Greg Carlson, Director of Global Facility Construction/Design-Build for Burns & McDonnell, has been promoted to Vice President. With nearly three decades of experience in the construction industry, Carlson provides the strategic vision for construction of global facilities, aviation, federal and commercial projects. “Within the last year, Carlson has built a new commercial construction division at the firm …Continue reading “Construction engineer alumnus promoted to vice president at Burns & McDonnell”
Ligia de Oliveira-Serrano aims to improve Brazilian research techniques Originally from Brazil, agriculture and biosystems engineering graduate student Ligia de Oliveira-Serrano traveled to Iowa State in 2011 after receiving a scholarship to study internationally. While in Ames, she made many friends and learned about Iowa’s knowledge of agriculture. De Oliveira-Serrano returned to Brazil a semester …Continue reading “Former visiting student returns to Iowa State for graduate school”
Tony Condon, Jr., 2008 aerospace engineering alumnus, will be one of two glider pilots representing the U.S. this summer in the 1st FAI World 13.5 Meter World Gliding Championship in Lithuania. This story was originally published by Michael Tidemann in the Estherville News.
CoE faculty project can help landowners with conservation efforts The USDA recently awarded Amy Kaleita, associate professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, and Nicola Bowler, professor of materials science and engineering and of electrical engineering, a research grant to study how to produce a low-cost sensor to monitor nitrate concentration in drainage tile lines. Though …Continue reading “Kaleita and Bowler research low-cost sensors to monitor nitrate concentration”
Liz Luby studies how antibiotic resistance in manure affects Iowa agriculture Raised in Alexandria, Virginia, Liz Luby worked as an undergraduate research assistant in biological systems engineering at Virginia Tech. Her boss suggested she attend graduate school and connected her with ISU associate professor Michelle Soupir. In those moments, Luby knew she would be coming …Continue reading “ABE graduate student embraces Midwest agricultural culture”
Researchers in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Engineering at Iowa State University are studying factors affecting the engagement of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) faculty and the contributions of their work. The study, “EAGER: Understanding and Strengthening STEM Faculty Engagement, the Institutional Environment and Transformative Research,” proposes to …Continue reading “College of Engineering and LAS professors study STEM faculty engagement”
ISU senior travels to United States and sets life goal Many children dream about what they will be when they grow up, but few achieve this goal. Abhinaya Raghothaman, aerospace engineering senior, is one of the few. Raghothaman moved from New Delhi, India, to Dubuque, Iowa, when she was 13 years old. She was extremely …Continue reading “Abhinaya Raghothaman: Childhood dream takes flight”
Researchers at Iowa State University are trying to determine whether crop residue could pay off in three ways simultaneously: as a source of biofuel, as a soil enhancer, and as a long-term sink for carbon dioxide. At the heart of their investigation is a heating process known as pyrolysis that turns plant matter into biochar, …Continue reading “How crop waste could become carbon-negative energy”
