week with artist Joel Anderson”
While the proposed Student Innovation Center promises excellent space and utilities for student organizations once it is completed, its construction plan is currently causing problems for the same organizations. The Student Innovation Center will be built on the plots where the Nuclear Engineering building and Old Sweeny currently stand, two building that are home to …Continue reading “Student Innovation Center displaces student organizations”
Tens of millions. That’s the number of people Surya Mallapragada has the potential to impact with the groundbreaking biomedical research she and her students are conducting at Iowa State. From cancer treatments to new vaccine technologies, her research’s potential really knows no bounds.
The first time AerE alum Elizabeth Bierman thought about engineering was when she saw the astronaut picture on her new lunch box in fourth grade. Bierman, who currently works for Honeywell as a principal systems engineer, found a flyer for NASA’s Young Astronaut program in that lunchbox and joined the program shortly after. Six months …Continue reading “I Became an Engineer: Because of a lunch box”
Camille Sloan Schroeder from Iowa State University Engineering Community Outreach has been chosen to present multiple sessions at the national Project Lead The Way (PLTW) conference – PLTW Summit 2016 – in Indianapolis next month. PLTW, a nonprofit organization that provides a transformative learning experience for K-12 students and teachers across the U.S., serves more …Continue reading “Camille Sloan Schroeder, Iowa State Engineering community outreach manager, will represent ISU College of Engineering at national conference”
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory will be the home of a new research consortium for the discovery and development of more environmentally friendly and energy-efficient refrigeration technologies, sponsored by DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). The consortium, named CaloriCoolTM, will pursue the development of alternative forms of refrigeration technologies, called caloric cooling, in partnership with the private sector and universities.